In our variety tests in 1900, Dixie ranked third in value 

 of products. The plant is compact and well supplied with 

 fruit limbs, on which the bolls are borne close together. 

 Its conspicuous merits are (1), its ability to thrive on 

 land where most other varieties are killed by cotton wilt 

 or black root, and (2), its productiveness, the results of 

 scientific selection. The chief faults are lateness, small 

 bolls and a low percentage of lint. 



Hardin, which ranked fourth in corrected yield, is a 

 small-boiled, semi-cluster variety. In none of the pre- 

 vious tests at Auburn has it shown conspicuous product- 

 iveness nor given nearly so high a percentage of lint, (38.8) 

 as in 1909. 



Poulnot is a semi-cluster variety, with medium to large 

 bolls. It has usually ranked rather high in our variety 

 tests. Its worst fault is its rather late maturity. 



The other varieties that stood above the middle of the 

 list in 1909 ranked, in value of total products per acre, in 

 the following order: Peterkin (6th), Cleveland, Layton. 

 Cook Imi)roved, Texas Bur, Brown No. 1, Broadwell Dou- 

 ble-jointed, Georgia Best. Cook No. 232 and Toole. 



Fifteen other varieties ranked below all of those men- 

 tioned above. The ranking varieties in the last four va- 

 riety tests at Auburn are as follows: 



1905. . 1906. 1908. 1909. 



Toole Cook Dillon Cook, No. 206 



Cook Improved Cleveland Gold Coin Cook, No. 221 



Cleveland Dayton Dixie Dixie 



Bancroft Herlong Toole Cook Improved Hardin 



Christopher Poulnot Hart Poulnot 



From this it appears that Cook was in the list of "five 

 best" in each of three years; Toole, Cleveland and Poul- 

 not, each occurred twice in the list of most productive 

 varieties. 



Each of the most productive varieties has some short- 

 poming. Cook is more susceptible than most varieties to 



