WORK OF THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT, &c. 141 
longer and finer staple, but, to be of any value, it must be borne on a 
smooth black seed, like the Sea Island type, so that the fibre can be ginned 
J ‘ bate! > > . ’ 
Fic. 49..-SEEps or Hyprip Corron AND OF ITS PARENTS, WITH THE FIBRE PULLED OUT 
TO SHOW THE RELATIVE LENGTH AND AMOUNT IN EACH CASE, 
M, Fibre of ‘ Sea Island’; F, of ‘Upland’; H, of ‘ Klondyke,’ the Hybrid between them. 
