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_ On the whole, therefore, the strain may be described as a good yielding 
one, little affected by the character of the season, giving kapas of the highest 
ginning percentage known among herbacewm cottons, though the lint is short, 
coarse,and uneven. It is likely to have special value for producing a cross with 
Broach deshi cotton. For itself, it is almost worthless. 
The relative characters of each of these strains, on the average, for the 
last two years is shown in the following table. Fane Broach deshi cotton 
is taken as being worth Rs. 500 per candy. 
Re Yield of kapas| Yield of lint Ginning Value per Value per 
rains ; 
per acre per acre percentage candy acre 
lb. lb. Rs. RS. 
A26 331 147 44:2 337 63 
B3 292 135 4671 x, ae 
B21 455 205 44:9 337 88 
C22 369 172 46°6 327 72 
E5 414 209 50°4 327 87 
7. Comparison of the strains of Goghari cotton with pure-bred Broach 
deshi cotton. 
The description just given shows the characters of typical strains of 
Goghari cotton. It is now advisable to put besides them a detailed description 
of one of the typical strains of Broach deshi cotton, which we have isolated at 
Surat!, and which breeds true. The strain was selected in Navsart cotton 
and has been bred pure under the name ‘ 1027 ALF ” since 1916-17. 
The plant is bushy, bearing a number of monopodia at Surat of 1 to 10, 
the most frequent number being 6 to 7. Its vigour is less than that found 
in most Goghart cottons and this is particularly the case as regards the 
development of axillary shoots and branches, and also of primary fruiting 
branches. 
The special characters of the produce of this first class strain of the 
Broach deshi cotton are as follows :— 
(1) The bolls are large and tapering, being very similar to those of 
Goghurt B3, except that the surface is smooth and the dark spots are absent. 
The opening of the bolls is very similar to the most open type of Goghari, 
the recurving at the edges of the valves being only slight ; the weight of 
kapas per boll is :— 
Grm, 
1917-18 30 pee e289, 
1918-19 ae ae 149 
1919-20 As Ag day 
! Surat is forty miles distant from Broach where the Goghari types were grown. 
