The Cigar Seed Collection boasts a diverse assortment of three of the most popular tobacco varieties native to both the Caribbean and the famous Connecticut River Valley. Cuban Criollo 98 and Havana 608 are disease-resistant hybrids native to Cuba that have been naturalized throughout Central America in both full sun and shaded gardens. Connecticut Broadleaf tobacco was the pioneering staple of early colonial cigar production for nearly a century as it helped solidify the Connecticut River Valley as one of the most productive tobacco regions in the world.