Experiment on Flue-curing of Top Leaves with Stalk

For improving the flue-curing of top leaves, the experiments on flue-curing of top leaves with stalk were conducted in Wuyishan, Songxi and Pucheng of Fujian Province and Luliang of Yunnan Province.The results showed that flue-curing of leaves with stalk could improve the quality of top leaves obviously, the cured top leaves featured open grained structure, moderate thickness, more orange leaves, less variegated leaves, better aroma and higher usability.