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growing from it within three or four inches of the ground. 

 Cotton is really a shallow feeder. The plant is somewhat 

 cone-shaped, the lower branches being the longest and the 

 length decreasing toward the top. Two kinds of branches, 



FIG. 95. Cotton plant. 



known as vegetative and fruiting, are found on the plants. 

 The vegetative branches have many leaves and do not usually 

 produce many bolls. The fruiting branches have few leaves 

 and produce most of the bolls. 



