RB.BUCHANAN SEED CQ MEMPHIS,TENNESSEE 
Long Staple Cotton 
Looking through my catalogues of 20 to 25 years ago, 
I find very little said about Long Staple Cottons. In 
later years I find that we were quoting such varieties 
as Columbia Big Boll, Lone Star and Weber 49; then 
it was Express and Lightning Express for a few years, 
and these varieties began to fade away as the Delfos 
came along, and today the Mis-Dels Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4 
and Stoneville 1 and 2 seem to hold the attention of 
those planters who have heavy soils and want to pro¬ 
duce cotton of the better staple. Much credit is due 
to Mr. W. E. Ayres, director in charge of the Delta 
Branch Experiment Station at Stoneville, Mississippi, 
for breeding and introducing these varieties. Owing 
to the cotton control regulations under the New Deal, 
I feel that much could happen between now (Dec. 10, 
1934) and cotton planting time in the variety that the 
Delta will plant during 1935, and I am not going to 
try to make prices now on these staple varieties, and 
will ask you to write me when ready to buy, telling me 
the variety and amount you want. Your inquiry will 
be answered promptly. 
LONG STAPLE COTTON 
DELFOS 6102—Was introduced as a low spreading, open plant, small 
leaves, 4 to 5 locks, 70 to 80 bolls to each pound; 31 to 32% lint turnout; 
staple 11/8 to 1 3/16; very early and very prolific. 
DELFOS 911—A selection from 6102, which proved in a 5-year test 
better in every way than 6102—more vigorous, larger bolls, pulling 1/16- 
inch longer staple than the 6102. 
DELFOS 631—Was recommended as being a plant erect, medium height, 
rather open, 64 to 70 bolls to the pound, turning out 30 to 31% lint at gin, 
with a staple of 1 3/16 to 11/4 inches. 
MIS-DEL No. 1—Came out a few years ago, and then No. 2—in the 
course of time No. 3 was introduced as succeeding No. 1. Description: 
Semi-dwarf and very hardy; light foliage; big boll, 60 to 65 bolls to a 
pound; but 32 to 34% lint turnout and 1 3/16 to 11/4 inch staple; earliest 
of all staples. Then Mis-Del No. 4 was introduced as succeeding No. 2, 
claiming its superiority over No. 3, as it had smaller bolls, with about 70 
to 75 bolls to each pound; good storm resistance, with a lint turnout of 
34 to 36% in bottoms and 36 to 39% on hill lands; staple on bottoms, 
11/8 to 1 3/16 inches, and on hill lands, 1 to 1 3/32 inches. The originator, 
about three years ago, claimed it the greatest cotton he had ever seen. 
STONEVILLE No. 1—Very early maturing; extra large bolls, 55 to 65 
to each pound; easy to pick; good storm resistance; lint percentage, 33 
to 36%; staple 11/16 to 11/8 inches. 
STONEVILLE No. 2—Plants more vigorous and spreading than No. 1; 
also very early; large bolls; lint percentage, 34 to 36%; staple 1 1/32 to 
1 3/32 inches. 
There are many other varieties too numerous to mention here. Write, 
telling variety and quantity wanted. 
MEDIUM STAPLE COTTON 
(1151) 
WANNAMAKER CLEVELAND—One of the best and earliest large-boll 
varieties, and is well adapted to boll weevil lands. Bolls are large and 
thick; requires 52 to make a pound. Lint runs 1 to 11/16 inch, strong and 
very often brings a premium. Seed, snuff colored and medium size, out¬ 
turn at gin 331/3 to 40%. Stalk i^ branching in growth, with 5 or 6 pri¬ 
mary limbs. This cotton is more widely grown in the Cotton Belt than 
any other variety, and none is more prolific. 
At the Delta Branch Experiment Station, Stoneville, Miss., Wannamaker 
Cleveland showed the highest both 5 and 10-year average of dollars and 
cents production to the acre than any cotton in its class, and the cotton 
that produces the most dollars and cents to the acre on your land is the 
cotton for you to plant. 
Our stock of this seed is grown for us along the northern edge of the 
Cotton Belt, as our many years’ experience has proven to us that cotton 
seed produced along the northern edge of the Cotton Belt in Tennessee 
and North Carolina will mature from 10 days to two weeks earlier when 
planted further South than cotton seed grown in the middle or southern 
part of the Cotton Belt, and you know from experience that to get your 
cotton on the market 10 days to two weeks ahead of your neighbors, and 
before the market declines, means many more dollars to you. Remember 
this: I believe Wannamaker Cleveland cotton is the only variety of 
cotton being grown today that was being grown 37 years ago, when I 
entered the seed business—it has stood the test and proven its worth. 
Price—Per bu. (32 lbs.), $1.75; 100 lbs., $4.00; 500 lbs., $18.00. Not prepaid. 
Write for prices on quantities. 
Medium Staple Cotton 
WILSON BIG BOLL COTTON 
We handle only seed from the originator, Wilson 
Planting Company, Wilson, Ark. Grown, ginned, re¬ 
cleaned and sacked on this, the South’s Largest Cot¬ 
ton Plantation. 
(1163)—WILSON BIG BOLL — The above plantation 
are specialists on this one strain, having spent $50,000.00 
and 14 years’ time to perfect same. Wilson Big Boll 
fruits early, with a strong, wiry staple easy to pick; 
staple 1 inch to 1 1/16 inches, bringing a premium for 
quality grade. 
Big five lock bolls bunched like grapes all over the 
plant, blooms early, bolls open early, staple in uni¬ 
form gin turnout 36 to 40% lint. The Wilson Planting 
Company plants about 20,000 acres of this seed each 
year. 
Per bu. (32 lbs.), $1.75; 100 lbs., $3.75; 500 lbs., $18.00. 
Write for prices on quantities. 
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