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Bui. 1484, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture 
Plate 5 
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Typical Behavior of Pima Cotton Plants in Adjoining Areas Under 
Different Cropping Conditions 
A.— Plants in an area where cotton followed alfalfa (field 1). 
B.— Plants in an adjoining area cropped to cotton three years continuously. Note the aber- 
rant plant characters and lack of productiveness in this group and the normal habits of 
growth in the upper group. 
These groups of plants were less than 30 feet apart and typify conditions in the differ- 
ently treated parts of the field. The leaves were removed to show the branching habits 
and fruit 
