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Types of tobacco
Flue cured virginia (FCV) Burley &Oriental Suncured Country, FC Kentucky & Beedi Cigar Varities Chewing Tobacco
Cigar Wrapper Tobacco (West Bengal)
Cigar Wrapper Tobacco (West Bengal)
Plantation
Mid-October-November 1st week

Marketing
April-May

Physical Characteristics
Color
light brown with greenish tinge and with light veins in the lamina.
Leaf size
shade-cured, cured leaf is large in size, thin bodied
Chemical Characteristics
Total Nitrogen (%)
   Bottom Leaf
0.6 - 1.0
   Middle Leaf
0.8 - 1.2
   Top Leaf
1.3 - 1.6
Nicotine (%)
   Bottom Leaf
3.0 - 3.3
   Middle Leaf
3.3 - 3.7
   Top Leaf
4.5 - 4.9
Starch (%)
   Bottom Leaf
2.2 - 2.4
   Middle Leaf
5.4 - 5.6
   Top Leaf
3.4 - 3.6

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