My very basic pipe recommendations are:
- purchase Lemon Virginia from WLT (so you don't have to flue-cure any leaf)
- purchase Latakia from WLT (you can't make it, regardless)
- grow Harrow Velvet (mild burley)
- grow Prilep 66-9/7 (prolific and rich Oriental)
- also plan to make Perique and Cavendish from the Harrow Velvet
Actually, you could start a batch of Perique now, by grabbing a hundred or so leaves of any mix of varieties (doesn't matter much) that have mostly cured on the stalk already. Rip out the green stems, moisten (drench) and smush into a container, then tighten a clamp. Wait 3 months.
Bob