. Bulletin. 1901-13. Agriculture; Agriculture. 110 VARIETIES OF AMERICAN UPLAND COTTON. Oliver Sure-Crop has not been tested, but a strain sold by the Hastings Seed Com- pany, of Atlanta, Ga., was tested by the Department of Agriculture in Texas, and the following measurements obtained: Bolls per pound, 76; seeds per pound, 3,780; average length of lint, 22 mm. (| inch); strength of single fibers, 5 gms.; per cent of lint, Sure-Crop [Gilbert's]. Early Group. Georgia Bulletin 56. Developed by D. H. Gilbert, Monticello, Ga., and tested by the Georgia station in 1902, with the following res
. Bulletin. 1901-13. Agriculture; Agriculture. 110 VARIETIES OF AMERICAN UPLAND COTTON. Oliver Sure-Crop has not been tested, but a strain sold by the Hastings Seed Com- pany, of Atlanta, Ga., was tested by the Department of Agriculture in Texas, and the following measurements obtained: Bolls per pound, 76; seeds per pound, 3,780; average length of lint, 22 mm. (| inch); strength of single fibers, 5 gms.; per cent of lint, Sure-Crop [Gilbert's]. Early Group. Georgia Bulletin 56. Developed by D. H. Gilbert, Monticello, Ga., and tested by the Georgia station in 1902, with the following results: Bolls per pound, 82; seeds per pound, 5,000; per cent of lint, ;^ Sure-Crop [Simpson's]. A local variety developed by H. L. Simpson, of Tallapoosa County, Ala. Its dis- tribution is confused with Basting's Sure-Crop, but it is probably not grown outside of this county. Tarror. Report of the Patent Office for 1848. An old variety not now Fig. 58.—Map of the cotton-growing States, showing the distribution of Tennessee Green-Seed cotton in cultivation, as reported in 1907. Tarver. Bulletin 33, Office of Experiment Stations, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. Formerly grown quite extensively in Dallas County, Ala. Not reported in 1907. Tatum. Hic-BoLi. Grout. (Also known as Tatum's Big-Boll and Tatiiin's improved.) Alabama Bulletin 140. Georgia Bulletin 70. Mi-ssissippi Bulletin 98. Developed by R. D. Tatum, Palmetto, Ga. A large-boll cotton with a tendency to become semiclustered. Plant stocky in growth, limbs 1 to :^. fruiting l)ranche3 short and irregularly jointed, leaves large; bolls large, 4 and 5 locked; jiercentage of lint good; seeds large. liolls i)er pound, 50^; seeds per pound, 3,065; average length of lint, 23 mm. (j'^ inch), varving from 22 to 25 mm.; strength of single fibers, gms.; per cent of lint, " Tennessee Green-Seed. Early Group. (Also known as Tennessee Gold-Dust.) Distribution: See map, figure 58. Georgia Bulletins 16, 20. Louisia
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