102 REPORT OK THE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE 



(2) Instead of bearing numerous long, upright, basal 



branches, it has none or very short ones. 



(3) Instead of the fruiting branches being produced 



only above the middle of the plant they are pro- 

 duced from one-third the height of the plant 

 upwards. 



(4) The plants are glabrous. 



(5) The teeth of the bracteoles, instead of being short, 



are long. 



(6) The colour of the flower is light yellow and not 



bright lemon yellow. 



(7) The length of the petals, instead of being two 



inches, is one and a half to one and three- 

 quarters inch. 



(8) The bolls in most cases are not well-filled, the tops 



being often blunt. 



(9) The number of cells (locks) is three in all cases. 



(10) The staple is one-half to one inch long. 



(11) The covering of the seed varies. It is green-tufted 



at both ends, or only so at the tip ; brown-tufted 

 at both ends ; brown-tufted at the tip only ; and 

 almost naked. 



Although the seed was procured from a reliable source 

 in Egypt it is quite probable that I may not have been 

 supplied with the real article, and all the above differ- 

 ences may not arise from altered conditions. 



The opinion of Messrs. Tata on a sample of Egyptian 

 cotton from Gokak Farm is as follows : — 



It is a long stapled excellent cotton having all the characteristics 

 of Egyptian. Wc have no basis to value this cotton. 



Broach cotton at Dharwar. There is now the eleventh 

 generation of Broach. The percentage of cotton to seed 

 has fallen to 29. The crop ripens almost as early as that 

 of Kumpta. Mr. Kottur has detected eight different shapes 

 of bolls in the Broach cotton. He is to sow the seeds from 

 each of these separately so as to ascertain whether any 

 differences will ultimately occur in ginning percentage and 

 other factors. 



