Southern field crops (exclusive of forage plants) . - The Peterkix Type of Cotton Plaxt. 288 SOUTEEBN FIKLD CROPS. 260. The Early King-like group (Fi,2,. 137). — The plantsare small to medium in size. The fruit limbs, even near the top of the plant, arelong, slender, and oftencrooked. The vegetativebranches at the base ofthe plant are short orwanting. The bolls aresmall. The leaves aresimilar to those of theRio Grande group. Theseeds are usually smalland covered with fuzz ofvarious shades. A large Fig. 137.— .V Cotton Plant of the proportion of the Ijlooms K ^^^^ on varieties of this type are
Southern field crops (exclusive of forage plants) . - The Peterkix Type of Cotton Plaxt. 288 SOUTEEBN FIKLD CROPS. 260. The Early King-like group (Fi,2,. 137). — The plantsare small to medium in size. The fruit limbs, even near the top of the plant, arelong, slender, and oftencrooked. The vegetativebranches at the base ofthe plant are short orwanting. The bolls aresmall. The leaves aresimilar to those of theRio Grande group. Theseeds are usually smalland covered with fuzz ofvarious shades. A large Fig. 137.— .V Cotton Plant of the proportion of the Ijlooms K ^^^^ on varieties of this type are marked with red spots near the inner base of each King and its sjaionyms and related varieties consti-tute the earliest of the commonly grown American uplandcottons. The chief faults of these varieties are the small size ofboll, the short fiber, and the tendency of the seed cottonto fall from the Ijurs. 261. The Big-boll group. — The one characteristic serv-ing to identify the varieties of this group is the large sizeof the boll. While the size of boll ^aries with con-ditions, an arbitra
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