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KARNATA
LIGHT SOIL - MYSORE |
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1. Planting |
Early-
May to End June |
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2. Marketing |
September
to January |
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3. Physical Characteristics |
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a) Colour |
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b) Leaf Size |
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c)
Pore Volume (M1/Gm) |
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d) Filling Value |
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| Lemon to Orange |
| Large |
| 0.13 |
| 2.9 to 3.8 |
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4. Chemical Characteristics |
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a) Nicotine |
% |
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b) Reducing
Sugars |
% |
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c) Chloride |
% |
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| 1.25
to 2.5 |
| 8 to
22 |
| 0.2 to
0.6 |
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Economic Use |
This
tobacco is preferred for low nicotine
content, high filling capacity and
suitability to blend well with any tobacco. |
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SOUTHERN
LIGHT SOIL (SLS) |
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1. Planting |
Mid-October
to Mid-November |
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2. Marketing |
February
to May |
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3. Physical Characteristics |
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a) Colour |
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b) Leaf Size |
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c)
Pore Volume (M1/Gm) |
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d) Filling Value |
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| Lemon to Orange |
| Small
to medium |
| 0.13 |
| 2.6 to
3.5 |
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4. Chemical Characteristics |
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a) Nicotine |
% |
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b) Reducing
Sugars |
% |
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c) Chloride |
% |
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| 1.25
to 2.3 |
| 8 to
19 |
| 0.5 to
0.9 |
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Economic Use |
This
tobacco is preferred for low nicotine
content, high filling capacity and
suitability to blend well with any tobacco. |
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BLACK
SOIL (TRADITIONAL) |
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1. Planting |
Mid-October
to November 1st week |
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2. Marketing |
February
to May |
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3. Physical Characteristics |
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a) Colour |
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b) Leaf Size |
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c)
Pore Volume (M1/Gm) |
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d) Filling Value |
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| Lemon |
| Medium
to Large |
| 0.13 |
| 2.6 to
2.8 |
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4. Chemical Characteristics |
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a) Nicotine |
% |
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b) Reducing
Sugars |
% |
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c) Chloride |
% |
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| 1.5
to 2.7 |
| 5 to
20 |
| 0.5 to
1.5 |
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Economic Use |
This
tobacco is of neutral character and blends
well with any tobacco. |
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NORTHERN
LIGHT SOIL (NLS) |
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1. Planting |
Early-October
to End-November |
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2. Marketing |
February
to May |
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3. Physical Characteristics |
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a) Colour |
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b) Leaf Size |
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c)
Pore Volume (M1/Gm) |
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d) Filling Value |
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| Lemon
Orange to Orange |
| Large |
| 0.13 |
| 2.2 to
2.8 |
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4. Chemical Characteristics |
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a) Nicotine |
% |
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b) Reducing
Sugars |
% |
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c) Chloride |
% |
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| 1.5 to
3.5 |
| 7 to
18 |
| 0.7 to
1.5 |
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Economic Use |
This
tobacco is flavorful to semi-flavorful with
excellent ageing properties. |
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MONSOON
BURLEY |
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1. Planting |
July
2nd week to August 1st week |
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2. Marketing |
November
to January |
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3. Physical Characteristics |
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a) Colour |
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b) Leaf Size |
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c)
Pore Volume (M1/Gm) |
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d) Filling Value |
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| Rich
tan to Brown |
| Medium
to Large |
| 0.18
to 0.28 |
| 5 to
6.2 |
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4. Chemical Characteristics |
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a) Nicotine |
% |
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b) Reducing
Sugars |
% |
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c) Chloride |
% |
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| 0.6 to
1.8 |
| 0.8 to
2 |
| 0.15 to
1.45 |
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Economic Use |
Has
got very good filling character. Used in US
blended cigarettes. |
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TRADITIONAL
BURLEY |
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1. Planting |
October
1st week to November 4th week |
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2. Marketing |
May
to June |
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3. Physical Characteristics |
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a) Colour |
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b) Leaf Size |
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c)
Pore Volume (M1/Gm) |
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d) Filling Value |
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| Rich
tan to Brown |
| Medium
to large |
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| 3.5 to
5.5 |
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4. Chemical Characteristics |
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a) Nicotine |
% |
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b) Reducing
Sugars |
% |
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c) Chloride |
% |
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Economic Use |
For
use as blend in cigarettes along with burley
tobacco or by itself. It is also used for
pipe mixtures, chewing plugs and hookah
tobacco paste. |
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KURNOOL
AND TELANGANA (NATU) |
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1. Planting |
Mid-September
to Mid-November |
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2. Marketing |
April
to June |
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3. Physical Characteristics |
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a) Colour |
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b) Leaf Size |
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c)
Pore Volume (M1/Gm) |
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d) Filling Value |
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| Nut-Brown |
| Medium
to Large |
| 0.07
to 0.20 |
| 3.8 to
5.8 |
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4. Chemical Characteristics |
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a) Nicotine |
% |
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b) Reducing
Sugars |
% |
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c) Chloride |
% |
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| 1.5 to
3 |
| 3 to 7 |
| 0.5 to
1.5 |
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Economic Use |
Primarily
used for cigarette blending and for hookah
tobacco paste making. |
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ELURU (NATU
TOBACCO) |
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1. Planting |
October
to November |
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2. Marketing |
April
to August |
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3. Physical Characteristics |
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a) Colour |
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b) Leaf Size |
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c)
Pore Volume (M1/Gm) |
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d) Filling Value |
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| Brown
to Dark Brown |
| Medium
to large |
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| 3.2 to
5 |
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4. Chemical Characteristics |
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a) Nicotine |
% |
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b) Reducing
Sugars |
% |
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c) Chloride |
% |
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| 2.5 to
4.5 |
| 1.1 to
2.6 |
| 1 to 2 |
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Economic Use |
Mainly
used for cheroots, snuff pipe tobacco,
cigarette blending and for hookah paste
making. |
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ORIENTAL |
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1. Planting |
September
to November |
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2. Marketing |
March |
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3. Physical Characteristics |
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a) Colour |
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b) Leaf Size |
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c)
Pore Volume (M1/Gm) |
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d) Filling Value |
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| Lemon
Yellow to Light Yellowish Green |
| Small |
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4. Chemical Characteristics |
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a) Nicotine |
% |
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b) Reducing
Sugars |
% |
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c) Chloride |
% |
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| 0.5
to 0.8 |
| 8 to
17 |
| 0.7 to
1.5 |
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Economic Use |
Cigarette
blending. |
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KENTUCKY
FIRE CURED TOBACCO |
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1. Planting |
End-August
to Mid-September |
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2. Marketing |
Early
March |
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3. Physical Characteristics |
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a) Colour |
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b) Leaf Size |
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c)
Pore Volume (M1/Gm) |
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d) Filling Value |
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| Brown
to Dark Brown |
| Medium
to large |
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4. Chemical Characteristics |
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a) Nicotine |
% |
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b) Reducing
Sugars |
% |
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c) Chloride |
% |
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| 2.5 to
3.75 |
| 3.5 to
5 |
| 1 to
1.5 |
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Economic Use |
Pipe
mixtures and hookah tobacco paste. |
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BIDI
TOBACCO (GUJARAT AND KARNATAKA) |
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1. Planting |
August
to September |
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2. Marketing |
April
to May |
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3. Physical Characteristics |
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a) Colour |
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b) Leaf Size |
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c)
Pore Volume (M1/Gm) |
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d) Filling Value |
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| Orange
Brown to Light Greenish Brown |
| Medium
to large |
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4. Chemical Characteristics |
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a) Nicotine |
% |
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b) Reducing
Sugars |
% |
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c) Chloride |
% |
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| 4 to 6 |
| 1.5 to
5 |
| 0.8 to
1.8 |
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Economic Use |
Used
in the manufacture of bidis, a hand rolled
smoking product made by wrapping tobacco
with natural ebony leaves. |
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CIGAR
WRAPPER TOBACCO (WEST BENGAL) |
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1. Planting |
Mid-October
to November 1st week |
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2. Marketing |
April
to May |
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3. Production |
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4. 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. |
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5. Chemical Characteristics |
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a) Nicotine |
% |
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b) Chloride |
% |
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Economic Use |
Mainly
used for wrapping the cigars. |
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CIGAR
FILLER TOBACCO |
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1. Planting |
Mid-October
to November 1st week |
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2. Marketing |
June
to July |
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3. Production |
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4. 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 the length and blemish of the leaf.
The leaf is light to medium in body and
brown to dark brown in colour. |
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5. Chemical Characteristics |
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a) Nicotine |
% |
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b) Chloride |
% |
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| 0.9 to
1.9 % (WB) 2 to 4 % (Tamilnadu) |
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Economic Use |
Used
in the manufacture of cigars & exported
to some countries for use in hookah tobacco
paste. |
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CHEROOT
TOBACCO (TAMILNADU) |
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1. Planting |
Mid-November
to Mid-December |
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2. Marketing |
June
to August |
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3. Production |
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4. Physical
Characteristics |
Stalk
cut plants are wilted overnight and later
air-cured (shade-curing) and fermented by
making and remaking the bulks for 20 to 24
days. |
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5. Chemical Characteristics |
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a) Nicotine |
% |
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b) Chloride |
% |
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Economic Use |
For
the manufacture of cheroots and hookah
tobacco paste. |
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LANKA
TOBACCO |
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1. Planting |
November |
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2. Marketing |
June
to August |
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3. Production |
Godavari
area in Andhra Pradesh |
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4. Physical
Characteristics |
The
leaf is initially air-cured (shade-cured) for
2 months followed by pit curing for 4 to 5
days and then bulked till the leaf develops
brown colour and has a pungent odour. |
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5. Chemical Characteristics |
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a) Nicotine |
% |
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b) Chloride |
% |
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Economic Use |
For
the manufacture of cigars and cheroots. |
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TAMILNADU |
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1. Planting |
End-October
to End-November |
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2. Marketing |
June
to August |
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3. Production |
Tamilnadu |
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4. Physical
Characteristics |
Stock-cut
plants after wilting overnight, are cured in
three different ways viz., sun curing, smoke
curing and pit curing, followed by
fermentation in bulk. The leaf is large in
size, medium to heavy bodied and brown to
dark brown in colour. |
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5. Chemical Characteristics |
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a) Nicotine |
% |
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b) Chloride |
% |
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Economic Use |
Chewing
& Cheroot. |
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BLACK
CHOPADIA |
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1. Planting |
October
to November |
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2. Marketing |
April
to August |
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3. Production |
Anand
area of Gujarat |
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4. Physical
Characteristics |
The
primed leaf is sun cured and later fermented
bulks till brown to dark brown colour
develops. The leaf is medium to heavy
bodied. Generally called Kala Chopadia. |
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5. Chemical Characteristics |
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a) Nicotine |
% |
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b) Chloride |
% |
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Economic Use |
Used
as chewing tobacco. |
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RED
CHOPADIA |
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1. Planting |
October
to November |
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2. Marketing |
April
to August |
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3. Production |
Anand
area of Gujarat |
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4. Physical
Characteristics |
The
primed leaf is sun-cured for 10 to 12 days
till the steam 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. |
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5. Chemical Characteristics |
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a) Nicotine |
% |
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b) Chloride |
% |
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Economic Use |
Mostly
for Chewing. also called Lal-Chopadia and
Safna. The export packing ranges from 250gm
to 1000gm and is available in bales upto
100kg |
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BIHAR |
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1. Planting |
September
to Mid-October |
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2. Marketing |
April
to July |
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3. Production |
Bihar |
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4. Physical
Characteristics |
Stalk-cut
plants are sun cured and later leaves are separated
and fermented by making and remaking the
bulks. Cured leaves are thick bodied and
brown to dark brown in colour. |
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5. Chemical Characteristics |
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a) Nicotine |
% |
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b) Chloride |
% |
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Economic Use |
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RUSTICA
TOBACCO (KOLKATTA) |
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1. Planting |
October
to November |
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2. Marketing |
April
to June |
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3. Production |
West
Bengal |
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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 colour. Also
called Calcutta tobacco. |
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5. Chemical Characteristics |
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a) Nicotine |
% |
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b) Chloride |
% |
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Economic Use |
Used
as Chewing tobacco, hookah tobacco, for
tobacco sheet making, for kreteks in
Indonesia, pipe mixers and cigarette
blending to some extent. |
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MOTHIHARI |
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1. Planting |
End-October
to End-November |
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2. Marketing |
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3. Production |
Two
types - Mothihari (N.Rustica) and Jati (N.Tobacum) |
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4. Physical
Characteristics |
The
primed leaf is cured by air curing (shade
curing) and later fermented by bulking. |
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5. Chemical Characteristics |
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a) Nicotine |
% |
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b) Chloride |
% |
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Economic Use |
Used
in the manufacture of various tobacco
products such as chewing tobacco, hookah
paste, bidis etc. |
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