Author : United States Department Of Agriculture
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780364976418
Total Pages : 22 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (764 download)
Book Synopsis Distribution of Cotton Seed in 1909 (Classic Reprint) by : United States Department Of Agriculture
Download or read book Distribution of Cotton Seed in 1909 (Classic Reprint) written by United States Department Of Agriculture and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-19 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Distribution of Cotton Seed in 1909 Plant of Jones Improved type, robust, vigorous, and prolific, usually with several long basal branches and a central stem with comparatively short lateral branches; bolls large, 14 to 2 inches long, ovate, blunt pointed, 4 to 5 locked, mainly 5 locked, opening well; seeds 7 to 10 per lock, medium large, grayish, fuzzy, ordinarily well covered; lint fine, white, 1 - 3 lg to 1s inches in length, aver aging about 14 inches; percentage of lint 31 to 32 under ordinary conditions; season medium early. The Keenan cotton has lint which is slightly coarser and shorter than that of the Columbia variety and has a tendency to lack uni formity in length on the seed. The variety, however, has excellent lint as a whole, is prolific, opens well, and is fairly early. Tests under the conditions existing at Columbia, S. C., indicate that it is a variety of considerable promise. It requires to be further improved by selecting to secure a more uniform length of lint, this character yet remaining rather too variable. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
