7 CFR § 29.3686 - Key to standard grademarks.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t7/s29.3686"
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title: "7 CFR § 29.3686 - Key to standard grademarks."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "29.3686"
section_name: "Key to standard grademarks."
chapter_name: "AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (STANDARDS, INSPECTIONS, MARKETING PRACTICES), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "COMMODITY STANDARDS AND CONTAINER REQUIREMENTS"
part_number: "29"
part_name: "TOBACCO INSPECTION"
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authority: "7 U.S.C. 511-511s."
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# 29.3686 Key to standard grademarks.
| Group | Qualities | Colors |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A—Wrappers | 1—Choice | L—Light brown |
| B—Heavy Leaf | 2—Fine | F—Medium brown |
| C—Thin Leaf | 3—Good | R—Reddish brown |
| X—Lugs | 4—Fair | D—Dark brown |
| N—Nondescript | 5—Low | M—Mixed |
| S—Scrap | | G—Green |
[30 FR 9207, July 23, 1965, as amended at 51 FR 40408, Nov. 7, 1986]
**<sup>1</sup>[^]**Official Standard Grades for Wisconsin Cigar-Binder Tobacco (U.S. Types 54 and 55)
<sup>1</sup> These standards also apply to Type 53 Havana seed tobacco.