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COTTON 
fibrous wool known as lint that is now to be gather 
ed, ginned, and baled. This lint, when separated 
from the seed becomes the cotton of commerce. 
COMMERCIAL TYPES 
The types of cotton chiefly known in a com- 
mercial way are Gossypium Barbadense or Sea 
Island Cotton, Gossypium Herbaceum or Upland 
Cotton, Gossypium Hirsutum, also Upland Cot- 
ton, Gossypium Arboreum or Tree Cotton, and 
Gossypium Neglectum or Indian Cotton. 
sea island cotton {Gossypium Barbadense) 
This species is one of the most important grown 
and is cultivated most extensively along the coast 
of South Carolina, and in Georgia and Florida, 
and the off -lying Islands. 
The amount of lint produced is less than from 
Upland Cotton, but it sells for a higher price on 
account of its longer staple and better quality. 
"Yarns having the finest counts, as they are 
called, are all spun from Sea Island." It has been 
shown that a single pound of Sea Island Cotton can 
be spun into a thread 160 miles in length. The 
acreage devoted to this species is small, consequent- 
ly Sea Island Cotton influences the market yield 
but little. 
upland cotton (Gossypium Herbaceum) 
This is of Asiatic origin, adapted to upland, and 
has its botanical name from the character of its 
growth. 
India is supposed to be the original home of the 
herbaceous type, but it has spread extensively until 
it is known in China, Arabia, Persia, and Africa. 
