Nondescript (N Group)

Extremely common tobacco which does not meet the minimum specifications or which exceeds the tolerance of the lowest grade of any other group except Scrap.

Grades, Grade Names, Minimum Specifications, and Tolerances N1L— Best Nondescript from the P Group Tolerance: 50 percent waste. N1XL— Best Nondescript from the X Group Tolerance: 50 percent waste. N1K— Best Nondescript from the B or H Groups Tolerance: 50 percent injury or waste. N1R— Best, Heavy, Dark-colored Nondescript from the B Group Tolerance: 50 percent injury or waste. N1KV— Best, Variegated, Medium-bodied Greenish Nondescript from the B Group Tolerance: 50 percent waste. N1GL— Best, Thin, Crude Green Nondescript from the P or X Groups Tolerance: 50 percent crude or waste. N1GF— Best, Fleshy, Medium-colored, Crude Green Nondescript from the B Group Tolerance: 50 percent crude, injury or waste. N1GR— Best, Heavy, Dark-colored, Crude Green Nondescript from the B Group Tolerance: 50 percent crude, injury or waste. N1GG— Best, Crude, Gray Green Nondescript from the B Group Tolerance: 50 percent crude, injury or waste. N1PO— Oxidized Tobacco from the P Group Tolerance: 50 percent waste. N1XO— Oxidized Tobacco from the X or C Groups Tolerance: 50 percent waste. N1BO— Oxidized Tobacco from the B or H Groups Tolerance: 50 percent injury or waste. N2— Poorest Nondescript of any Group or Color Tolerance: Over 50 percent crude, injury or waste. Pursuant to Rule 25, this grade also includes crude or green tobacco containing 10 percent or less of oxidized.

[54 FR 7926, Feb. 24, 1989]