The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-12-30
SOMETHING NEW IN COTTON.
A Novel Variety Produced In Wilkei
County. Georgia.

County, Georgia.
The New York Financial Chronicle has a
long article on new variety Of cotton,
produced in Wilkes County, Ga, II says:
"The skill displayed in producing now
varieties Of plants through cultivation rs
we'll known. Both the beauty aud the
utility Of the original stock are thus being
almost constantly developed. somowhat
similar results are also ut times reached in
a state Of nature; even field Of potatoes,
or Of corn, or OF cotton, may furnish an
observing cultiyatOr many opportunities
of interest to himself aud Of usefulness to
Others. But, unfortunately, the men of
/ the world are not nll OF them Observing
they. ns we'll M their children, may be
properly grouped under the classification
OF eyes aud no eyes.
THIS thought has been suggested by the
recent from Mr.. William +. Alexander, OF
/ Augusta, Ca, Of a parcel containing limbs
| from the common cotton plant and some
| from a new variety that his brother. Mr..
| &. A. Alexander, has been developing on
/ his plantation near Washington, In that
/ State ID seems that four years ago Mr..
| Alexander In making n survey Of his
crop, was attracted hy a single stalk in his
/ field with dihcrUnt leaf As Is well
! known, the common plant has q solid leaf,
| the hlalc 4 the specimens We have before
rs measuring about iouf inches Wide at
| the broadcast point and little over two
| inches long from the base 20 the apex,
| with margin having three rounded pro-
] iccions, one each side the apex. When
the plant B. Ia a healthy condition, the e.
feet oi the shape OF this solid leaf j. a dense
foliage, AMI hence in damp weather mil
dow and the foltng Of the bolS afca com
mon trial.
With regard 10 the stalk which attracted
Dir. Alcxandcfs attention. the difference
be noticed vas that instead Of the lead
being solid like the common variety W.
have described. Il was what b1tanisi'
would call fariite-that j., separated down
very nearly b. the bar, thoss Ne have -
cciycd being divided. sDine into three and
other. into four, aud others still into ~,
partitions, ~ that the new leaf IN De- CON
plctc form y i've fingered. one vii
readily sro what a gncat change this sim
pic difference In the structure of th'
leaf really effects The important FAC
IL that the divided variety lets th,
sunlight and the mir through mucl
more freely THIS i 10 obyiou
that l, needs no further explanation
A hnt effect Of the new form
then to cause n more rapid and poficc
rpcning of the boil. Another result
that the nir aid sunlight which are lrt Ii
tend 10 proven, ~, and mildcw, which. a
before remarked, always affect the con
. mon plant in prolonged wet weather an
more frequently IN rirh bottoms where Oh
weed grows luxuriantly OF unkly. Thcs
benefits have been proven, Mr.. AlcNan
der having raisrd the sc,,d and planted
ior four successive seasons Il produce
. itself. aud shows Ia superiority In the par
/. ticulars mentioned.
There h another great advantage oy,
the common soft which this now yarici
, seems 10 have, though Of course the poir
has not bccn fully tested yet Wcrcicr
. the circumstance that thus lar u has ~,
y been attacked hy cnlcrpillnfH THIS slump
I, exemption would not oi iisoli prove NJ
I, ns,uring but when We rumcmbcr the hal
! IL Of that pct aud the conditions und'
(, which Il develops. the hope OF continue
y exemption h ccrininly encouraged la u
first place ID 4 60 h. remembered that III
y caterpillar laws It, crg on the under side
= the leaf u the common plant aud spins !
n l NANANNN NNNNNf FNNNAANNN wv ~ NfHtf
!, solid surface Then, again, although u
:, always 90 10 found In the cotton iicl
. II never pfospcn In dry weather.
y being tho third hatch OF generation
" a single scason which docs the dcs,ruc,i'
work. These facts would seem 10 iav
N the idea that the new plant possesses y
~ culiadtics Of growth uniavorahlc 10 u
I, caicfpillar's healthy and therefore vigo
"A Gus development Evidently the caturp
W lars propagation y promoted by rha'
aud dnmpnc-z, and Numbered by sun NJ
y, dry conditions. II appears, therefore, qui
y, reasonable 10 say that the new plant Won
NJ be- at tho least Ices liable o. the drprcd
:. tons Of the caterpillar OF army worm. Al
Wv that u ~ not unlikely that u will prove
N be exempt from H.
~ ono other point needs 20 be mcniionc
J" Mr. Alexander says the now variety
~ fully ~ prolific On the common vnriul
y; aud. In iaci. has been found nom
nu though he holds tbs latter result may
70 due 10 moro careful cultivation. The NJ
'o' pie IL little longer than the comm
Kind. but not No hnU-it 10 coarscr a