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KUMPTA COTTON AND ITS IMPROVEMENT 



"DharwarNo. 1." 



The first of these selected strains, which I have termed " Dharwar No. 1, " 

 (PI. IV fi^. 1) is a selection fromthe erect plants of ordinary A;Mm2>tocottor«,mde 

 because it conforms very largely to the ideal type I have described, in that it bearb 

 very few limbs (monopodia) and axi lary vegetative branches. The attached 

 frequency cm've (Fig. 14) shows the difierence in the number ol limbs (mono- 

 podia) as compared with those on an ordinary mixed lot of kvmpta cotton. 



of 



•^00 



300 



SOO 



/OO 





Dhaytva'i^ t. 



Fig. 14. 

 The difference is obvious. We have in this strain one with very much 

 smaller number of monopodia and, moreover, one whose variability is very 



