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tested. Its chief weakness is the small size of the bolls. The 

 percentage of lint is high and the size of seed small. 



King. — This variety, like all the others 'of the same group, 

 is distinguished bj' its extreme earliness, by the small size of the 



Fig. 141. — A PEonucTivE Cotton Plant of the Toole ¥.4Eiett. 



plant, and by the occurrence in some blooms of red spots near 

 the base of each petal. Xear the northern edge of the cotton- 

 belt this is one of the most prolific varieties, but elsewhere it is 

 usually surpassed in yield of lint bj' later cottons. The chief 

 objections to this variety are the readiness with which the seed 

 cotton falls from the bur to the ground and the small size of bolls. 

 Russell. — This is one of the most widely grown varieties in 



