. Bulletin. 1901-13. Agriculture; Agriculture. DESCRIPTIONS OF VARIETIES. Ill Originator unknown. An early cotton resembling King, but not identical with it. One of the oldest varieties in cultivation. Plants slender in growth, with 1 to 3 limbs and slender fruiting branches, joints of medium length, with little or no ten- dency to semicluster; leaves medium in size, softly hairy, lobes quite pronounced; flowers creamy white, without petal spots; bolls small, 3, 4, and 5 locked, opening widely and allowing the cotton to waste badly during storms; lint short; seeds small, fuzzy, green or browni
. Bulletin. 1901-13. Agriculture; Agriculture. DESCRIPTIONS OF VARIETIES. Ill Originator unknown. An early cotton resembling King, but not identical with it. One of the oldest varieties in cultivation. Plants slender in growth, with 1 to 3 limbs and slender fruiting branches, joints of medium length, with little or no ten- dency to semicluster; leaves medium in size, softly hairy, lobes quite pronounced; flowers creamy white, without petal spots; bolls small, 3, 4, and 5 locked, opening widely and allowing the cotton to waste badly during storms; lint short; seeds small, fuzzy, green or brownish gray. Bolls per pound, 85; seeds per pound, 4,530; average length of lint, 22 mm. (J inch); strength of single fibers, gms.; per cent of lint, Tennessee Silk. Arkansas Third Annual Report. Louisiana Bulletins 13, 21, 22, old series; 8, 16, new series. Not now grown. Tested some years ago by the Louisiana station, with the following results: Bolls per pound, 86; seeds per pound, 3,975; per cent of lint, Fig. 59.—Map of the cotton-growing States, showing the distribution of Texa-s Bur cotton in cultivation, as reported in 1907. Texas Bur, Big-Boll Stormproof Group. Distribution: See map, figure 59. Alabama Bulletins 107, 130, 138, 140. Georgia Bulletins 39, 43, 47, 52, 56, 59, 63, 66, 70, 75, 79. Louisiana Bulletins 62, 71. Mississippi Bulletins 62, 79, 83, 98; Twelfth, Thirteenth, and P'ifteenth Annual Reports. South Carolina Bulletin 120. C. E. Smith, Locust Grove, Ga., is the introducer of this cotton, which is probably a strain of the old Texas Stormproof. It is usually mixed to quite an extent with some of the eai'tem big-bolls, which im])airs its stormproof qualities. Plants stocky in growth, limbs usually 2, rather heavy; fruiting branches with joints of medium length; leaves large; bolls large, 4 and 5 locked; lint of medium length, percentage good; seeds rather large, fuzzy, gray or brownish gray. The following measurements were obtained from a samp
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