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the ground every year. The new shoots set flowers and fruit with great promptness, 

 which, with the assistance of the native turkeys, enable a crop to be secured in spite 

 of the presence of the boll weevil. 



"This variety may be of interest in soutuern and southwestern Texas, either as a 

 perennial or an annual. Even in the first vear it is likely to be an earlv-maturing 

 sort." [Cook.) (No.l.) 



13095. GossYPiUM HiRSUTUM. Cotton. 



From Guatemala. Received thru Mr. O. F. Cook, March 17, 1905. 



Kekchi. "Grown by the Indians at Secanquim, Gajabon district, Alta Vera Paz, 

 Guatemala, the original locality of the weevil-eating keleps. This variety is of dwarf 

 habit. It begins fruiting while still very young, and matures a crop in six months 

 even in a humid tropical climate where other kinds of cotton would probably require 

 a much longer time. It is expected that in the United States this will prove to be 

 an extra-early variety, tho two or three years of acclimatization may be required. 

 Of the varieties now in the United States the Kekchi cotton most nearly resembles 

 the King, but it seems to possess the desirable qualities of that variety to an even 

 greater degree and the lint is longer and of better quality." ( Cook. ) (No. 2. ) 



13096. GossYPiuiki HIRSUTUM. Cotton. 



From the market of Coban, Alta Vera Paz, Guatemala. Received thru Mr. O. F. 

 Cook, March 17, 1905. 



"Supposed to have been grown in the valley of the Polochic River. Probably 

 similar to the Kekchi cotton, tho the Indians belong to another tribe." (Cook.) 

 (No. 3.) 



13097. GossYPiuM HIRSUTUM. Cotton. 



From Retalhuleu, Guatemala. Received thru Mr. W. R. Maxon, March 17, 

 1905. 



Pachon. "The variety most extensively grown in the western part of Guatemala, 

 where a considerable cotton industry exists. Mr. Maxon was informed that this 

 variety was originally introduced into Guatemala from Peru, but an examination of 

 specimens shows that it is an Upland form similar to the Kekchi cotton and with the 

 same weevil-resisting adaptations. It is said to mature a crop in five months." 

 (Cook.) (No. 4.) 



13098. GossYPiUM HIRSUTUM. Cotton. 



From Retalhuleu, Guatemala. Received thru Mr. "W. R. Maxon, March 17. 

 1905. 



Ixcacco. "A brown cotton of the Upland type, similar to the brown form of the 

 Kekchi cotton. The cotton brings the same price as the Pachon and is thought to 

 have a stronger lint." {Maxon.) (No. 5.) 



13099. GossYPiUM HIRSUTUM. Cotton. 



From Retalhuleu, Guatemala. Received thru Mr. W. R. Maxon, March 17, 

 1905. 



"Seeds of a supposed hybrid between Pachon and Ixcacco cotton. A single boll of 

 this type was found on a plant the other bolls of which were white and apparently 

 pure Pachon. ' ' ( Maxon. ) ( No. 6. ) 



13100. GossYPiuM HIRSUTUM. Cotton. 



From Retalhuleu, Guatemala. Received thru Mr. W. R. Maxon, March 17, 

 1905. 



"A smooth-seeded variation of Pac/ion cotton said to occur sporadically in the fields 

 of the hairy-seeded form. The fiber is said to be not quite so long as the regular 

 Pachon. This form is popularly believed to be that originally cultivated by the 

 Indians in this locality." {Maxon.) (No. 7.) 



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