88 STUDIES IN GUJARAT COTTONS 
was confined to one corner of the district, yet the ease with which it could 
be spread led to its rapid extension, The actual averages obtained were 
as under :— 
Number of samples Average percentage of 
as examined Goghari 
1914-15 18 22°3 
1915-16 19 24°2 
1916-17 18 40°6 
1917-18 24 50°7 
1918-19 13 81°8 
From these figures it is clear to what extent Goghari cotton has replaced 
the older type of Broach deshi of superior staple. This is partly due 
to the mixture of seed: partly to the actual replacement of the one 
variety by the other. In 1918-19, in almost a quarter of the cases the 
samples received were almost pure Goghari cotton seed, in the remainder 
the admixture varied from 65 to 88 per cent. of Goghari seed. There 
was no pure Broach deshi seed sample among them. 
The same penetration of Goghari seed from Broach into Ahmedabad 
and Kaira is taking place as is occurring in Surat, but already it has 
proceeded much further. Viramgam and the surroundng tracts are little 
affected as yet but everywhere else the Goghari type is becoming 
increasingly grown from year to year The number of samples examined is, 
however, not sufficient to justify a quotation of them, but there is no doubt 
that the spread is taking place, a spread which is tending to ruin the 
reputation of Gujarat as an area for producing a staple cotton. 
4. Has hybridization occurred among the various types of Gujarat 
herbaceum cottons ? 
With regard to the various types—Wagad, Broach desht and Goghari— 
of Gujarat herbaceum cottons, which are growing together or in close 
proximity in so many parts of the province, two things may have occurred. 
Rither they are growing side by side without appreciable mixture, or they 
have largely hybridized and so every form of cross intermediate between the 
types will be found. If the former be the case, then it will be easy to 
obtain each variety pure by simply selecting plants true to any type in the 
field : if, on the other hand, the latter be the condition, it will be difficult by 
field selection directly to get plants which will breed true of any of the 
varieties described, 
