92 KNAPP METHOD OF GROWING COTTON 



have taken high rank in yiekl of lint per 



acre: 



Triumph Russell 



Cleveland Cook's Improved 



Truitt 



Triumph, Cleveland, and Cook's Improved 

 are medium early, Truitt and Russell are late 

 maturing. 



The following long staple cottons have 

 taken high rank: 



Columbia Griffin 



Hartwell Allen 



Sunflower 



Sea Island Cotton. Sea Island cotton is a 

 native of the West Indies and Central 

 America and is grown only in a limited 

 area in South Carolina, Georgia, and Flor- 

 ida, and off-lying islands. It is seldom 

 profitable when grown more than one hun- 

 dred or one hundred and twenty-five miles 

 from the seacoast. 



The plant grows rather tall, has long, slender 

 branches, leaves with long slender lobes, the 

 bolls are small, slender and sharp pointed 

 having usually only three locks, and the fiber 



