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History of Tobacco

The tobacco is an indigenous plant of Antillean origin, and its scientific name comes of (Nicotina Tabacum). The first news on the existence of the tobacco appear in Columbus's Diary, where the text of historical truthfulness expressed that between the November 2nd. and 5th. of 1492, the Spaniards in the Cuban coast, met the first plant of tobacco. Starting from November 6th, of that same year began the habit of using tobacco with medicinal functions and illnesses that the Spaniards were suffering.

Among them could be pointed out:

- The use of bandages of green leaves of tobacco semi-cooked to treat the headache.

- The placement of green leaves in the abdomen to expel parasites out of the children.

- Also, tobacco was used to stop the hemorrhages in the wounds and to prevent the astonishment (tetanus).

 

The natives from the Antilles called the pipe tobacco and ritual ceremonies and mixed them with other hallucinogenic substances.

The use of tobacco by the aboriginal was also intimately related with its activities of religious character

The first Europeans that made contact with tobacco were Spaniards that Columbus sent to explore the interior of Cuba island, these people were Rodrígo de Jerez and Luis Torres. They traveled the banks of the river along the Banks of Caunao river in Cuba.

Seeds of the tobacco plant (the natives called this planta “cohiba”), were taken to Spain in 1492 sent by Fray Ramón Pané to Carlos V from La Hispaniola.

The first tobacco factory in Seville, Spain, was installed in 1763, with tobacco sent from Santo Domingo.

 

 

Cultivation of Tobacco

The cultivation of tobacco requires for its best development, fertile and flat earth and moderate rains. They also need to use certain techniques to achieve a maximum of productivity and a better quality in the product.

Traditionally the tobacco is planted in the period of November to January, after the big rains that begin in September.

The peasant relates the plantation of the tobacco with the cycle of the moon and the parties of religious character. That is to say that if the plantation of the tobacco coincides with this parties and with the new moon and the moderate rains, one presumes that there will be a good crop.

The gathering of the leaves of the tobacco is done more or less at four months of the growth. After being gathered they are smoothed and are in threads and placed in the ranches for the drying of the tobacco.

The main Center of Production of the Tobacco of the Dominican Republic. It is located in the region of the Cibao, where the most fertile earth exists for the cultivation of this aromatic leaf and the cigarettes of higher quality of the world are manufactured.

Our main countries of export of the tobacco are: United States, Belgium, France, Germany, England, Spain, Morocco and Puerto Rico, which consume the tobacco of the Dominican Republic for the great satisfaction that any one feels when testing the excellence of our product

 

 

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