MAGANLAL L. PATEL CRUE 
The staple in this strain is shorter than in A26 and almost similar to 
B21. It is obvious that there is no necessary connection between the small 
boll and high quality cotton as was suggested by Middleton. 
The lint on examination by Messrs. Tata & Sons, Bombay, gave the 
following values :— 
VALUE OF LINT PER Candy OF 784 |b. 
Year 
Fine Broach deshi C22 A26 
Rs. Rs. Rs. 
1917-18 950 (Wh Ss 
1918-19 600 450 450 
1919-20 500 280 300 
On the whole, the strain may be described as a heavy yielder in dry years, 
the best, in fact, among our strains. In ordinary years it yields only 
moderately. Its ginning percentage is higher in fact than any except E5. 
These are its only advantages, for it has a low and very uneven staple. 
It might, however, be useful for crossing to get a higher yield and higher 
ginning percentage for the drier tracts. It is, as it stands, a very low 
class of Goghari cotton. 
Strain 5. 
This strain of Goghari cotton, whose ginning percentage is so high as to 
place it in a class by itself amony herbaceum cottons, and which promises to 
be a very valuable discovery for purposes of crossing with strains of Broach 
deshi with better staple, was selected in 1914-15 from a plant bearing bolls 
intermediate in shape between the spherical ‘ A’ and ‘C ’ types and the tapering 
‘B’. It has been studied in greater detail than the other strain as its 
importance may be considerable inthe future. It was obtained pure in 
1917-18 and has been maintained so since that time, the boll characters 
breeding true in each generation. 
The plants of this strain are of a less bushy character than those previously 
described. The nurmber of monopodia varies from none to eight, the most 
frequent being three to four. This character appears to be constant from 
generation to generation. The rate of growth of monopodia indicates that it 
is a late type of cotton in an ordinary year, but that after three months these 
monopodia grow very rapidly indeed. This is on the whole an advantage as 
late growth and development of flowers are, in Lower Gujarat, an indication 
that there will be less shedding of flowers or bolls owing to rain. In the fourth 
