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The first pickiiii; of Al)bHsi is vny siiiu'rioi- and sells well; tho later 

 gatherings deteriorate, and there is small demand for them. The liber 

 of the first picking is as fine as Afifi and a little longer. As a general 

 rule the second picking is much weakei- than the first, and the lower 

 qualities sell for less in proportion than lower grade .Vfili. .Vbbasi is 

 ratlier more difficult to gin, having a tendency to break the knives. 

 The fiber clings to the roller and often comes to the knives again. Care 

 must be taken not to injure the long fiber; therefore the gins are run 

 at a slower speed. The longer stapled cottons, such as Abbasi, (Tal- 

 lin!, and Jannovitch, require a little different regulation of the gins 

 in order to avoid damaging the staple. The output of .seed per cantar 

 of Abbasi is about the same as Afifi ; there is more " scarto," however. 

 The price of the best qualities ranges from $1 to $1.50 per cantar of 

 315 pounds more than Afifi. 



Abbasi was first put on the market by a Greek i)lanter near Birket- 

 el-Sab in the (4arT)ieh province, and it is abnost needless to state that 

 the name given to it is derived from that of the present Khedive. 

 The l)est ([ualities ai'e exported to England, and the jioorer <[ualities 

 to all parts of the Continent — a little to Russia. 



JANNOVITCH. 



This variety, which has been cultivated for about seven years, is 

 the most silky and fine of all Egyptian cottons. It possesses good 

 length — li to If inches — is very fine, and stronger than the best qual- 

 ities of Afifi. As a rule its cultivation is in the hands of large growers, 

 the fellah confining himself chiefly to Afifi. 



The plant is of somewhat coarser growth than the other Egj^ptian 

 varieties, and is a little later in coming to maturity. The best quali- 

 ties are grown in the northern part of the Delta, near the sea, and 

 where the land generally contains a certain amount of salt. The out- 

 put in ginning is inferior to both Afifl and Abbasi, the average being 

 about 07 to 100 pounds per cantar, but in some districts it gives 100 

 to 102 pounds of lint per cantar, or 315 pounds, of seed cotton. It is 

 chiefly exported to England, but also to America, the north of France, 

 and Switzerland ; other countries take very little. The price is gener- 

 ally $2 to $2.50 per cantar above Afifi, and this in sj)ite of the fact that 

 the yield in ginning is from 5 to 8 pounds of lint per cantar less. 



It is sujiosed that this variety originated from a cross of good quality 

 Gallini (of which very little existed at the time in the district) and Afifi. 

 Gallini gave in ginning only from 80 to 88 pounds of fiber j^er cantar, 

 while Jannovitch when it v\'as subsequently grown gave from 07 to 

 100 pounds, and Afifi similarly yielded from lOG to 108 pounds. In 

 this respect, therefore, the new variety was intermediate between its 

 parents. At first the originator of this variety planted a few seeds 

 in a garden, but in February, 1808, about 8 or 10 ardebs of seed were 

 bought at $40 perardeb (5.4 bushels), while subsequently as much as 



