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Fig. 125. — \ Cottox Plaxt ha\ ixo oxlv Fhuitixg Limbs. 



tive limb develop.s at nearly e^'ory node, the ])lant presents 

 a very bushy, round-topped, leafy appearance, anrl the 

 bolls may be relatively few and too much shaded. 



It is probable that the yield will be increased by selecting 

 seed from plants on which a large proportion of the fruit 

 limbs develop fully, and on which there are relatively few 

 fully developed vegetative branches fFig. 12.5). 



