Sun Cured Country Tobacco (Kurnool and Telangana)
Plantatio
- Monsoon crop: Mid-August - 1st week of September.
- Winter Crop: Mid-September to Mid-November.
Marketing
- Monsoon Crop: February to March
- Winter Crop: April to June
Physical Charcateristics |
Color |
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Nut-Brown |
Leaf size |
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Medium to Large |
Pore Volume (ml/gram) |
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0.07 to 0.20 |
Filling Value (cc/gram) |
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3.80 to 5.80 |
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Chemical Characteristics |
Nicotine |
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1.00 to 3.25
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Reducing Sugars |
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3.00 to 9.00 |
Chloride (%) |
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0.50 to 2.00` |
Economic Use |
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Primarily used for cigarette blending and for hookah tobacco paste making. |
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Sun Cured Natu Tobacco (Eluru)
Physical Charcateristics |
Color |
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Brown to Dark Brown |
Leaf size |
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Medium to Large |
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Chemical Characteristics |
Nicotine |
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3.00 to 5.50
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Reducing Sugars |
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1.10 to 2.60 |
Chloride (%) |
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1.10 to 2.00 |
Economic Use |
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Mainly used for cheroots, snuff, pipe tobacco, cigarette blending and for hookah paste making. |
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Kentucky Fire Cured Tobacco
Plantatio
- August-end to Mid-September
Marketing
Physical Charcateristics |
Color |
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Brown to Dark Brown |
Leaf size |
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Medium to Large |
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Chemical Characteristics |
Nicotine |
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2.50 to 3.75
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Chloride (%) |
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1.00 to 1.50 |
Economic Use |
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Pipe mixtures and hookah tobacco paste |
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Beedi Tobacco (Gujarath and Karnataka)
Plantatio
Marketing
Productio
- Produced mostly in Gujarat, Karnataka and Maharashtra states. The average output is 160 M.Kgs.
Physical Charcateristics |
Color |
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orange brown to light greenish brown in color (parrot green) |
Leaf size |
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broad, medium to heavy bodied |
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Chemical Characteristics |
Nicotine |
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2.50 to 3.50
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Chloride (%) |
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3.50 to 6.50 |
Reducing Sugars (%) |
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0.80 to 1.80 |
Chloride (%) |
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1.50 to 5.00 |
Economic Use |
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Used in the manufacture of beedies, a hand-rolled smoking product made by wrapping tobacco with natural ebony leaves
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