«Orinoco» Heirloom Tobacco Seeds

Another variety of Basma tobacco, Dubek comes from the Macedonian region of Greece. It has a light yellow leaf that is very aromatic and very sweet to smoke. Dubek tobacco is generally used to spice up pipe tobacco blends.

A mid-late variety, 120-170 days old, produces long, wide, dark green leaves with a waxy coating and a thickened stem 20-25 cm high and 4-6 cm in diameter.

The shag has a golden color, a distinctive taste and smell of smoke. Vergun is produced only from raw materials of higher and middle grades.

Bred by the breeding laboratory of the Crimean Experimental Station of Tobacco-growing IVAV Magarach with the method of intraspecific hybridization from crossing Dübec 44 × Oktyabrsky 6 varieties, receiving the first generation in the greenhouse, in 1981.