In the U.S. production is in Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio, Virginia, North Carolina, West Virginia and Missouri. Maryland Maryland is another light air-cured type. It is used to some extent in American blended cigarettes and to a greater extent in certain Swiss cigarette blends. Maryland tobacco is extremely fluffy, has good burning properties, low nicotine, and neutral aroma. Maryland tobacco is upright and large leaved like burley but is darker green without the creamy midveins.
Yields are slightly less than flue-cured.
The tobacco is stalk cut and air-cured like burley. The cured leaf is various shades of brown with yellow and green colors being highly undesirable. The dark air-cured term encompasses a number of types used mainly for chewing, snuff, cigar, and pipe blends. Most of the world production is confined to the tropics. These are heavy type leaves, highly fertilized and topped low to around 10-12 leaves.