鄧縣處于南陽盆地，是河南著名的曬煙產地。所產曬煙分為“折子煙”（鄧片）和“紐煙”兩種。折子曬煙色澤黃亮，清香醇和，燃燒性好，雜氣少，含總糖10%，煙堿1%，過去多作為旱煙或水煙，后來作為卷煙原料，在清代是供皇室吸用的貢品。
      
    鄧縣種植曬煙起源于清順治年間，當時加工成紐煙，種植面積越有萬畝左右，到了1910年，學習外地先進技術，逐步改為折子煙，種植面積最多年份達到4萬畝左右。建國前后在一些地方，將曬煙改為烤煙，從而曬煙面積逐漸減少。到1958年，曬煙只有零星種植。
      
    曬煙品種有柳葉尖、小金黃、葫蘆頭等。栽種技術也不復雜，一般于驚蟄播種，立夏移栽，每畝栽2700株左右。
      
    折子煙要求葉片大小適中，于現花蕾時打頂，每棵留葉不能過多，一般每株留葉25片左右。六月下旬開始采收，七月上中旬進入主要收獲期。
      
    目前鄧縣折子煙只有零星種植，在當前香煙向混合型發展的前提下，河南卷煙工業，不僅需要質量好的烤煙原料，而且還需要一定數量的曬煙為原料。因此鄧縣恢復種植一些曬煙是十分必要的。


 

Dengxian Sun-cured Tobacco

    Deengxian County, located in Nanyang Basin, is a famous producing area of sun-cured tobacco in Henan Province. Tobaccoes produced there are high-quality and have been set as tributes in Qing Dynasty.
      
    The cultivation of sun-cured tobaccoes begins in Shunzhi period of Qing Dynasty. The varieties include needles of willow leaves, gourd's head, etc. These tobaccoes have uncomplicated cultivating technique.
      
    In modern time, cigarettes tend to mixed type. Besides, Henan tobacco industry needs high quality and quantity sun-cured tobaccoes as materials. Thus, it's necessary to recover and develop the cultivation of sun-cured tobaccoes in Dengxian County.