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1. Tobacco seedlings in floating seed-beds.
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2. Planting the young seedling in the field using a planting
machine.
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3. Tobacco field.
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4. Manual topping.
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5. Harvesting of Virginia-type tobacco.
Leaves are harvested individually depending on maturity, work
which demands great attention and is very labour-intensive.
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6. Harvesting Burley-type tobacco:
the plants are harvested by the stalk.
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7. Virginia leaves being cured in warm-air ovens, an operation
which, on average, lasts 7 days.
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8. The Burley is air-cured. The whole plants are hung in the
curing sheds for over 3 months and the leaves removed from the
stalks after the curing process is complete.
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9. Sorting of leaves according to quality (plant position, colour
uniformity etc.).
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10. The crop is brought to the cooperative.
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