TOBACCO
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Tifton, Georgia: Official Flue-Cured Tobacco Variety Test -
Yield, Value, Price Indices, and Quality; Agronomic and Chemical Characteristics of Released Varieties, 2000
Variety	Yield	Value	Price Index1	Grade Index2	Number Leaves/ Plant	Plant Ht.	Days to Flower	Total Alkaloids	Reducing Sugars	Ratio (RS/TA)
	lb/A	$/A	$/CWT			in		%	%
NC 71	2996	4511	151	40	20	32	76	2.79	18.3	6.56
RG H9	2922	4768	163	45	20	34	70	2.92	12.9	4.42
Speight 222*	2901	4647	160	43	19	32	69	2.15	18.3	8.51
PVH 03*	2848	4697	165	54	19	31	65	3.09	13.0	4.21
NC 297	2774	4486	162	48	18	33	74	2.06	20.8	10.10
Speight 220*	2764	3974	140	42	21	33	79	2.31	17.5	7.58
K 394	2753	4469	162	51	20	30	73	2.29	15.0	6.55
K 326	2732	4368	159	45	20	32	71	2.11	16.4	7.77
K 346	2727	4426	162	49	19	32	69	2.34	16.0	6.84
NC 72	2724	4349	159	44	18	30	69	2.94	14.7	5.00
X 922*	2706	4293	159	44	18	32	71	1.83	15.8	8.63
K 358	2690	4391	164	50	20	34	69	2.45	14.3	5.84
RG 81	2679	4330	161	48	20	35	77	1.85	18.3	9.89
Speight 221*	2658	3994	150	37	19	32	70	3.16	14.4	4.56
RG 22*	2632	4318	164	57	20	30	70	2.49	15.4	6.18
RG H008*	2626	4168	159	43	19	33	70	2.42	17.1	7.07
CU 430	2595	4209	162	49	19	32	75	2.60	16.4	6.31
NC 94	2563	4112	161	51	19	32	67	2.84	14.0	4.93
Speight H6*	2561	4153	164	50	20	35	70	2.46	16.5	6.71
PVH 09*	2558	3873	151	38	19	32	67	3.70	13.9	3.76
C 371 Gold	2552	4068	158	43	20	33	71	3.19	14.6	4.58
RG H12	2494	4071	163	49	20	33	72	2.73	9.8	3.59
GL 939	2484	4180	167	54	19	31	71	2.78	16.8	6.04
Speight H20	2484	4106	165	52	17	34	76	3.02	15.3	5.07
NC 606	2468	3978	161	46	20	33	79	2.14	13.5	6.31
RG H61	2452	4015	163	49	18	34	77	2.65	15.4	5.81
Speight 179	2452	3788	154	39	19	33	73	2.45	13.8	5.63
PQ 7	2409	3935	163	54	19	34	73	2.48	15.4	6.21
X 737*	2394	3856	161	44	18	33	69	3.34	12.2	3.65
X 973*	2389	3848	162	49	19	33	69	3.04	13.4	4.41
Speight 223*	2378	3655	151	39	20	33	72	3.32	9.9	2.98
RG H4	2362	3796	160	49	19	33	74	3.87	13.5	3.49
RG H51	2341	3645	156	42	18	33	76	2.34	15.5	6.62
RG H10	2341	3647	156	41	19	34	75	2.73	11.6	4.25
OX 207	2325	3775	162	43	20	31	75	2.53	14.8	5.85
Speight 190	2325	3798	163	50	20	33	77	2.56	15.3	5.98
GL737	2304	3605	156	42	19	34	72	2.87	11.7	4.08
RG H001*	2294	3771	164	51	20	35	76	2.65	12.2	4.60
RG H005*	2294	3687	161	44	19	33	72	1.66	16.8	10.12
NC 2326	2278	3460	151	33	17	33	66	2.77	14.4	5.20
RG 17	2188	3454	158	43	20	32	72	2.87	12.1	4.22
Speight 168	2188	3430	157	45	20	32	75	2.37	14.6	6.16
RG H006*	2161	3459	159	47	18	33	66	2.56	16.5	6.45
PQ 1	2146	3484	162	46	18	32	71	2.44	16.5	6.76
NC 95	2077	3113	149	33	17	34	75	3.62	14.7	4.06
NC 55	2045	3335	162	48	20	30	76	2.66	15.6	5.86
LSD	605	1087	12	13
1. Price Index based on two-year average (1999-2000) prices for U.S. government grades.
2. Numerical values ranging from 1-99 for flue-cured tobacco based on equivalent government grades - higher the number, higher the grade.
* Unreleased variety.
Stand counts were consistent enough between varieties for this data to be excluded.
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