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and normally erect, though often bent down by the weight of bolls 

 growing near the upper end of the main stem. The few base limbs 

 are often long, or there may be no wood limbs, especially when these 

 varieties are closely crowded or grown on poor land. The bolls and 

 seed are usually small, but may be of medium size; the seed are 

 thickly covered with fuzz, which is usually whitish, with little or no 

 brownish or greenish tinge. 



As to the time of maturity these varieties must be classed as 

 early, even though they sometimes make a second growth of bolls in 

 the top of the plant which may fail to mature. In earliness they are 

 surpassed by the varieties of the King type (Class IV). In percent- 

 age of lint they are variable, some of them equalling in this respect 

 the Rio Grande group. Dickson, Jackson, (also called Limbless or 

 African), U. S. I)ept. Agr. No. 128, and Welborn, belong to this 

 group. 



Semi-Cluster Varieties, or Peerless Type. These varieties have 

 in less marked degree some of the qualities which distinguish Class I, 

 being erect and having bolls borne singly very near together. Along 

 the main stem are short fruit limbs increasing in length towards the 

 bottom of the stem. The two to five base or wood limbs are usually 

 of medium length. In size of bolls and size of seed and percentage 

 of lint there is considerable diversity among these varieties. The 

 seed are usually well covered with fuzz of many shades, whitish, 

 greenish, or brownish. Most of these varieties are early or medium, 

 but some that belong in both the semi-cluster and big boll groups 

 are late in maturing. The following varieties are included in the 

 semi-cluster group: Barnett, Berryhill, Blue Ribbon (L. S.), Cum- 

 mings, Defiance, Dongola (B. B.), Featherstone, Garrard, Haralson, 

 (B. B.), Hardin, Hawkins, Herndon, Hilliard, Lealand, McCall, 

 Minor, Montclare (B. B.), Norris, Peerless, Pullnot, Rogers (B. B.), 

 Sterling, Tyler, and Woodfin. 



Rio Grande Varieties, or Peterkin Type. The characters which 

 most distinctly mark this class are: (1) The large proportion of 

 lint, usually 35 per cent, or more of the weight of seed cotton, and 

 (2) Seeds of which many are bare of fuzz, except at the tip end, or 

 so scantily covered with fuzz that the dark seed coat shows through. 

 The plants are well branched, and usually, on upland soil, of medium 

 size. On many plants the stems and branches are of a deep red color. 

 The bolls are small to medium and the seed are quite small. In 

 time of maturing these varieties are usually neither very early nor 

 extremely late. 



The varieties included in this group are conveniently divided 

 into two sub-groups according to the presence or absence of naked, 

 smooth seed. The following Rio Grande varieties have a consider- 

 able proportion of naked seed: Anson Cream, Bates, Braddy, Bran- 

 non, Cameron, Carolina Queen, Champion, Combination, Crossland, 

 Dixie Wilt-Resistant, Gayosa (?), Mattis (?), Moss, Parker, Peter- 

 kin, Pinkerton, Ptomey, Shine Black Seed, Sistrunk, Texas Oak, 

 Texas Wood, Victor, and Wise. 



