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DEFINITIONS

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29.3068
29.3069
29.3070
29.3071
29.3072
29.3073
29.3074

Undried.
Uniformity.
Unsound U .
Unstemmed.
Variegated K .
Wet W .
Width. > ELEMENTS OF QUALITY

29.3101 Elements of quality and degrees of each element.
BULES
29.3103
29.3104
29.3105
29.3106
29.3107
29.3108
29.3109
29.3110
29.3111
29.3112
29.3113
29.3114
29.3115
29.3116
29.3117
29.3118
29.3119
29.3120
29.3121
29.3122
29.3123
29.3124
29.3125
29.3126

Rules.
Rule 1.
Rule 2.
Rule 3.
Rule 4.
Rule 5.
Rule 6.
Rule 7.
Rule 8.
Rule 9. "
Rule 10.
Rule 11. i Rule 12.
Rule 13.
Rule 14.
Rule 15.
Rule 16.
Rule 17.
Rule 18.
Rule 19.
Rule 20.
Rule 21.
Rule 22.
Rule 23.
GRADES

29.3151
29.3152
29.3153
29.3154
29.3155
29.3156
29.3157

Flyings X G ro u p .
Lugs or Cutters C G ro u p .
Leaf B G ro u p .
Tips T G ro u p .
Mixed M G ro u p .
Nondescript N G ro u p .
Scrap S G r o u p .
SUMMARY OF STANDARD GRADES

3181

Summary of standard grades.
KEY TO STANDARD GRADEMARKS

3182

29.3001

Key to standard grademarks.

Definitions. ,
As used in these standards, the words and phrases hereinafter defined shall have the indicated meanings so assigned.
29.3002

Air-cured.

Tobacco cured under natural atmos pheric conditions. Artificial heat is sometimes used to control excess humid ity during the curing period to prevent house-burn and barn-burn in damp weather. Air-cured tobacco should not carry the odor of smoke or fumes re sulting from the application of artificial heat.

ish red, G F green tan, and G R green red. See rules 17 and 18.
29.3013

Condition.

The state of tobacco which results from the method of preparation or from the degree of fermentation. Words used to describe the condition of tobacco are as follows: Undried, air-dried, steamdried, sweating, sweated, and aged. B ur ley is air-dried or steam-dried for stor age and aging.
29.3014

Crude.

The condition of unfermented tobacco as customarily prepared for storage un der natural atmospheric conditions.

The lowest degree of maturity. Crude leaves are usually hard and slick as a result of extreme immaturity. A similar condition may result from sunburn or sunscald. Any leaf which is crude to the extent of 20 percent of its leaf sur face may be described as crude. See rule 19.

29.3004

29.3015

29.3003

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8773

FEDERAL REGISTER

Thursday, O c to b e r 29, 1959

Air-dried.

Body.

Cured.

The thickness and density of a leaf or the weight per unit of surface.
See Elements of quality.

Tobacco dried of its sap by either natural or artificial processes.

29.3005

That type of air-cured tobacco, com monly kmiwn as Burley, produced prin cipally in Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, North Carolina, Ohio, Indiana, West V ir ginia, and Missouri.

The effect of mold, must, rot, black rot, -or other fungous or bacterial dis eases which attack tobacco in its cured state. Tobacco having the odor of mold, must, or rot is considered damaged. See rule 23.

29.3006

29.3017

Burley, Type 31.

B u ff color C L .

A light yellow slightly shaded toward red.
29.3007

Class.

A major division of tobacco based on method of cure or principal usage.
29.3008

Clean.

Tobacco is described as clean when it contains only a normal amount of sand or soil particles. Leaves grown on the lower portion of the stalk normally con tain more dirt or sand than those from higher stalk positions. See rule 20.
29.3009

Color.

The third factor of a grade, based on the relative hues, saturations or chroma, and color values common to the type.
29.3010

Color intensity.

The varying, degree of saturation or chroma. Color intensity as applied to tobacco describes the strength or weak ness of a specific color or hue. It is ap plicable to all colors except variegated.
Color intensity is reversed in its applica tion to grades of greenish and green to baccos and is omitted from these grade specifications.
See Elements of quality.
29.3011

Color symbols.

As applied to Burley, single color sym bols are as follows: L buff, P tan, R red, D dark red, K variegated, M mixed color, V greenish, and G
green. F and R are considered in rela tion to the type as a whole when used with the M group. See definition of General color.
29.3012

Combination color symbols.

As applied to Burley, combination color symbols are as follows: FR tannish red, V F greenish tan, VR green
29.3016

Dam age.

D ark red color D .

A dark reddish brown.
29.3018

Dirty.

The state of tobacco containing an ab normal amount of dirt or sand, or to bacco to which additional quantities of dirt or sand have been added. See rule 23.
29.3019

Elements o f quality.

Elements of quality and the degrees used in the specifications of the official standard grades of Burley, Type 31, are shown in 29.3101. Words have been selected to describe the degrees of each element. Some o f the words are almost synonymous in their meaning, yet, they are sufficiently different to represent steps within the range of the elements of quality to which they are applied.
29.3020

Fiber.

The term applied to the veins in a tobacco leaf. The large central vein is called the midrib or stem. The smaller lateral and cross veins are considered from the standpoint of size and color and in some types are treated as ele ments of quality. In Burley, fiber size and color are not of great importance, except where a fine distinction must be made between several lots of high quality or between sides of the same lot.
29.3021

Finish.

The reflectance factor in color percep tion. Finish indicates the sheen or shine of the surface of a tobacco leaf. De scriptive terms range from bright to dingy. See Elements of quality.
29.3022

Foreign matter.

Any extraneous substance or material such as stalks, suckers, straw, strings, rubber bands, et cetera.
Abnormal