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Cuba tobacco crop looks good after stormy 2008 

Jump to full article: Reuters, 2009-02-24
Author: Jeff Franks

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The world's premier tobacco region in western Cuba has recovered from two powerful hurricanes in 2008 and is about to produce one of the best crops in years, growers said on Tuesday.

Lush green fields of the leafy plant stood ready for harvest in the island's Vuelta Abajo region of Pinar del Rio province, a sacred place for cigar smokers around the globe.

Curing barns were filled to the roof with leaves that have already been picked.

"The tobacco has a lot of oil, and it's good size. The more oil you have, the more flavor," said planter Leonardo Moreno.

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