CHEWING TOBACCO RUSTICA TOBACCO(CALCUTTA)

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1.Planting : October-November 2.Marketing : April to june 3.Production : In Gujarat 3.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. Also called Calcutta tobacco. 4.Chemical Characteristics : a)Total Nitrogen % : 3.5 - 5.0 b)Nicotine % : 1.6 to 3.6 5.Economical use : Used as chewing tobacco,hookah tobacco, for tobacco sheet makeing for kreteks in indonesia,pipe mixtures and cigarette blending to some extent.