FLUCTUATION 



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length only of those characteristics which interest the 

 consumer of the crop. 



Cultivation 

 Wide 



20 25 30 35mm. 



FIG. 4#. MAXIMUM LINT-LENGTH OF SINGLE SEEDS. 



X Mean length of parent plant. 

 Pure strain of Afifi. 

 ... Commercial "varieties." 



" Field a and b " were different field plots carrying alternating rows of 

 various cottons. 



Fluctuation in this respect has been shown to vary with 

 the season and cultivation, with the sowing distance, &c. 



