BigBonner's Havana as Wrapper

[dondford]

Many of you know BigBonner (Larry Butcher) on this Forum and knows he grows great tobacco, as well as being a great guy. For the past year I have used his Havana for binder and wrapper, I first tried it as a binder and quickly realized that most of it is really wrapper quality. Big leaves, perfectly cured and a dark brown color I love. I roll mostly 5-6" x 50-52ish cigars and can often get 3-4 wrappers per leaf. Maybe not as dressy as the fancy wrapper stuff, but for the guys that roll a lot of cigars for his own use and want a very affordable wrapper, it works great. I would also strongly recommend it for the newbie just learning to roll, this Havana is very tough and forgiving: much of the fancy wrapper leaf is fairly fragile and can give a newbie problems until they learn the basics. His Broadleaf is also very good. Larry and his wife are a dying breed..... small American Farmer; they offer a great product at a fair price and offer great service.

Don Ford

 

[MarcL]

I have been meaning to get some and would not doubt if it's on this site somewhere.. it sure does look good.

 

[rustycase]

I have found the bigbonner's perique styled tobacco is good, too!
rc

 

[dondford]

Larry told me the other day he has some Perique available, drop him a line

 

[Smokin Harley]

You know, I had him send me a sample of his Perique back in the summer and I'm still waiting on my own leaf to be smokeable so I can mix a little in ...might be an out of body experience I'll not soon forget.

 

[BigBonner]

It is a good thing I have tobacco aging . Because this years crop was drowned out and we just could not get in the fields to work the weeds out of what was the better tobacco .
But I have plenty of tobacco on hand .

Thanks for the reviews .

 

[Brown Thumb]

Bummer to hear about this yrs. harvest Larry.

 

[rustycase]

Well, I can't help with Mother Nature, but I'll buy more of that perique, Larry!
Aging will just make it better!
The process is just not something I can undertake in the small quantities I grow.

Happy Thanksgiving to all.
rc