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feature is fixed as a different characteristic of this 

 species in the cotton race. When that fact has 

 been established it is altogether proper for the new 

 variety to have a new name, just as we should give 

 a new name to a new kind of apple. 



A SIMPLE CLASSIFICATION 



The simplest classification of Upland varieties 

 that we have seen has been made by Professor 

 Duggar of Alabama. He makes seven distinct 

 groups as follows: 



1. Cluster, or Dickson Type. 



2. Semi-Cluster, or Peerless Type. 



3. Rio Grande, or Peterkin Type. 



4. Short Limb, or King Type. 



5. Big Boll, or Duncan Type. 



6. Long Limb Upland, or Petit Gulf Type. 



7. Long Staple Upland, or Allen Type. 

 Such a grouping as this enables us to place a 



given variety as readily as we class horses into 

 draft, coach, or roadster types. General charac- 

 teristics in this manner may be readily fixed 

 without confusion or difficulty. 



GROUPS OF COTTON 



Following the classification of cotton into these 

 seven groups we find characteristics more or less 

 peculiar to each. Of course it is not to be expected 

 that classification will provide for striking lines of 

 demarcation for every variety. It does not do this 

 for horses. The heavy coach horse blends into 

 the type of the light draft on one hand and into the 

 roadster on the other. So we should expect some 

 varieties of one group of cotton to merge into 



