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Title 7 - AGRICULTURESubtitle B - REGULATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTUREChapter I - AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (STANDARDS, INSPECTIONS, MARKETING PRACTICES), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURESubchapter A - COMMODITY STANDARDS AND CONTAINER REQUIREMENTSPart 29 - TOBACCO INSPECTIONSubpart C - STANDARDS
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Section 29.1050 - Prematurity

7 C.F.R. § 29.1050

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Section 29.1050 - Prematurity

A condition of growth and development characteristic of the lower leaves of the tobacco plant. Premature leaves have some appearance of ripeness due to a process of starvation caused by translocation of plant food elements from these leaves to other leaves higher on the stalk.

7 C.F.R. §29.1050

42 FR 21092, Apr. 25, 1977. Redesignated at 47 FR 51721, Nov. 17, 1982, 48 FR 29671, June 28, 1983, 49 FR 16756, Apr. 20, 1984, and 51 FR 25027, July 10, 1986