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had a pale gold colour, and as its staple length was 38 mm., and 

 could be used for spinning up to 200 's, it was very valuable. Gallini 

 was cultivated a good deal in Upper Egypt up to about 1887, but it 

 is no more grown because it produces very little per acre, and suffers 

 easily for lack of water, and ripens late ; its fibre percentage is 

 27 to 28 per cent. 



Zafiri was discovered by a Greek' of this name ; in the province 

 of Menufieh, it was a good quality, but of a singular and irregular 

 colour. 



Hariri " cotton silk " was cultivated at times in the Delta, but 

 was abandoned on account of its small ginning outturn, which was 

 only 19 to 22 per cent, of lint. 



Psikha, called after the name of the discoverer in Tantah, is 

 darker than the Zafiri, but not as good in quality ; it has disappeared 

 to-day just as the former varieties. 



Maskas, called after the same name as its discoverer, was first 

 cultivated in 1893/94 and given up, because it ripened too slowly and 

 yielded too small a ginning outturn. 



Experiments have also been made with the perennial tree kind 

 from Australia, the 



Caravonica cotton, but they cannot be called successful. When 

 grown in gardens and sheltered places, carefully looked after like a 

 rose tree, it gave good results, but in open fields Caravonica has 

 proved to be not hardy enough and failed entirely, as it cannot stand 

 the wind. The fact that in the first year no cotton is obtained from it 

 is also very much against its cultivation. 



The present Egyptian varieties which enter into commercial 

 channels are : 



Length of Ginning 



Brown : staple outturn 



mm. % 



Upper Egyptian or Ashmouni 2932 . . 3032 



on an 29 38 \ 9 o. 

 average 34 / ' ' 



Nubari 3640 .. 3233 



Assili 3438 . . 3436 



Yellowish : 



Joanovitch 3642 . . 3132 



Sakellaridis 3845 . . 3031 



White : 



Abbassi 3840 . . 3334 



The area under cotton is subdivided in the following way, as 

 to the varieties : 



Mitafifi 



