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whitish, greenish, or brownish. Most of these 

 varieties are early or medium, but some that 

 belong in both the semi-cluster and big boll 

 groups are late in maturing. The following 

 varieties are included in the semi-cluster group: 

 Barnett, Berryhill, Blue Ribbon (L. S.), Cum- 

 mings, Defiance, Dongola (B. B.), Feather- 

 stone, Garrard, Haralson (B. B.), Hardin, 

 Hawkins, Herndon, Milliard, Lealand, McCall, 

 Minor, Montclare (B. B.), Norris, Peerless, 

 Pullnot, Rogers (B. B.), Sterling, Tyler, and 

 Woodfin. 



Group III: Rio Grande Varieties, or Peter- 

 kin Type. The characters which most dis- 

 tinctly mark this class are: 



(1) The large proportion of lint, usually 

 35 per cent, or more, of the weight of seed 

 cotton, and 



(2) Seeds of which many are bare of fuzz, 

 except at the tip end, or so scantily covered 

 with fuzz that the dark seed hull shows through. 



The plants are well branched, and usually, 

 on upland soils, of medium size. On many 

 plants the stems and branches are of a deep 

 red color. The bolls are small to medium 

 and the seeds are quite small. In time of 



