. Bulletin. 1901-13. Agriculture; Agriculture. DESCRIPTIONS OF VARIETIES. 33 Beatty. ~ Big-Boll Group. A variety tested by the Louisiana Experiment Station, Baton Rouge, La., in 1907. Bolls per pound, 60; seeds per pound, 3,630; average length of lint, mm. (|.V inch), varying from 23 to 27 mm.; per cent of lint, Becks Big-BoU. Big-Boll Group. (Also kjiown as Becks Prolific and Becks Improved.) Texas Bulletins 34, 40, 45, 50. A local variety formerly gro\vii in Texas. Beggarly Big-BoU. See ^^'yche. Belle Creole. Upland Long-Staple Group. Bulletin 33, Office of Experiment Stations, U.
. Bulletin. 1901-13. Agriculture; Agriculture. DESCRIPTIONS OF VARIETIES. 33 Beatty. ~ Big-Boll Group. A variety tested by the Louisiana Experiment Station, Baton Rouge, La., in 1907. Bolls per pound, 60; seeds per pound, 3,630; average length of lint, mm. (|.V inch), varying from 23 to 27 mm.; per cent of lint, Becks Big-BoU. Big-Boll Group. (Also kjiown as Becks Prolific and Becks Improved.) Texas Bulletins 34, 40, 45, 50. A local variety formerly gro\vii in Texas. Beggarly Big-BoU. See ^^'yche. Belle Creole. Upland Long-Staple Group. Bulletin 33, Office of Experiment Stations, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. The ancestor of Jethro, Jones Long-Staple, Six Oaks, and others. An old variety, grown about seventy-five years Fig. 9. -Map of the cotton-growing States, showing the distribution of Berry cotton in cultivation, as reported in 1907. Benders. Not a varietal name. It is applied on the New Orleans market to a medium long- staple cotton coming from the bends of the Mississippi River in Louisiana, Mississippi, ana Arkansas. The staple usually averages l\ inches long and is also called "quar- ter" cotton. Berry. Big-Boll Group. (.Vlso kuDwai as Berry's Early Big-Boll.) Distribution: See map, figure 9. Alabama Bulletins 138, 110. Alabama (Tuskegee) Bulletin 7. Alabama (Cane- brake) Bulletin 23. Georgia Bulletins 52, 59. Mis.'jissippi I»ulletin 88. J. L. Berry, of Griffin, Ga., developed this variety fnmi a .^(ray plant found growing in his yard "in 1895. It differs from other closely related big-bolLs in its semiclu.'iter habit of growth and early maturity. Plants usually semiclustcr in growth, with 1 to 3 long limbs and numerous short and irregularly joiiited fruiting bratiches; a few plants more open in growth, with longer fruiting branches; bolls large, lint of good length, rather low in percentage; seeds large, fuzzy, gray or greenish gray in color. The following measurements were taken from-a representative sample obtained from Mr.
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