The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-10-13

which 1t only differs in that its staple Is short
er and breaks easily. On this account 1t is no
spun In Sumatra, but used by the natives fol
filling up cushions, mattresses, etc.
the cultivation Of cotton has been attended
to, In the earliest ages, as well as in Arabia,
IN SYRIA AND ASIA MINOR
the cotton crop Is an important item In the
husbandman's occupations, especially In the
latter country, in the district of Smyrna
whose plans are almost wholly cultivated
IN CYPRUS,
whore very large crop is annually raised
the product takes precedence over the Other
Ievantine crops, for its wilderness, long and
silky, staple. During the Venitian occupa-
zion their crop averaged 10000 bales, but it
has dwindled down, during It's long subjec-
ton to Turkey until now, to from 1000 to 5000
bales: The recent cession Of the island to
Great Britain and it's probable rapid COLOMBIA
ton by the enterprsing Anglo-Saxon will no
doubt result In q rapid Increase Of this crop.
IN AFRICA,
where soil and climate are both generally IA
VOrable TO cotton culture, its production has
hitherto been very scanty, II we except Egypt.
The plant is cultivated, however, for home
purposes In Tunis, In Algeria, Morocco in the
Bidulgerid and Atlas districts In Senegambia
Of cotton are raised, as also In Dahomey,
where 1t has q golden hue resembling some
what the Nankln cotton. In Bourbon and
Mauritlus it is cultivated moro extensively,
and in Madagascar it bids fair to become an
important Item Of export.
IN AMERICA
although the plant was found growing spon-
taneously In Brazil and the Antilles and Gull
tivated at the time of their first settlements.
1t was not until the introduction Of the culture
! In the American colonies that cotton assumed
| Its pre-eminent commercial importance.
| cotton Ehnnpf
the Colonies to Liverpool were seized, as It
was not then admitted that even such small
quantity OF cotton could have been raised
there.
THE FIRST COTTON GROWING STATES.
About at the same period the Upland was
successfully introduced and the cultivation
extended to the neighboring Southern States
:, In Louisiana and Mississippi the early
French colonists from San Domingo had
begun cultivatlng cotton as early as in 1922,
at which period Charleroix, on visit to
Natchez, saw cotton growing in the garden of
M. LIE Nolr agent OF the Mississippi DAVIS
his native country, dated April, 1735, states
that the cultivation of cotton proved advan-
tageous in Louisiana. Besides these evidences
OF the early introduction of the plant in Lou
isiana we have the testimony Of Major Stod-
dard who states it was extensively cultivated
in 1740, and that OF Gov. de Vaudreuil who
in a dispatch to the French government,
dated TAG, mentions cotton among the articles
which came down the river annually to New
Orleans.
In 1856, cotton seed from Jamaica and Per-
nambuco was introduced into Georgia, and
in 1889 the celebrated Sea Island variety was
established there and in the Caroinas
VARIETIES OF COTTON PLANT.
The number Of varieties of this plant as Gull
tivated both in America and the Old World
would almost defy enumeration, II we sought
to describe them all, but we shall limit our
attention to those most universally cultivated
or most valuable.
Varieties most extensively cultivated in
America are the Sea Island the Upland Ten
nessee, Green Seed Black Seed, Mexico, Per-
nambuco and San Domingo Or Hayti.
THE SEA ISLAND COTTON
is cultivated on a few Louisiana and Atlantic
seabOard plantations. It Is superior to all
others In the length and fineness of it's staple,
and bears q very high price, usually thrice as
much as the best Uplands but, on account of
the cost OF it's preparation for market 1t is
not considered more profitable to cultivate
than the short staple.
THE UPLAND COTTON
Is o native Of the Antilles, and was the first
variety cultivated in the Southern States. 1t
differs from the Sea Island in the color of the
the length and fneness of the staple. Both
have smooth, black, naked seeds, and other
varieties seem to have o tendency to return to
this by accumulation.
THE TENNESSEE COTTON
has its seeds covered with q thick green
dOWny fleece strongly adhering to it, and Its
main value Is it's freedom from the dreaded
cotton, rot.
THE BARBADOE
variety (Gossypium Barbadeuse) is native
of the Barbados, as its name implies; it Is
shrub, and grows to the height of five and six
and leaves quite smooth. The blossoms are
large and of a dark yellow: the boil large,
the seeds black.
THE INDIAN
variety (Gossypium Indicum) Is O. shrub
growing ten and twelve feet high. The leaves
are small; the flowers yellow, with q red tint
at the base of the petals; the bolls oval
shaped the seeds black. This variety does
well In lowlands, and its cotton is Of very
pure Wilderness.
THE COTTON TREE
Tor Gossypium Arboreum) is a native of In
dia, and is found in Egypt and Arabia. It's
average height is eighteen or twenty feet.
Its flowers are dark red, leaves palmated and
bolls oval-shaped. Its cotton is very white |
and highly esteemed in India.
THE vINE-LEAyED
Tor Gossypium Vitipolium) is q native of the
Celebes Islands. It's boughs are slender and
occasionally warped; its leaves are large SO |
are Its blossoms, whose color is yellowish,
with scarlet stains at the basis Of the petals.
It Is extensively grown at Mauritius and in
Inc uelguDOIHOOd OF SQT1nan.
TIE BAHMIAN.
A recently discovered variety growing in |
higher Egypt where, it is claimed, it gives
planting. 1t is exactly like its congenary, |
the okra, in foliage, size and growth, and it's |
pods or boIls are conic-shaped. 1t is also said
that the Bahmian cotton is not subject to |
rot and that it's early maturing qualities
will make it inaccessible to the caterpillar
Seeds have been imported In Louisiana, and
are now being tested in various parishes,
where so far the trials have given great sat-
isfaction.
THE PERUVIAN, |
Tor Gossypium Peruvianum,) q native Of |
Peru growing three feet high, bearing large |
heart-shaped leaves; the interior calyX of the |
flower is specl1led with black dots, the flower |
is yellow; its pods are oval-shaped, bearing
fine white cotton and black seeds.
THE PERSIAN
variety Tor GOssvDum Mjoranthum) whose |