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Kentucky was founded in 1792, being the fifteenth state to join the Union, and it took next to no time for tobacco to be the state’s main crop.

What many don’t know is that there’s an entirely different species of tobacco that was cultivated in North America long before common tobacco made its way to the colonies – Nicotiana rustica, or “rustica tobacco".

Cavendish, and its slightly less well-known cousin, stoved tobacco, demonstrate just how versatile the tobacco plant truly is.

Katerini tobacco comes from Thessaloninka, a part of Greek Western Macedonia that’s one of the most picturesque regions in the world.

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