Groups
B--Leaf. H--Smoking Leaf. C--Cutters. X--Lugs. P--Primings. M--Mixed Group. N--Nondescript. S--Scrap.
Qualities
1--Choice. 2--Fine. 3--Good. 4--Fair. 5--Low. 6--Poor.
Color Symbols
L--Lemon. LL--Whitish-lemon. F--Orange. FR--Orange red. R--Red. K--Variegated. KR--Variegated red or scorched. G--Green. V--Greenish. GR--Green red. GK--Green variegated. GG--Gray green. KL--Variegated lemon. KF--Variegated orange. KV--Variegated greenish. KM--Variegated mixed. KD--Variegated dark red. LL--Whitish-lemon.
Combination Symbols
XL--Lug side. PO--Oxidized primings, XO--Oxidized lugs or cutters. BO--Oxidized leaf or smoking leaf. GL--Thin-bodied nondescript. GF--Medium-bodied nondescript. LP--Lemon (primings side). FP--Orange (primings side). KK--Excessively scorched.
Special Symbol
S--Slick. [42 FR 21092, Apr. 25, 1977, as amended at 48 FR 29672, June 28, 1983; 49 FR 16757, Apr. 20, 1984; 51 FR 25028, July 10, 1986; 52 FR 28534, July 31, 1987]
Official Standard Grades for Virginia Fire-Cured Tobacco (U.S. Type 21)
Authority: Sections 29.2251 to 29.2481, issued under 7 U.S.C. 511m and 511r.
Source: Sections 29.2251 through 29.2481 appear at 37 FR 13521, July 11, 1972, unless otherwise noted.
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