Flue Cured Varieties:
"Bright Leaf (or Virginia) Tobacco" Types 11, 12, 13, 14.
Grown and flue-cured for cigarettes, pipe and
chewing tobacco.
Leaves are harvested by priming. Priming entails the picking of individual
leaves as they ripen.
Flue-Curing is performed in small, tightly constructed barns with
artificial heat beginning at 90 degrees Fahrenheit and ending around 170 degrees
Fahrenheit;
it takes 5-7 days. The name comes from the metal flue used in the heating
apparatus. Flue-cured tobacco is yellow ('bright') to reddish-orange in color,
thin to medium in body and mild in flavor possessing a sweet aroma and slightly
acidic taste. It is high in sugar content and low-to-average in nitrogenous
materials, acids and nicotine. It blends well with burley and Maryland tobaccos
because its sugar content smoothes and neutralizes the smoke.
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Bamboo Shoot |
Dixie Bright 27 |
Robertson |
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Virginia Smoking |
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G-28 |
G-70 |
GL 737 |
GL 973 |
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| Coker 48 |
Coker 282 |
Coker 319 |
Coker 371 Gold |
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| CU 165 |
CU 1097 |
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K346 |
K394 |
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McNair 135 |
McNair 373 |
McNair 944 |
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NC 72 |
NC 79 |
NC 82 |
NC 291 |
NC 2326 |
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Oxford 403 |
Oxford 940 |
VA 116 |
Vesta 64 |
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Type 11. That type of flue-cured tobacco commonly
known as Western Flue-cured or Old Belt and Middle Belt Flue-cured, produced
principally in the Piedmont sections of Virginia and North Carolina and the
district extending eastward to the coastal plains region. That portion of this
type known as Old Belt Flue-cured, normally characterized by a heavier body and
darker color shade and produced principally in the Piedmont sections of Virginia
and North Carolina, may be classified as Type 11a; and that portion of the type
known as Middle Belt Flue-cured, normally characterized by a thinner body and
lighter color shade and produced principally in a section lying between the
Piedmont and coastal plains regions of Virginia and North Carolina, may be
classified as Type 11b.
Type 12. That type of flue-cured tobacco commonly
known as Eastern Flue-cured or Eastern Carolina Flue-cured, produced principally
in the coastal plains section of North Carolina, north of the South River.
Type 13. That type of flue-cured tobacco commonly
known as Southeastern Flue-cured or South Carolina Flue-cured, produced
principally in the coastal plains section of South Carolina and the southeastern
counties of North Carolina, south of the South River.
Type 14. That type of flue-cured tobacco commonly
known as Southern Flue-cured, produced principally in the southern section of
Georgia, in northern Florida, and to some extent in Alabama.
