FCV Traditional Tobacco

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1. Planting : Mid - October to
First week of November
2. Marketing : February to April
3. Physical Characteristics
- Color : Lemon
- Leaf Size : Medium to large
- Pore vol : 0.13 (MI/ Gm)
- Filling value : 2.6 to 2.8 (CC/Gm)
4. Chemical Characteristics
- Nicotine : 1.0 to 2.5
- Sugar : 8.6 to 20.9 %
- Chloride : 0.5 to 1.5 %
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Fluecured Virginia Mysore
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1. Planting : Early may
2. Marketing : September to December
3. Physical Characteristics
- Color : Lemon to Orange
- Leaf Size : Large
- Pore vol : 0.13 (MI/ Gm)
- Filling value : 2.9 to 3.8 (CC/Gm)
4. Chemical Characteristics
- Nicotine : 1.5 to 2.5
- Sugar : 18 to 27 %
- Chloride : 0.1 to 0.2 %
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Fluecured Virginia NLS
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1. Planting : Early October
2. Marketing : February to April
3. Physical Characteristics
- Color : Lemon Orange to Orange
- Leaf Size : Large
- Pore vol : 0.13 (MI/ Gm)
- Filling value : 2.2 to 2.8 (CC/Gm)
4. Chemical Characteristics
- Nicotine : 1.5 to 3.0-4.0
- Sugar : 13.8 to 23.5 %
- Chloride : 0.7 to 1.5 %
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Fluecured Virginia SLS
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1. Planting : Mid October to
Mid November
2. Marketing : February to May
3. Physical Characteristics
- Color : Lemon to Orange
- Leaf Size : Small to Medium
- Pore vol : 0.13 (MI/ Gm)
- Filling value : 2.6 to 3.5 (CC/Gm)
4. Chemical Characteristics
- Nicotine : 1.0 to 2.0
- Sugar : 10 to 17.5 %
- Chloride : 0.5 to 0.9 %
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Indian Tobacco Burley
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1. Planting : July Lastweek to
August last week
2. Marketing : November to January
3. Physical Characteristics
- Color : Rich - tan to Brown
- Leaf Size : Medium to Large
- Pore vol : 0.18 to 0.28 (MI/ Gm)
- Filling value : 5.0 to 6.2 (CC/Gm)
4. Chemical Characteristics
- Nicotine : 1.25 to 3.5
- Sugar : 1.6 to 3.6 %
- Chloride : 0.15 to 0.45 %
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Dark Cigarette Tobacco
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1. Planting : Monsoon Crop :
Mid August - 1st week of September
Winter Crop : Mid Sept. to Mid nov.
2. Marketing : Monsoon Crop : Feb to March ,
Winter Crop : April to June 3
3.Physical Characteristics
- Color : Nut Brown
- Leaf Size : Medium to heavy
- Pore vol : 0.07 to 0.20 (MI/ Gm)
- Filling value : 3.8 to 5.8 (CC/Gm)
4. Chemical Characteristics
- Nicotine : 1.00 to 3.25
- Sugar : 3.0 to 9.00 %
- Chloride : 0.5 to 2.00 %
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| Sun Cured Burley Tobacco (Traditional)

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1. Planting : October l
st week to November 1st week
2. Marketing : May to June
3. Physical Characteristics
- Color : Rich - tan to Brown
- Leaf Size : Medium to Heavy Body
4.Chemical Characteristics
- Nicotine : 2.5 to 4.5
- Sugar : 1.8 to 4.8 %
- Chloride : 0.5 to 2.0 %
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Sun Cured Natu Tobacco (Eluru)
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1. Planting : October to
November
2. Marketing : April to August
3. Physical Characteristics
- Color : Brown to Dark brown
- Leaf Size : Medium to large
4. Chemical Characteristics
- Nicotine : 3.0 to 5.5
- Sugar : 1.1 to 2.6 %
- Chloride : 1.0 to 2.0 %
Mainly used for cheroots, snuffpipe tobacco and cigarette blending
and , for hookah paste making.
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Chewing Tobacco (Red Chopadia)
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1.Planting
: October to November
2.Marketing : April to August
3.Production: Anand area in Gujarat
4.Physical Characteristics :
The primed leaf sun-cured for 10 to
12 days till the stem dries and the leaf develops yellow colour.The leaf
is light to medium bodied and golden - yellow in colour.later the
leaves are tied into bundles and bulked for developing aroma. Also
called Safna ,mostly used forchewing .The export packing ranges from 250
gms - 1000 gms and is availablein bales of upto 100 kgs.
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Chewing Tobacco (Black Chopadia)
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1.Planting : October to
November
2.Marketing : April to August
3.Production: Anand area in Gujarat
4.Physical Characteristics :
The primed leaf is Sun-cured and later fermented in bulk till
brown to dark-brown colour develops. The leaf is medium to heavy-bodied.
Used as Chewing tobacco.
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| Chewing Tobacco Rustica Tobacco (Calcutta)

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1.Planting : October to
November
2.Marketing : April to June
3.Production: In Gujarat
4.Physical Characteristics :
The primed leaf is Sun-cured and later bulked.The leaf is
medium to heavy-bodied and greenish - brown to dark - brown in color.
5. Chemical Characteristics
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a.Total Nitrogen % : 3.50-05.0
b. Nicotine % : 3.0 - 6.0
Used as chewing tobacco ,
hookah tobacco , for tobacco sheet making , for kreteks in Indonesia,
pipe mixtures & cigarette blending.
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