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Planting: Mid-October to November
1st week
Marketing: April to May
Physical characteristics:
The leaf is shade-cured. Cured leaf is large in size, thin
bodied, light brown with greenish tinge and with light veins
in the lamina.
Chemical Characteristics:
(BL - Bottom Leaf, ML-Middle Leaf, TL - Top Leaf)
| Nicotine, % |
0.6 to 1.0 (BL) 0.8 to 1.2
(ML) 1.3 to 1.6 (TL) |
| Reducing Sugars, % |
3.0 to 3.3 (BL) 3.3 to 3.7
(ML) 4.5 to 4.9 (TL) |
| Chloride, % |
2.2 to 2.4 (BL) 5.4 to 5.6
(ML) 3.4 to 3.6 (TL) |
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