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difference, or premium, for long staple is between 3 and 

 5 cents per pound of lint. 



251. Sea Island cotton (Fig. 131). This cotton is 

 grown only in limited areas on or rather near the seacoast 

 in South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. It is generally 



FIG. 132. WHERE SEA ISLAND COTTON is GROWN. 

 Each dot stands for an annual yield of 500 bales. 



regarded as a profitable crop only within a distance of 

 about 100 miles from the coast (Fig. 132). 



The Sea Island cotton plant is distinguished from upland 

 cotton chiefly by the following characteristics : 



(1) A taller plant, with longer, slenderer branches, and 

 later maturity ; 



