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Planting: Mid-October to November
1st week
Marketing: June-July
Physical characteristics:
The leaf is sun-cured and fermented in bulks for a period
of 25-35 days by breaking and remaking the bulks 6-7 times.
It is graded based on length and blemish of the leaf. The
leaf is light to medium in body and brown to dark brown in
color
Chemical Characteristics:
(WBT - West Bengal Type, TT -Tamilnadu Type)
| Nicotine, % |
2.4 to 3.3 (WBT) 2.5 to 4.5
(TT) |
| Reducing Sugars, % |
0.9 to 1.9 (WBT) 2.0 to 4.0
(TT) |
| Chloride, % |
0.3 to 0.4 (WBT) 0.3 to 0.4
(TT) |
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