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Cuba Loves .... Tobacco!

Cuba owes its expertise in cigar production to the Taino Indians, its indigenous people who were amongst the first to grow tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) in a form suitable for smoking. High quality tobacco is extremely difficult to grow and can require over 150 hands-on encounters during the growing season and fields are plowed by oxen rather than tractors to avoid soil compaction.

 

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Uploaded on May 21, 2009
Taken on January 23, 2009