U. S. Tobaccos: Types

Type is a division of tobacco having certain common characteristics and closely related grades. Tobacco which has the same characteristics and corresponding qualities, colors and lengths is classified as one type, regardless of any factors of historical or geographical nature which cannot be determined by an examination of the tobacco.


Flue-Cured Tobacco Types

Type 11: Old Belt flue-cured; produced in the Piedmont section of Virginia and North Carolina and the district extending eastward to the Coastal Plains region.

Type 12: Eastern North Carolina flue-cured; produced in the coastal sections of North Carolina, north of the South River.

Type 13: South Carolina-Border North Carolina flue-cured; produced in the coastal sections of South Carolina and the southeastern counties of North Carolina, south of the South River.

Type 14: Georgia and Florida flue-cured; produced in southern Georgia and northern Florida and to some extent in Alabama.

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Fire-Cured Tobacco Types

Type 21: Virginia fire-cured; produced in the Piedmont and mountain sections of Virginia.

Type 22: Tennessee-Kentucky fire-cured; eastern district, Clarksville, Springfield, and Hopkinsville; produced in a section east of the Tennessee River, in southern Kentucky and northern Tennessee.

Type 23: Kentucky-Tennessee fire-cured, western district, Mayfield and Murray; produced in a section between the Tennessee, Ohio and Mississippi Rivers in western Kentucky and northwestern Tennessee.

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Air-Cured Tobacco Types (Light)

Type 31: Burley; produced in Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio, Indiana, West Virginia, North Carolina and Missouri.

Type 32: Southern Maryland; produced in five counties of southern Maryland -- Prince Georges, Anne Arundel, Calvert, Charles and St. Marys.

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Air-Cured Tobacco Types (Dark)

Type 35: One Sucker; produced in north-central Tennessee and south-central Kentucky.

Type 36: Green River; produced in the northern part of Kentucky in the territory adjacent to Owensboro and Henderson.

Type 37: Virginia sun-cured; produced in central Virginia, north of the James River.

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Cigar-Filler Tobacco Types

Type 41: Pennsylvania Seedleaf Filler; produced in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and the adjoining counties.

Type 42-44: Ohio Filler; produced in the Miami Valley Section of Ohio and extending into Indiana.

Type 46: Puerto Rican sun-grown including primed (Deshojada) and stalk-cut (Mata); produced on the Island of Puerto Rico.

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Cigar-Binder Tobacco Types

Type 51: Connecticut Broadleaf; produced in the Connecticut Valley sections of Connecticut and Massachusetts.

Type 52: Connecticut Havana Seed; produced in Connecticut and Massachusetts.

Type 54: Southern Wisconsin; produced in Wisconsin, south and east of the Wisconsin River.

Type 55: Northern Wisconsin; produced in Wisconsin, North and west of the Wisconsin River, and in eastern Minnesota.

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Cigar-Wrapper Tobacco Types

Type 61: Connecticut Shade; produced in the Connecticut Valley sections of Connecticut and Massachusetts.

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Miscellaneous Type

Type 72: Louisiana Perique

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