. Bulletin. 1901-13. Agriculture; Agriculture. 46 VARIETIES OF AMEEICAN UPLAND COTTON. lint short, but high in percentage; seeds medium in size, fuzzy, greenish or brownish gray. This variety is liable to injury from boll-rot and also lacks stormproof characters. The bolls average 60 to 65 per pound, but selected bolls sent by Mr. Cook averaged 53^ per pound; seeds per pound, 4,000; average length of lint. 22 nim. (f inch), varying from 20 to 24 mm.; strength of single fibers, gms.; per cent of lint, Coppedge. Big-Boll Group. (Also known as Coppedge Improved.) Alabama Bulletins 107,
. Bulletin. 1901-13. Agriculture; Agriculture. 46 VARIETIES OF AMEEICAN UPLAND COTTON. lint short, but high in percentage; seeds medium in size, fuzzy, greenish or brownish gray. This variety is liable to injury from boll-rot and also lacks stormproof characters. The bolls average 60 to 65 per pound, but selected bolls sent by Mr. Cook averaged 53^ per pound; seeds per pound, 4,000; average length of lint. 22 nim. (f inch), varying from 20 to 24 mm.; strength of single fibers, gms.; per cent of lint, Coppedge. Big-Boll Group. (Also known as Coppedge Improved.) Alabama Bulletins 107, 140. Georgia Bulletin 43. Developed by C. S. Coppedge, Nyson, Ga. Not now grown. Corley Wonderful. Big-Boll Groip. Alabama: Coosa County. Georgia Bulletin 79. A strain of Russell developed by selection by W. A. Corley, Kellyton, Ala. It is claimed that this variety yields from 38 to 40 per cent of lint, this being an improvement over Russell, which rarely thirds itself. The sample from ]\lr. Corley, measurements of which are given below, yielded a good percentage, as did also a sample from the Georgia Experiment Station, but when grown at other experiment stations the per- centage was Fig. 17.—Map of the cotton-growing States, showing the distribution of Cook's Improved cotton in oiilli- vation, as reported in 1907. Plant similar to Russell, bolls large, ranging from 4S to the i)ouii(l at l^aton Koiip'. La., to 70 at College Station, Tex.; lint of medium length; seeds largo, fuzzy, gray or greenish gray. Bolls per pound, 48; seeds ])er i)ound, ; average length of lint, mm. (ij.' inch), varying from 22 to 28 mm.; strength of single fibers, 6 gms.; per cent of lint, Corput Find. Bui-BoLL Guoi p. (.\Lso known as Ilardwick.) Arkansas: Desha County. Georgia: Bartow, Floyd, Gordon, and Macon connlies. Alabama Bulletin 140. Georgia Bulletin 56. Developed by Felix Corput, of Cave Si)ring, Ga., from a singl(> jilant found in the year 1899. Corput Find was test
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