Dark Varieties:
Kentucky-Tennessee air-cured type 35 One-Sucker and type 36 Green River tobacco.
Kentucky-Tennessee fire-cured types 22-23.
Virginia sun-cured type 37.
Virginia fire-cured tobacco type 21.

Grown and air-cured for chewing tobacco and plug.
Also, grown and fire-cured for snuff plug wrappers.
Plants are stalk-cut, left to wilt in the field, and barn dried.
Many varieties are used for both air-curing and fire-curing depending upon the regional curing practices where being grown.
Fire-Curing begins with air-drying for the first few days, then followed by use of hardwood fires for higher-temperature drying.  The curing is performed in ventilated barns with open fires allowing the smoke to come in contact with the tobacco; it is alternated with air curing.  Fire-cured tobacco is light to dark brown in color, medium to heavy in body  and strong in flavor.
Sun-Curing is performed on racks in the sunshine for set daily periods over 4 weeks, depending on the weather.  Sun-cured tobacco looks similar to air-cured tobacco. 

         
KY 153
One Sucker
KY 157
One Sucker
KY 160
One Sucker
SI KY 160
One Sucker
LN KY 160
One Sucker
         
KY 165
One Sucker
LN KY 171
One Sucker
IG KY 171
One Sucker
SI KY 171
One Sucker
 
 
         
One Sucker OS400
One Sucker
     
     

 

 

 

 

 

Woods
Fire-Cured

Sears Special
Fire-Cured

Madole
Fire-Cured
Brownleaf
Fire-Cured
KY 151
Fire-Cured
         
VA 309
Fire-Cured
VA 310
Fire-Cured
VA 312
Fire-Cured

VA 355
Fire-Cured

VA 359
Fire-Cured
         
Greenwood
Fire-Cured
Lizard Tail Orinoco
x Turtlefoot
Sun-Cured
VA 409
Sun-Cured
Hastings  
 
         
KY 190 KT D4 KT D8

TN D 950

DT 508

 

 

 

 

 

Type 21. That type of fire-cured tobacco, known as Virginia Fire-cured or Dark-fired, produced principally in the Piedmont and mountain sections of Virginia.

Type 22. That type of Fire-cured tobacco, known as Eastern District Fire-cured, produced principally in a section east of the Tennessee River in southern Kentucky and northern Tennessee.

Type 23. That type of Fire-cured tobacco, known as Western District Fire-cured or Dark-fired, produced principally in a section west of the Tennessee River in Kentucky and extending into Tennessee.

Type 35. That type of air-cured tobacco commonly known as One Sucker Air-cured, Kentucky-Tennessee-Indiana One Sucker, or Dark Air-cured One Sucker - including the upper Cumberland District One Sucker - and produced principally in northern Tennessee, south central Kentucky, and southern Indiana.  One-Sucker is a common name for Type 35 tobacco and is used in the manufacture of chewing tobacco.

Type 36. That type of air-cured tobacco commonly known as Green River, Green River Air-cured, Dark Air-cured, or Dark Air-cured of the Henderson and Owensboro Districts, and produced principally in the Green River section of Kentucky.  It is of the one-sucker type and is commonly used in the production of chewing tobacco, though to some extent it is used for snuff and smoking tobaccos.

Type 37. That type of air-cured or sun-cured tobacco commonly known as Virginia Sun-cured, Virginia Sun and Air-cured, or Dark Air-cured of Virginia, and produced principally in the central section of Virginia north of the James River.

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