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FIELD CROPS, FOR THE COTTON-BELT 



similar to the now commonly grown Peterkin cotton 

 (Fig. 10). 



51. Early varieties of the King type (Fig. 11). The 

 varieties of this group have been developed largely in the 

 northern section of the cotton-belt where the growing sea- 

 son is relatively short. Correlated with earliness in these 



FIG. 11. Plant of the Shine variety of cotton, 

 representing the Early group. 



varieties are (a) small plants, (b) relatively short-jointed 

 fruiting limbs, and (c) small bolls. While the plants are 

 small, they present a somewhat slender, rather than stocky 

 appearance. The leaves are small to medium in size 

 and more deeply lobed than those of big-boll cotton. The 

 seed are small and covered with a greenish or brownish 

 gray fuzz. The lint is usually rather short but of good 

 strength. This group comprises the earliest of the com- 



