Daniel said:Does anyone know if this tobacco cures Red or something even if it is Flue Cured?
nwtseeds.com said:African Red is a bright leaf variety with light green colored leaves and white stemmed. A vigorous grower reaching 8 feet (200cm) in height at the first crows foot. Plant form is columnar. Average size of 10th leaf at maturity 28 inches (60cm). Leaf width 12" (25cm) 28 leaves total on untopped plants, not including bed leaves. Matures in 80 days. Has a high nicotine content, averaging 29.8 mg/g of dried leaf. Original seed donated to the USDA from Transvaal, South Africa in 1975.
ars-grin.gov PI 420191
My impression of "Flue-cured" as a USDA class is that they differ from, say Burley, even when both are air-cured. The FC varieties tend to be more acidic and (despite the numbers on the African Red) have lower nicotine.ARS-GRIN said:From South Africa. Seed presented August 1975 by Director, Tobacco Research Institute,
Rustenburg, Transvaal. Numbered Novbember [sic] 18, 1977.
420191. T.I. 1609. R.T. (red tobacco). Resistant to brown spot.
FLUE-CURED
With the Extension Services' recommendations and surveys, keep in mind that within traditional tobacco growing regions, well established tobacco diseases are often what determine the specific varieties that can be successfully grown.
Bob