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COTTON 
feature is fixed as a different .characteristic of this 
species in the cotton race. When that fact has 
been established it is altogether proper for the nev 
variety to have a new name, just as we should give 
a new name to a new kind of apple. 
A SIMPLE CLASSIFICATION 
The simplest classification of Upland varieties 
that we have seen has been made by Professor 
Duggar of Alabama. He makes seven distinct 
groups as follows: 
1. Cluster, or Dickson Type. 
2. Semi-Cluster, or Peerless Type. 
3. Rio Grande, or Peterkin Type. 
4. Short Limb, or King Type. 
5. Big Boll, or Duncan Type. 
6. Long Limb Upland, or Petit Gulf Type. 
7. Long Staple Upland, or Allen Type. 
Such a grouping as this enables us to place a 
given variety as readily as we class horses into 
draft, coach, or roadster types. General charac- 
teristics in this manner may be readily fixed 
without confusion or difficulty. 
GROUPS OF COTTON 
Following the classification of cotton into these 
seven groups we find characteristics more or less 
peculiar to each. Of course it is not to be expected 
that classification will provide for striking lines of 
demarcation for every variety. It does not do this 
for horses. The heavy coach horse blends into 
the type of the light draft on one hand and into the 
roadster on the other. So we should expect some 
varieties of one group of cotton to merge into 
