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The Mid-Atlantic region played a central role in the development of American cigar tobacco, evolving from colonial subsistence crops into a specialized industry that supplied both domestic and export markets. Over two centuries this area produced distinctive leaf types, supported local manufacturing, and shaped cigar culture in cities from Baltimore to Philadelphia.
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Virginia and the Delaware Valley emerging as important growing areas where tobacco was both a cash crop and a household staple. As markets matured in the 18th and 19th centuries, farmers in parts of Southeast Pennsylvania and nearby counties shifted toward varieties and curing methods better suited to snuff, chewing tobacco, and the leaf grades prized by cigar makers, creating a regional supply chain that linked farms, warehouses, and urban manufacturers. This agricultural specialization was shaped by soil types, transportation routes such as rivers and later railroads, and the labor systems available to growers, all of which influenced which tobacco strains were grown and how leaves were processed for cigar wrappers, binders, and fillers. By the mid-19th century the Mid-Atlantic’s tobacco economy was no longer merely subsistence-oriented but increasingly integrated into national and international trade networks that fed a growing American appetite for cigars
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Urban manufacturing and skilled hand-rolling became the next stage in the Mid-Atlantic story, as cities like Baltimore, Philadelphia, and Wilmington developed factories and artisan shops where immigrant labor and local entrepreneurs turned cured leaf into finished cigars. The region’s cigar industry combined hand craftsmanship with mechanization in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, producing everything from inexpensive machine-made cigars to premium hand-rolled products that relied on carefully graded Mid-Atlantic leaf for filler and binder blends. Social and cultural factors—immigrant communities, tobacconist traditions, and cigar clubs—helped sustain demand and preserve specialized knowledge about blending and aging leaf, even as national tastes and competition from Cuban and later Central American tobaccos influenced local practices. Public health concerns and changing consumer preferences in the mid-20th century, along with consolidation in the tobacco industry, gradually reduced the scale of regional manufacturing, though boutique producers and cigar bars later revived interest in historic Mid-Atlantic styles.
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Nothing, really! Baltimore Tobacco offers the same tobacco varieties you enjoy in other cigars. Our cigars were just grown, rolled, and packaged in the United States.
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Jarring has been used for hundreds of years as a preservation method and is more effective at preservation than decorative cedar boxes. We vacuum seal our cigars right after rolling to lock in the freshness of the leaves, so every cigar is fresh and enjoyable to smoke.
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We are re-engineering the entire cigar process to be able to manufacture and sell cigars in the Unites States using only American grown tobacco rolled by Americans. We will continue to experiment with our business model to sustainably deliver quality cigars for people who enjoy the journey we’re on!