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Comparison of cotton varieties. 



Variety. 



Territory 



Georgia Truitt 



Shine 



Dickson 



Texas King... 



Meyers 



Van Nose 



Texas Truitt.. 



King 



Native 



Russell 



Tool's 



Rowden 



Berry 



Parker 



Texas King. .. 



Mascott , 



Otto 



Hawkins 



Culpepper 



Eudaly 



Native 



Hetty 



Welborn 



cotton "' '"" 



Poll II dg. 

 ,SH5. 4 

 719.0 

 (570. 4 

 436.2 



.599. 2 

 483.8 

 .525. 6 

 511.4 

 8()3. 4 

 427. 2 

 387.0 

 944.8 

 214. 2 

 33S. 8 

 566. 6 

 599. 2 

 534.4 

 398.0 

 845.0 



28.17 

 27.76 

 32.07 

 28.91 



29. 25 



235. 

 361.8 

 428. 6 

 47(i. 

 323. 2 



27. 75 



31-32. 53 



33.28 



30-34. 43 



29. 95 

 27. 74 

 33.52 

 33. 23 

 32. 33 



Rank by 

 yield. 



Clas 



Staple. 



Barely low middling 



Strict good ordinary 



Low middling 



Low middling to strict low mid- 

 dling. 



Strict low middling 



Strict good ordinary 



do 



do 



Strict low middling 



do 



Good ordinary 



do 



Low middling 



Strict good ordinary 



Low middling 



Strict good ordinary 



Strict low middling 



Good ordinary 



Good ordinary to strict good ordi- 

 nary. 



Strict good ordinary 



Good ordinary 



do 



Low middling 



Strict good ordinary 



Weak. 

 Fair. 

 Do. 



Poor. 



Fair. 



Do. 



Do. 

 Poor. 



Do. 

 Fair. 

 Poor. 



Very poor. 

 Good. 

 Very poor. 

 Good. 

 Fair. 



Do. 

 Poor. 



Do. 



Fair. 

 Poor. 



Do. 

 Fair. 



Do. 



Arranged according- to production, these varieties maj^ be grouped 

 in the following manner: 



First (jrou}}., yielding from 700 to 1^000 pounds of seed cotton i^er 

 acre: TooFs, Territoiy, King, Hawkins, Georgia Truitt. 



Second group ^ yielding from 500 to 700 pounds of seed cotton j^^^ 

 acre: Shine, Texas King, Texas Truitt, Parker, Mascott. 



Third group., yielding from J^OO to oOO pounds of seed cotton per 

 acre: Van Nose, Meyers, Hett}^ Dickson, Native. 



Fourth group, yielding from WO to IfiO poundx of seed cotton per 

 acre: Russell, Eudaly, Berry, Welborn, Culpepper, Rowden. 



Arranged according to class, the above-mentioned varieties mav be 

 ranked in the following manner: 



Fair: Texas King, King, Native (No. 10), Mascott. 



Middling Fair: Dickson. 



Good Middling: Shine, Rowden, Parker, Hetty. 



Middling: Georgia Truitt, Texas Truitt, Meyers, Van Nose, Berry, 

 Texas King, Culpepper, Welborn. 



Low Middling: Territor}'. 



Good Ordinary: Hawkins. 



Ordinary: Russell, TooFs, Otto, Eudaly, Native (No. 23). 



The two "natives'' represented two diHerent lots of seed. 



Arranged according to staple, the varieties stand as follows: 



Good: Rowden, Parker. 



Fair: Georgia Truitt, Shine, Texas King, Meyers, Van Nose, 

 Native, Mascott, Culpepper, Hetty, Welborn. 



Weak: Territory. 



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