332 THE FORAGE AND FIBER CROPS IN AMERICA 



proved, Peerless, Surefruit, and Cochran's Prolific. 1 Cook's 

 Improved, Layton's Improved, and Moss' Improved, the latter two 

 similar to Peterkin's Improved, have given satisfactory yields at 

 the Georgia Station. Schley, a variety produced by the Georgia 

 Station, by selection, has given good results. 2 In South 



Mature unopened and opened long staple upland cotton bolls; variety Griffin. Two-thirds 



natural size 

 (From photo by Webber .) 



Carolina, Texas Oak, Boles Improved Prolific and Drake 

 Cluster gave the largest yield of lint at the home station; Jones 

 Improved in the Upper Pine Belt Region, and African, King and 

 Truitt at Beech Island. 3 



The United States Bureau of Plant Industry mentions Grif- 

 fin as one of the best long staple upland cottons now grown. 4 

 Other varieties of long staple cotton are Allen Long Staple, 



1 Texas Sta. Bui. No. 50 (1899), p. 3. 



2 Georgia Sta. Bui. No. '70 (1905), p. 66. 



3 South Carolina Sta. Bui. No. -42 (1895), p. 8. 

 4 U. S. Dept. Agr. Yearbook 1902, p. 380. 



