Tobacco

Virginia 355 tobacco is a highly regarded variety within the tobacco industry, prized for its exceptional flavor, smooth smoking qualities, and consistent leaf characteristics. As a member of the flue-cured Virginia tobacco family, it undergoes a curing process that involves controlled heat to preserve its natural sugars and flavors. Virginia 355 is distinguished by its bright, lemon-yellow to deep orange leaves, which are medium to large in size and exhibit excellent texture and elasticity.

Virginia 15 is a light, aromatic cigarette and pipe tobacco. The plant grows to an average of 5' in height producing 22 leaves per plant. Leaves average 14" wide and up to 20" to 22" in length. It is resistant to most diseases.

The American 14 Tobacco is Bright Leaf tobacco variety that is imported from Ukraine that will produce 30 leaves per plant. This variety is a tall plant reaching 6' or more in height and is drought tolerant and sunburn resistant. Each American 14 leaf can reach 30" long and 15" wide.

This plant produces a deep dark heirloom tobacco that gives good weight. This is a tobacco prized by growers because it provides a great wrapper tobacco, a rich flavored pipe tobacco, or a premium snuff tobacco when ripe. It grows to 4-5 feet in height. The leaves grow up to 30 inches in length and 16 inches in width and are often fire cured.

Shirey is a dark Virginian type tobacco with a mild flavor but with a fuller richer flavor than Virginia Golds have. It is an excellent tobacco for a cigarette or pipe blend. It produces a large leaf that air cures easily to a medium brown. It is a hardy plant and withstands moderate late season frosts.

Goose Creek Red is named after a small river that runs into the Charleston Harbor. This dark Virginian type tobacco air cures to a deep reddish brown color and makes an excellent pipe or full flavored cigarette blend. It has a silky feel, making it ideal as a wrapper for cigars.

Mountain Pima comes from the Mt. Pima region of western Chihuahua, Mexico. It is usually classified as a Rustica, although this may be incorrect. It has the characteristics typical of N. tabacum: the leaves are large and pointed and it produces pink flowers typical of tabacum varieties, instead of the rounded leaves and yellow flowers of Rusticas. It grows to 3-4 feet in height and is very hardy. Leaves cure to a light brown and are mild to smoke.

Yumbo is a primitive strain of tobacco grown by the Yumbo tribe in the upper Amazon basin. It grows to 3' in height. The thick leaves are a dark green color averaging 9"-12" in width, and 14"-16" in length. The edges turn yellow when ripe and cured leaf has a nicotine content of 1.8%.

La Palma Havana tobacco, hailing from the renowned tobacco-growing region of La Palma in Cuba, is esteemed for its rich history and exceptional quality. This variety, deeply rooted in the traditions of Cuban tobacco cultivation, is celebrated for its exquisite flavor and aroma, reminiscent of the finest Cuban cigars. La Palma Havana tobacco is characterized by its medium to dark brown leaves, carefully cultivated and expertly cured to preserve its unique characteristics.

Vesta 64 is a well developed bright leaf Virginian type tobacco that grows up to 4 1/2 to 5 feet in height to the crows foot. The plant produces from 18 to 20 leaves on average that measure 20 to 26 inches in length and 10 to 12 inches wide. The leaf air cures to a light golden brown, or flu cures to a bright yellow. It is a vigorous grower and is a black shank resistant.

A tall growing Hungarian variety that reaches 6-7 feet in height. Leaves are long and narrow and closely resembles Orinoco. Hungarian plants rise six-to-seven feet with narrow leaves. Sixty-five-to-seventy-day maturity suits a standard summer season. Growth strongly resembles traditional Orinoco types. Tall upright form carries long slender foliage.

Gold Leaf Orinoco is a bright leaf tobacco that has been cultivated for generations in Peru. It has a pyramidal shape and grows up to 6' in height, with leaves averaging 22"-24" long and 12"-14" in width. Modern day varieties of Virginian tobacco were originally developed from Orinoco's. The flavor of Gold Leaf Orinoco is similar to the dark Virginian types of tobacco, with the upper leaves being the strongest.

This coveted strain of tobacco (Nicotiana tobaccum) originally hailed from the Shiraz region of Persia. The tobacco plant is fast growing and produces thin leaves that are traditionally sun-cured and turn to a gorgeous light tan.

Virginia 116 is a bright leaf Virginia Gold variety which grows to 4 1/2 feet in height. Good disease resistance. It produces an average of 19 leaves when topped, excluding bed leaves. Leaves are up to 24" long and 12" wide. Easy to air cure and dries a bright golden yellow. It is mild to smoke and is an excellent choice for a cigarette tobacco or in a pipe.