106 STUDIES IN GUJARAT COTTONS 
The strain just described possesses few characters which give it value. 
It is a low yielder, and its lint is not only short but is also uneven as in other 
strains of Goghari cotton. It is maintained simply because of its tall habit of 
growth, which may later cause it to be useful for crossing. As it stands, it is 
only valuable as showing the low characters of certain of the pure strains in 
Goghart cotton. 
Strain B21. 
All the strains of Goghart separated originally in 1914-15 and marked B 
were selected because of their tapering bolls, whic hwere supposed (as already 
remarked ) to be connected with long staple in the lint. In the present case the 
holl was, however, only medium size. It was considered as promising in the 
following year, and was obtained pure in 1916-17 so far as the boll characters 
are concerned. The strain has turned out to be of a very leafy character. 
The plants are not only leafy, but give more monopodia than the strains hither- 
to described. The most frequent number of thise typ of branch is six, and 
hence it is more bushy. Asa result apparently of this, the percentage of 
bolls borne on the primary fruiting branches is less than in any other of our 
pure strains ( page 94 ). 
The special characters of the produce of this strain are as follows :— 
(1) The bolls are medium in size, and distinetly tapering. They open 
more widely than in any strain that we have isolated, but the valves do not 
recurve. The average weight of kapas per boll was :— 
Grm. 
(a) in 1916-17... 5c 56 5¢ G73} 
(b) in 1917-18... sys an sh 1°88 
(ic) in 1918-19 .. ae ote a 1°84 
(2) The kapas gave a ginning percentage and lint-index as follows :—. 
Year Ginning percentage Lint-index 
1916-17 4574 4°01 
1917-18 42°6 3°98 
1918-19 45°0 4°30 
1919-20 44°8 4°60 
{t will be noticed in 1919-20 that although the ginning percentage has 
gone down, the lint-index has gone up. 
