Some of the old reliable varieties will be grown again this year.
Yellow Twist Bud; An early maturing Burley that will be primed a couple of weeks after maturing until only the top third is left. The top will be stalk cured for a premium ligero filler.
Havana 142; A premium binder that makes great cigar and cigarette filler. I'll try to grade out some binder/wrapper quality leaf this year.
R.S.E.; Another premium cigar filler that is best primed, but takes stalk curing very well.
Orinoco Blanco; Not really sure what this is because the seed was purchased from an online vendor and there is no GRIN listing for it. It makes a very good cigar and cigarette filler though.
TI 469; A wrapper from Columbia known only as No. 50. This is a new one for me this year.
TI 577; A wrapper from Ecuador. Another one with no name other than No.83. Another new one for me.
Pennsylvania Red (Ohio); Cigar filler, first time growing this variety.
Long Red; Cigar filler, another first.
Now for the fun stuff...
Cuban seed No. 1 and No. 2; These were sent to me from a customer in Florida who said his neighbor grows a field of these every year. His neighbor is a Cuban who came over after the revolution and brought the seed with him. My customer acquired the seed by means not known to me and all questions about the seed have gone unanswered. I'll probably just grow a few hundred of these to see what they turn into, but my guess is they are just filler varieties...which is fine with me.
Yellow Twist Bud; An early maturing Burley that will be primed a couple of weeks after maturing until only the top third is left. The top will be stalk cured for a premium ligero filler.
Havana 142; A premium binder that makes great cigar and cigarette filler. I'll try to grade out some binder/wrapper quality leaf this year.
R.S.E.; Another premium cigar filler that is best primed, but takes stalk curing very well.
Orinoco Blanco; Not really sure what this is because the seed was purchased from an online vendor and there is no GRIN listing for it. It makes a very good cigar and cigarette filler though.
TI 469; A wrapper from Columbia known only as No. 50. This is a new one for me this year.
TI 577; A wrapper from Ecuador. Another one with no name other than No.83. Another new one for me.
Pennsylvania Red (Ohio); Cigar filler, first time growing this variety.
Long Red; Cigar filler, another first.
Now for the fun stuff...
Cuban seed No. 1 and No. 2; These were sent to me from a customer in Florida who said his neighbor grows a field of these every year. His neighbor is a Cuban who came over after the revolution and brought the seed with him. My customer acquired the seed by means not known to me and all questions about the seed have gone unanswered. I'll probably just grow a few hundred of these to see what they turn into, but my guess is they are just filler varieties...which is fine with me.