«American 26» Heirloom Tobacco Seeds

It was bred by the breeding laboratory of the Crimean Experimental Tobacco Growing Station IViV "Magarach" by the method of intraspecific hybridization from crossing varieties American 3 × Dubec new × Dubec 44 × Trapezond 19, obtaining the first generation in 1991. It belongs to productive skeletal-aromatic varieties of medium ripening for the manufacture of skeletal and blended tobacco raw materials. This mid-season variety of tobacco is drought-resistant and resistant to leaf burning, has improved smoking properties. Used to make cigars and cigarettes.

It has a green leaf color, a cylindrical shape of a plant with a height of 135-145 cm. The number of days from germination to the readiness of seedlings in greenhouses (cold ridges) is 52 days.

Number of days from landing:

    • a) until the leaves of medium breakage ripen 78 days;
    • b) until the leaves of the last breakage ripen 105 days;
    • c) before flowering 65 days;
    • d) until 50% of pods ripen 103 days.

The number of technically suitable leaves per plant is on average 29 pieces.

Leaf size in the middle tier of the plant:

    • average length 33 cm;
    • average width 16 cm.

Seedling color is light green. Plant growth in the first phases is fast. The shape of the plant is cylindrical. The shape of the inflorescence is thyroid medium. The position of the leaf on the stem is protruding, the leaf blade is grooved. The leaf base is sessile. The shape of the blade of the middle leaf is elliptical. The shape of the top is medium-pointed. The surface of the leaf is finely swollen. The edge of the sheet is wavy. Leaf color is light green. The color of the corolla is pale pink. Weak stepson. Homogeneous.

Simmering and drying: simmering speed 3 days; the drying time of the leaves is 14 days. Varietal cultivation technology: seeding rate in greenhouses per 1 m2 is 0.04 - 0.05 grams, planting pattern in the field: 60-70 cm x
18-25 cm.