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joints, the plants presenting a straggling appearance or want of com- 



Eactness. The bolls and seed are both of medium to large size, the 

 itter covered with fuzz of various shades. The percent of lint is 

 usually low. The long limb form is usually accompanied by un- 

 productiveness on average upland soil. The following varieties are 

 included in this group: Hagaman, Louisiana, Peeler, Petit Gulf, 

 and probably Red Leaf. 



Intermediate Varieties, or Various Types. This group is added 

 to the scheme of classification, primarily to include varieties having 

 limbs a little too long to bring them within the semi-cluster class. 

 It is also made to include a few other varieties that are intermediate 

 between any two of the other seven groups. To this division are as- 

 signed, Breeden, Boyd, Edgeworth, Eureka, Excelsior, Gold Stand- 

 ard, Hunnicutt (J. B.), Lewis, Meredith, Roby, Rosser, (probably) 

 Shine Early, Sprueill, (possibly) Toole, Tucker, and Webber-Russell. 



Long Staple Varieties, or Allen Type. The length of staple is 

 the distinguishing characteristic. The lint usually measures l 1 /^ to 

 l 1 /^ inches in length, or 28 to 34 millimeters or more. An almost 

 invariable accompaniment to great length of staple is a low propor- 

 tion of lint. The plants grow to large size, have limbs of great 

 length, and usually present a straggling appearance, though in some 

 varieties only the base limbs are long, the upper limbs bearing a 

 number of bolls close to the main stem, and giving the upper portion 

 of the plant the appearance of great prolificacy. . The bolls are not 

 very large, but are long, usually slender, tapering to a sharp point. 

 Most of these long staple varieties are late in maturing a crop. The 

 seed are mostly of medium to large size, usually densely covered with 

 fuzz, from which all trace of green is absent, the color being almost 

 pure white, or in some varieties of a brownish tint. In some varie- 

 ties the seed are bare. In this group are included: Allen Long 

 Staple, Allen Hybrid Long Staple, Black Rattler, Blue Ribbon, Cob- 

 web, Cook Long Staple, Colthorp, Davis, Doughty (?), Eclipse (?), 

 Ferguson (?), Florodora, Gholson, Griffin, Keno, Laclede, Matthews 

 (?), Moon (?), New Century (?), Ozier Long Staple, Simms, South- 

 ern Hope (?), Sunflower, and Wonderful. The varieties followed 

 by an interrogation point are on the dividing line as grown on dry 

 sandy upland soil. On moister soil they usually have fiber long 

 enough to admit them into the long staple group, or into a subdivi- 

 sion of that class which may be called the medium staple group. 



Productiveness of Varieties. Tests of the yields of lint per acre 

 have been made for 90 varieties, in addition to a much larger number 

 grown on areas too small to indicate the yield. 



Among the varieties tested for a considerable number of years 

 the following are frequently near the top of the list: Peerless, Peter- 

 kin, Russell, and Truitt. 



Among the varieties that have been tested only a few years, the 

 following have usually taken high rank in yield of lint : Cleveland 

 Cook Improved, Jackson, Layton, Pullnot and Toole. (Ala. E. S. 

 B. 140 and several other authorities.) 



