. Bulletin. 1901-13. Agriculture; Agriculture. DESCRIPTIONS OF VARIETIES. 95 Plant stocky and compact in growth, with 1 to 3 limbs; fruiting branches rather short and irregularly jointed, the lower branches 18 inches long, th(* upper shortening to 2 or 3 inches; leaves of medium size, bolls large; 66 per cent 5-locked; lint of medium length; seeds medium in size, fuzzy, brownish or greenish gray. The following measurements w'ere obtained from a sample of this variety grown at the Georgia Experiment Station in 1907: Bolls per pound, 58; seeds per pound, 3,810; average length of lint, mm. (
. Bulletin. 1901-13. Agriculture; Agriculture. DESCRIPTIONS OF VARIETIES. 95 Plant stocky and compact in growth, with 1 to 3 limbs; fruiting branches rather short and irregularly jointed, the lower branches 18 inches long, th(* upper shortening to 2 or 3 inches; leaves of medium size, bolls large; 66 per cent 5-locked; lint of medium length; seeds medium in size, fuzzy, brownish or greenish gray. The following measurements w'ere obtained from a sample of this variety grown at the Georgia Experiment Station in 1907: Bolls per pound, 58; seeds per pound, 3,810; average length of lint, mm. (ff inch), varying from 21 to 25 mm.; strength of single fibers, gms.; per cent of lint, Purple-Bloom. Early Group. Arkansas: Pope County. This variety is said to be an early, small-boll cotton, with a good percentage of lint. It is perliaps a local name for King. Not tested. Queen of Africa. Big-Boll Stormproof Group. See Fig. 46.—Map of the cotton-growing States, showing the distribution of Pulnott, or Pullnott, cotton in cultivation, as reported in 1907. Rameses, or Baker's Rameses. Early Group. Alabama Bulletins 5, 12, 13, 16, 33, 56, 107, 140; Report for 1881-82. Alabama (Canebrake) Bulletins 7, 11, 14. Bidletin 33. Office of Experiment Stations, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. Not now grown. Tested about twenty years ago by several stations and described as a prolific, long-branched cotton; bolls round in shape, 83 per jxiund; per cent of lint, 27 to 29; lint short, from \ to | inch in length. Originator unknown. Ramsey. Early Group. Arkansas: Grant County. Texas: Van Zandt County. A between King and Texas Stormproof developed by W. T. Ramsey, (^anton, Tex. Bolls of good size; lint rather short; seeds fuzzy, light brownish or greenish gray. Bolls per |)ound, 62; seeds per pound, 3,t)00; average length of lint, mm. (| inch), varving from 20 to 24 mm.; strength of single fibers, gms.: per cent of lint, Ransom.'s Eaxly. Early Group. Miss
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