【Objective】In order to provide scientific basis for distribution of varieties in tobacco base unit and reserved variety screening， some tobacco varieties suitable for planting in tobacco-growing area of Dehong， Yunnan were screened， which could fully demonstrate style and characteristics of Zimbabwe tobacco. 【Method】The experiment was conducted to compare six tobacco varieties（T16，T20，KRK26，T62，T63，T64） from Zimbabwe in the tobacco base unit of Hongta Tobacco（Group） Co.， Ltd. in Dehong， Yunnan， with Yunyan 87 as control. During the cultivation， the growth period， agronomic characters and economic characters of six tobacco varieties were investigated. And the appearance quality of tobacco leaves were evaluated at the beginning of flue-cured tobacco process， and the contents of chemical components in tobacco leaf were determined. 【Result】The results showed that， there were some nonsignificant differences in seedling and rosette dates among all varieties. After flower budding stage， the growth period of tobacco varieties from Zimbabwe were longer than that of Yunyan 87， and its whole growth period were up to 160 d. The varieties from Zimbabwe grew better than that of control， except for variety T20. Moreover， all tesed varieties had been infected with TMV， thus common mosaic disease occurred in tobacco plants. However， the tobacco varieties from Zimbabwe showed lower incidence of mosaic disease than Yunyan 87. The yield and output value of varieties from Zimbabwe were higher than those of Yunyan 87， of which， the yield and output value of KRK26 were the highest， and up to 3109.50 kg/ha and 83580.00 yuan/ha， respectively. The leaf appearance qualities of all tobacco varieties were better generally at the beginning of flue-cured tobacco process. Besides， the contents of total sugar and reducing sugar were higher， the nicotine was appropriate， and the chemical components in different parts were more coordinated. 【Conclusion】According to comprehensive performance， all tobacco varieties from Zimbabwe is comparable to main local cultivar Yunyan 87， especially KRK26 with  strong disease resistance， the highest yield and output value and coordination of chemical components. Therefore， these tobacco varieties from Zimbabwe should be further tested and popularized in Dehong tobacco area.