The legacy of Peterson of Dublin began not in Ireland, but in London, 1865, when German immigrants Frederick and Heinrich Kapp opened a small pipe and tobacco shop. Their craftsmanship and reputation grew quickly—so much so that just a few years later, Frederick earned a prize medal at the 1873 London International Exhibition. Riding that success, he packed up his…
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SUTLIFF’S LIMITED EDITION CRUMBLE KAKE NO. 5 – RUSTICA
In the early 17th century, John Rolfe of the Jamestown Colony began the successful cultivation of Nicotiana Tabacum (common domesticated tobacco) in and around the Jamestown Colony in the tidewater area of Virginia. After several failures in making the Colony profitable for their sponsors, Rolfe began an effort to find a cash crop that could make the settlement financially successful.…