52 FIELD CROPS FOR THE COTTON-BELT 



BIG-BOLL TYPE 



Cook's Improved. — Originated by J. R. Cook, Ellaville, Geor^a. 

 A rather long-branched, large-boiled cotton, although the type is 

 very variable. Often the plants are short-branched; or many of the 

 branches are of medium length. The lint is short but the percentage 

 is high. This variety is especially susceptible to boll-rot or to injury 

 by storm. 



Cleveland. — This variety is the result of 25 years of selection by 

 J. R. Cleveland of Decatur, Mississippi. This variety represents a 

 rather variable type, some of the plants resembling the semL-clustpr 

 cottons. Limbs short-jointed, bolls large; lint of medium leitgth. 



BIG-BOLL STOKM-PHOOP TYPE 



Triumph. — This variety was developed from the Boykin Storm- 

 proof cotton by A. D. Mebane, of Lockhart, Texas. Because of the 

 relative earliness, the large size of the boll, and the storm-proof char- 

 acter of this cotton, it is the most widely grown variety west of the 

 Mississippi River. The percentage of lint is high for cotton of this 

 group. 



Rowden. — This variety was developed from Bohemian cotton by 

 the Rowden Brothers, Wills Point, Texas. Next to Triumph it is the 

 most extensively grown variety in Texas. It is medium early in 

 maturity and is well adapted to boll-weevil conditions. The plants 

 have a stocky appearance; the joints are regular and of medium 

 length, the branches and usually the whole plant drooping beneath 

 the weight of mature bolls, which hang downward when ripe. 



Upland long-staple cotton 



Allen Long-staple. — Developed by J. B. Allen, Port Gibson, 

 Mississippi. Plants tall and pyramidal in shape, somewhat semi- 

 cluster in habit of growth with irregular jointed fruiting branches. 

 Bolls medium to small; lint very long and sUky; seeds medium to 

 small in size. 



Black Rattler. — ■ This variety is grown quite extensively along the 

 Mississippi Riyer. It is claimed to have been developed in Bolivar 

 Coimty, Mississippi. The plants grow to be rather large and produce 

 from one to three slender limbs. Bolls small, pointed, with a very 

 ■ sharp bur. The lint is rather short for a long-staple cotton averaging 

 about 31 mm. or l'/ si inches. 



