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well marked types of cotton in cultivation. The cottons 

 cultivated in Egypt, India, China, and Central and South 

 America are all noticeably different from the American 

 upland cotton. The upland varieties are adapted to a 

 wide range of conditions, producing a fiber % to 1^- 



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Fig. 212. Cotton stalk with vigorous vegetative branches and short determinate 

 fruiting branches. Type of late slow fruiting stalks. 



inches long. The long staple varieties having fibers 1)4 

 to 1 3/2 inches long are successful only on rich soil in humid 

 regions. Sea Island Cotton, which is readily distinguished 

 by its yellow blossoms, came originally from the West 

 Indies. It has silky fibers 1^ to 2 inches long and is 

 successfully cultivated in just a few localities near the 

 coast in South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. BesHes 



