Tobacco seeds «American-26»

Tobacco «American-26» - was bred by the selection laboratory of the Crimean experimental tobacco growing station IV&V “Magarach” using the method of intraspecific hybridization from crossing varieties American 3 × Dyubek new × Dyubek 44 × Trapezond 19, obtaining the first generation in 1991. Refers to productive skeletal-aromatic varieties of medium ripening for the production of skeletal and blended tobacco raw materials. This mid-season tobacco variety is drought-resistant and resistant to leaf scorching, and has improved smoking properties. Used to make cigars and cigarettes.

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

Number of days from landing:

• until the leaves of medium brittle ripen 78 days;
• until the leaves of the last break ripen 105 days;
• before the beginning of flowering 65 days;
• 103 days until 50% of the bolls ripen.

The number of technically suitable leaves on a plant is on average 29 pcs.

Leaf size in the middle tier of the plant:

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

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

Drying time for leaves is 14 days. Varietal cultivation technology: the rate of sowing seeds in greenhouses per 1 m2 is 0.04 - 0.05 grams, planting pattern in the field: 60-70 cm x 18-25 cm.