. The botany of crop plants; a text and reference book. Botany, Economic. 5i8 BOTANY or CROP PLANTS probably originally came from Mexico. Watt says: "I am convinced that the best Upland cottons would be more correctly described as cultivated states of this plant (G. mexicaniifn), rather than as forms of G. ; He con- siders many of our Upland or short staple cottons as hybrids of G. mexicanum and G. hirsutum, sometimes with the characters of the one predominating, sometimes with those of the other. The long staple Upland series, chief. Fig. 214.—American upland cotton (Gossyp
. The botany of crop plants; a text and reference book. Botany, Economic. 5i8 BOTANY or CROP PLANTS probably originally came from Mexico. Watt says: "I am convinced that the best Upland cottons would be more correctly described as cultivated states of this plant (G. mexicaniifn), rather than as forms of G. ; He con- siders many of our Upland or short staple cottons as hybrids of G. mexicanum and G. hirsutum, sometimes with the characters of the one predominating, sometimes with those of the other. The long staple Upland series, chief. Fig. 214.—American upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum). (After Watt.) representatives of which are Allen, Peeler, Simms and Sunflower, are also hybrids, with hirsutum. characters dominant. Section IV. Naked-seeded Cottons with the Bracteoks Free or Nearly so and Glands Conspicuous.—This section includes both Old- and New-World forms. The seeds are naked or nearly so, and the lint is easily removed. There is always some fuzz on the seed at the apex, hence they are not absolutely. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Robbins, Wilfred William, 1884-1952. Philadelphia, P. Blakiston's Son & Co
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