COTTON STRUCTURE 



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FIG. 125. A COTTON PLANT HAVING ONLY FRUITING LIMBS. 



tive limb develops at nearly every node, the plant presents 

 a very bushy, round-topped, leafy appearance, and the 

 bolls may be relatively few and too much shaded. 



It is probable that the yield will be increased by selecting 

 seed from plants on which a large proportion of the fruit 

 limbs develop fully, and on which there are relatively few 

 fully developed vegetative branches (Fig. 125). 



