50 FIELD CROPS FOR THE COTTON-BELT 



South Carolina Cook 



Rogers 

 Simpkins 

 Toole 

 Cleveland 



Tennessee Trice 



Cleveland Big-boll 

 Wilson's Improved 

 Petway's Improved Prolific 

 Perry 



Texas Triumph 



Rowden 



Alabama Wonder 

 Bank Account 

 Burnett 



BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF SOME TYPICAL VARIETIES REPRESENTING 

 DIFFERENT GROUPS 



CLUSTER TYPE 



Dickson Improved. Early maturing; one to three basal limbs 

 with fruiting limbs reduced to spurs of 2 to 6 inches in length. Leaves 

 large; bolls small, rounded in shape and clustered; seeds small, 

 brownish gray; lint of medium length. Rather extensively grown 

 over the cotton-belt. 



Dillon. A wilt-resistant variety developed by selection from 

 Jackson Limbless by W. A. Norton of the United States Department 

 of Agriculture. Plants somewhat similar to Dickson Improved, but 

 resistant to wilt and storms. Popular in the coastal plain belt from 

 North Carolina to Alabama. 



Jackson. Introduced in 1894 by T-. W. Jackson of Atlanta, 

 Georgia. Plants rather tall and bolls closely clustered; leaves very 

 large. Popular on rich soils where other types produce limbs and 

 leaves at the expense of fruit. 



SEMI-CLUSTER TYPE 



Rublee. Developed by C. A. Rublee, Seago, Texas. An early 

 maturing variety, claimed to be well adapted to boll-weevil condi- 



