Types of tobacco
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This article contains a list of tobacco cultivars and varieties, as well as unique preparations of the tobacco leaf involving particular methods of processing the plant.
Bright leaf tobacco leaf ready for harvest: When it turns yellow-green, the sugar content is at its peak, and it will cure to a deep golden color with a mild taste. The leaves are harvested progressively up the stem from the base, as they ripen.
Shade-grown tobacco field in East Windsor, Connecticut
Harvested white burley in Cincinnati, Ohio
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Nicotiana tabacum
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Nicotiana tabacum, or cultivated tobacco, is an annually grown herbaceous plant of the genus Nicotiana. N. tabacum is the most commonly grown species in the genus Nicotiana, as the plant's leaves are
Types of tobacco
…Air-cured One Sucker. The U.S. Department of Agriculture defines it as Type 35. Oriental tobacco is a sun-cured, highly aromatic, small-leafed variety (Nicotiana tabacum) that is grown in Turkey, Greece, Bulgaria, Lebanon, and North Macedonia. Oriental tobacco is frequently referred to as "Turkish tobacco", as these…
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Tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) in a tobacco leaf
Dried tobacco at the North Carolina State Fair