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19. The results of the special varieties of cotton that are 

 being experimented with are given below. 



Bourbon. American Cotton No. 2. A small plot was planted i 

 in July 1905, the plants standing 8 feet apart. The plot is not 

 irrigated but is sheltered from prevailing winds by a belt of trees. 

 During the first year the plants did not boll. In 1906 they 

 started boiling in * October and continued till the end of 

 May. 



Kidney cotton. American Cotton No. 4. This was planted 

 at the same time as and in a plot adjoining that of Bourbon. A 

 number suffered from lack of sufficient humidity in the atmosphere 

 in the cold weather. Some, which were sheltered towards the 

 west, survived and flowered in 1906, but the number of bolls was 

 low. We are disposed to believe that this variety is not promising 

 and its requirements of perfect shelter is difficult to satisfy in a 

 treeless country like the Deecan. 



Soft Peruvian. American Cotton No. 1. This was also 

 planted in July 1906. During the first season the plants made fairly 

 rapid vegetative growth and some of them were distinctly inclin- 

 ed to form bolls also. In 1906 they flowered and boiled quite satis- 

 factorily. This tree cotton answers to the definition of a tree 

 more nearly than any of the four species we have at present. 

 Some stems attain a girth of 14 inches in one year. 



Dhdrwdr-American. This was tried as an inter-crop between 

 the lines of oranges in order to suppress the weeds as far as possible. 

 Two separate lines of this cotton planted in July 1905 were 

 retained to see whether they would yield well for another season. 

 These yielded very meagrely the first year, but the results in the 

 second season showed a great improvement in yield. 



Peruvian cotton. American Cotton No. 3. Plants put out 

 in 1905 have not yet flowered. They are grown without irriga- 

 tion. 



Dhdrwdr-American and Ghogdri cotton. One quarter acre 

 was sown along with other annuals to ascertain the yield by 

 area. 



Spence cotton. These were planted in February 1907 and 

 are under observation. In the Deccan soil these are not distin- 

 guishable from Bourbon. 



