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Planting: Early October
Marketing: February to April
Harvesting and curing: Leaves
harvested individually in groups of 2 or more leaves at a
time at about weekly intervals.
Cured under strictly controlled temperature and humidity regimes
to ensure that chemical changes proceed to the desired point
but no further. Practically all starch changed to sugar. 6-8
day curing time. Cured leaf is bright lemon, orange or mahogany.
Environment: Warm, relatively
humid environment without extended periods of moisture stress
to ensure rapid, uninterrupted growth and ripening. Relatively
infertile, light soils which will produce a good yield but,
at the same time, ensure the desired balance between the main
chemical compounds, especially carbohydrates and those containing
nitrogen, and their amounts (hence the high sugar content
of this type).
Physical/Chemical Characteristics:
| Color |
Lemon-orange to orange/mahogany |
| Leaf size |
Large |
| Pore volume (Ml/Gm) |
0.13 |
| Filling value (CC/Gm) |
2.2 to 2.8 |
| Nicotine, % |
1.5 to 3.0-4.0 |
| Reducing Sugars, % |
13.8 to 23.5 |
| Chloride, % |
0.7 to 1.5 |
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