Home Tobacco Varieties Cigar Varieties Plantation Mid-October-November 1st week Marketing April-May Physical Charcateristics 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