Cigar Tobacco Seed Varieties
You can use a wide variety of tobacco types to make cigars, but not all of them are suitable. From our large range of seeds, we have selected only those types we think you'd find suitabe for making your own cigars.
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Aztec Rustica
Aztec Rustica (originally from Easter Island) is native to Central and South America. It grows to 30 inches high with abundant bright yellow flowers that a ..read more
Suitable for Cigar, Cigarette and Pipe
Black Mammoth - Small Stock
A deep dark tobacco that gives good weight and supports itself very well. This is a tobacco prized by growers because it provides a great wrapper tobacco o ..read more
Suitable for Cigar and Pipe
Burley Original
The original and popular commercial strain of burley tobacco makes a great addition to any garden. It is used for its hardiness and smooth, rich flavor. G ..read more
Suitable for Cigar and Cigarette
Catterton
A heirloom Maryland type tobacco. A very good producer with sharp pointed leaves growing to over 30 inches long and 16 inches wide. Air cures easily to a r ..read more
Suitable for Cigar, Cigarette and Pipe
Connecticut Broad Leaf
Connecticut Broad-leaf is a fast maturing cigar wrapper tobacco. It grows to 4 feet in height with dark green leaves to 30" long and 16" wide. It matures i ..read more
Suitable for Cigar, Cigarette and Pipe
Costello
Costello is a bright leaf variety imported by the USDA from Columbia in 1967. It grows to a height of 5-6 feet with closely spaced leaves. Plant form is an ..read more
Suitable for Cigar
Cuban Corojo 99 *
This is one of our newer varieties . Corojo 99 is a hybrid decedent of the original El Corojo seed from Cuba in the 1930's. It is sometimes called a ..read more
Suitable for Cigar
Cuban Crillo 98
The name of this variety is Cuban Crillo 98 and is another one of our very popular cigar varieties of Cuban origin. Will grow up to 6-7 ft. tall. It's leav ..read more
Suitable for Cigar
Cuban Habano 2000
This one whose name is Cuban Habano 2000, is one of the most popular Cuban cigar varieties for cigar enthusiasts. This variety of Cuban origin grows to ab ..read more
Suitable for Cigar
Cuban Havana 142
This Cuban Havana 142 is classified as a cigar binder but is often used in making chew also. Many growers find it makes an excellent cigarette tobacco as w ..read more
Suitable for Cigar
Cuban Piloto Cubano
This is one of our newer varieties, apparently originally smuggled out of Cuba in cotton balls. Piloto Cubano is a tobacco named for the town it cam ..read more
Suitable for Cigar
Dark Burley
This dark variety is rich in flavor and is a popular Burley that grows into a large plant. A fine commercial strain that is used for its hardiness and rich ..read more
Suitable for Cigar and Cigarette
Goose Creek Red
Goose Creek Red is named after a small river that runs into the Charleston Harbor. This dark Virginian type tobacco is air cures to a deep reddish brown co ..read more
Suitable for Cigar and Pipe
Greenwood
Greenwood, also call Little Wood, is an heirloom fire cured tobacco that has been used for chew, a cigar filler and wrapper, and as a blend for cigare ..read more
Suitable for Cigar and Cigarette
Little Crittenden
A long, slender, thin and narrow leafed tobacco used for chewing, pipe and cigar. It has a semi-erect growth habit with long leaves that have considerable ..read more
Suitable for Cigar and Pipe
Little Dutch
Little Dutch is an heirloom variety dating back to the 1880's. It is sweet aromatic tobacco used in pipe blends and as a cigar filler. It grow to around 3' ..read more
Suitable for Cigar and Pipe
Lizard Tail Orinoco
A Virginia Bright Leaf variety that is a good choice for a fuller flavored cigarette or pipe blend, or cigar filler. It matures early at 55 days. The dark ..read more
Suitable for Cigar, Cigarette and Pipe
Madole
Madole is an heirloom dark tobacco with a rich full flavor. It's often fire cured for use as a pipe or cigar tobacco. Its deep colored green leaves air cur ..read more
Suitable for Cigar and Pipe
Mohawk Rustica
Mohawk Rustica is native to Central America as was widely cultivated by Native Americans and grown throughout the southern US. It grows to 3' in height and ..read more
Suitable for Cigar, Cigarette and Pipe
Monte Calme Yellow
A favorite European variety that features wide, thin leaves that are much preferred for cigarettes and as cigar wrappers. Grows up to about 6 ft. tall, pro ..read more
Suitable for Cigar and Cigarette
Nostrano del Brenta*
Nostrano del Brenta is an Italian cigar tobacco with an earthy woody taste and a bit of sweetness. Tobacco was first cultivated in the Brenta River valley ..read more
Suitable for Cigar
Paris Wrapper
Paris Wrapper is an heirloom bright leaf variety that is a vigorous early season grower reaching a height of 6 feet. Its leaves grow to 30" long and 20" wi ..read more
Suitable for Cigar, Cigarette and Pipe
Pelleted Burley Tennessee
One of the more popular commercial strains of Burley tobacco originating in Tennessee and still carrying its name. It is used for its hardiness and smooth, ..read more
Suitable for Cigar, Cigarette, Pipe and Pelleted
Pennsylvania Red
Pennsylvania Red is a rich full flavored tobacco and a long time favorite of cigar makers as a filler or binder. It grows to 5 feet in height and has very ..read more
Suitable for Cigar
Russian Red
This is an unclassified tobacco. It grows to around 3 feet in height and has very dark green leaves. It produces a fair amount of tobacco, but its most str ..read more
Suitable for Cigar and Pipe
Turkish Bafra
Turkish tobacco often used in pipe tobacco blends and cigarettes. Columnar plant growing to 5 feet. Mature in 50 days. Cures a medium brown. Has a very low ..read more
Suitable for Cigar, Cigarette and Pipe
Turkish Samsun
Black Sea Samsun originated in the Samsun region of Turkey on the Black Sea. Prized for rich flavor and aroma, but yet mild to smoke. It matures in 65-70 d ..read more
Suitable for Cigar, Cigarette and Pipe
Wisconsin 901
Wisconsin 901 is classified as a cigar binder though may also be used as a filler or as a pipe tobacco blend. It produces large leaves, has a tight upright ..read more
Suitable for Cigar
Yellow Twist Bud
This is a white stemmed heirloom Burley that grows 5-6 feet in height. It produces few suckers and its pyramidal plant form with closely spaced leaves give ..read more
Suitable for Cigar, Cigarette and Pipe