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fibrous wool known as lint that is now to be gather 

 ed, ginned, and baled. This lint, when separated 

 from the seed becomes the cotton of commerce. 







COMMERCIAL TYPES 



The types' of cotton chiefly known in a com- 

 mercial way are Gossypium Barbadense or Sea 

 Island Cotton, Gossypium Herbaceum or Upland 

 Cotton, Gossypium Hirsutum, also Upland Cot- 

 ton, Gossypium Arboreum or Tree Cotton, and 

 Gossypium Neglectum or Indian Cotton. 



SEA ISLAND COTTON (Gossypium Rarbadense) 



This species is one of the most important grown 

 and is cultivated most extensively along the coast 

 of South Carolina, and in Georgia and Florida, 

 and the off -lying Islands. 



The amount of lint produced is less than from 

 Upland Cotton, but it sells for a higher price on 

 account of its longer staple and better quality. 



"Yarns having the finest counts, as they are 

 called, are all spun from Sea Island." It has been 

 shown that a single pound of Sea Island Cotton can 

 be spun into a thread 160 miles in length. The 

 acreage devoted to this species is small, consequent- 

 ly Sea Island Cotton influences the market yield 

 but little. 



UPLAND COTTON (Gossypium Herbaceum) 



This is of Asiatic origin, adapted to upland, and 

 has its botanical name from the character of its 

 growth. 



India is supposed to be the original home of the 

 herbaceous type, but it has spread extensively until 

 it is known in China, Arabia, Persia, and Africa. 



