Cigar speckling fluid:
(Method 1.) Powdered Ammonium Carbonate and a concentrated solution of (H2O2).
Dissolve one part of the Ammonium Carbonate in 25 parts of the (H2O2). Touch the cigar with this in spots with the end of a pointed stick. This gives the appearance of speckled Sumatran leaf.
(Method 2.) The following method is said to be used by a large firm:
Sodium Carbonate—3 parts.
Chlorinated Lime—1 part.
Hot Water—8 parts.
Dissolve the washing soda in the hot water, add the chlorinated lime, and heat to the boiling point. When cool decant and cork tightly. This is sprinkled over the tobacco.—From American Druggist, Vol. 83, p. 328.
Specks are sometimes caused by fluids used to destroy insects which attack the cigar after manufacture.
Tobacco flavoring essences
In the chapter treating of the manufacture of smoking and chewing tobacco it was stated that the tobacco leaf was often treated by certain flavoring essences. The following are quoted as examples of such essences: