STONEVILLE 5-A 
A NEW COTTON FOR FERTILE SOILS 
Plant type — Spreading, dwarfy and prolific. 
Maturity — Very early. 
Picking qualities — Good, bolls not sharp pointed, opens well. 
Boll size — 70 to 75 per pound. 
Stormproof ness — Good. 
Hill land 38% to 41% 
Valley land 36% to 38% 
Lint length—1-1/16 to 1-1/8. 
Prolificness— Very prolific. 
Foliage—Very light, similar to No. 3. 
Stoneville No. 5-A is a high lint percentage cotton with staple length 
of 1-1/16 to 1-1/8 inches of excellent character, that we recommend 
most highly for fertile soils. 
Stoneville No. 5-A is earlier and more dwarfy than Stoneville No. 5 
and has much better staple with same lint percentage. This cotton is one 
of the greatest cottons to be had in its staple length field. 
Stoneville No. 5 and Stoneville No. 5-A compared in average of seven 
tests 1935. 
Lint Lint Staple Value Boll 
Percentage Yield Length Per Acre Size 
5 . . . . 36.5 525 1-1/32 74.53 82 
5-A . . . 36.2 548 1-3/32 80.75 79 
You Will Like this Cotton 
Stoneville 
The Breeders of Delfos and Stoneville Cottons 
STONEVILLE, MISSISSIPPI 
