COTTON IN INDIA 65 



Cambodia cotton, an American Upland variety, 

 introduced from Cochin-China, is being grown in 

 several localities, and yields a very satisfactory crop. 



Cambodia cotton is also being cultivated success- 

 fully in various districts of the Madras Presidency, 

 and the crop is now known in the Liverpool market 

 as " Tinnevelly American." Much attention has 

 been devoted to the ordinary Tinnevelly cotton, 

 which includes the forms termed " Karunganni " and 

 " Uppam." The lint of the former is much superior 

 to that of the latter, and an effort has therefore been 

 made to ensure that Karunganni should become the 

 principal form cultivated. Large quantities of pure 

 Karunganni seed have been grown and distributed 

 with the result that this form now predominates 

 throughout the southern portion of the Tinnevelly 

 District. Attempts have been made to improve 

 Northerns cotton in the Kurnul district, and a pure 

 variety is being cultivated and the seed distributed 

 to growers. 



Promising results have been obtained with Egyp- 

 tian and American varieties in the Jamrao Canal 

 district of Sind. 



In the Central Provinces and Berar, the different 

 types of cotton which constitute the Jari mixture 

 have been isolated and submitted to selection, in 

 order to ascertain which is the best form to grow for 

 the production of seed for distribution to the culti- 

 vators. It has been found that an acclimatised 

 American Upland cotton, known as " Buri," gives a 

 better yield per acre and a larger proportion of lint 

 on ginning than the local Jari, and is resistant to 

 wilt-disease ; this variety is now being extensively 

 grown. Buri cotton also promises to be very suc- 

 cessful in the Punjab. 



In the United Provinces, an American variety is 

 being grown successfully in the Cawnpore area. 

 Buri cotton has also been introduced, and has given 

 promising results. 



