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COTTON- WOOL. 



Api^^^^i^' The Soondry Kupas, 



The seed of this plant is sown in rows in Jeyte (May- 

 June), frequently with tobacco or turmeric, and yields in 

 Baudun (Aug>Sept.) from three to four maunds per begah. 

 It grows to the height of from eighteen to twenty inches. 

 It dies after its produce in Baudun (Aug.-Sept ) : the root 

 rots if any water settles at it, even for a few days. The 

 cultivation of this plant is much more limited than the 

 dessy ; it can only grow on very high ground not subject 

 to be overflowed. The kupas produced from it is reckoned 

 rather superior to the common dessy. A quantity of it 

 grows on the banks of the Islamatty. 



The Tupy or Tingry Kupas. 



The seed of this plant is sown inrows in can ties, and 

 yields in Bysaak (April-May). The produce is said to be 

 no more than two maunds. If suffered to remain on the 

 ground it will yield a second crop in Baudun (Aug -Sept.) 

 of about one-fourth of the quantity of the first, but in ge- 

 neral it is rooted up after the first crop. It grows to the 

 height of from two to three feet. 



A considerable quantity of this cotton grows on the 

 banks of most of the rivers which intersect Boosna, and 

 in other high ground in that district : the kupas produced 

 from it is much esteemed. 



The Chintea or Bowally Kupas. ^flj^ 



The seed of this plant is sown in rows in Bysaak 

 (April-May), and produces in Augun (Nov.-Dec.) ; and 

 again, if suffered to remain, in Bysaak (April-May) fol- 

 lowing-. The produce of the first crop is from six to 

 seven maunds, and of the second from one to two; the 

 medium seven. The plants are very bushy and grow- 

 to the height of six feet. The kupas produced from this 



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