The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-11-14
The Jneis-on Llmble.. Cotton.

Commercial Appeal.
| Three weeks ago We spoke OF the Jack.
son Lmbless Cotton" and quoted n let
ter from the Georgia station ia regard 10
| Its growth and appearance through the
South DIR. Reddlng. tho director OF tho
| station. has now gathered the bulk Of the
| crop, and desiring to place the facts before
the public MS soon as possible. has issued
special bulletin In which be says the no.
called 'Jackson's Llmbless Cotton WAS
| nrst brought before the public, under this
| name, ia the fall of 1896. II was said to
have sprung from seeds obtained In 1895
| In Central Africa. II was claimed that II
belonged to now genus; that Il would
produce four TO six bales Of lint per acre
on ordinary upland; that the lint In extra
long, fino and strong. etc.
The price first fixed for seeds OF this
Limbiess' was 81 per 100 seeds or ~. 50
per 800 seeds, at 81 per 100 seeds one
pound would cost $50, aud one bushel
1880! The price has recently been reduced
10 " per pound of seed, or 500 per bushol!
After considerable difficulty the dlroetor
succeeded IN getting small quantity OF
the seed TOT ,inquestioped purity and they
| were planted In direct competition with
twenty other varieties comprising tho sta
| lions variety Test" or course all the
conditions affecting the twenty-one va
far MS practicable.
AZ the third picking. October G. the
yields Of cotton from the different va
roties ranged from 1878 pounds for tho
Texas burr to 1910 for Mitchells twin boil,
the average for the twenty lone varieties
being 1864 pounds, sud The yield OF the
Jacbson'B Limbless being 1879 pounds.
The final pjcleings VIII probably make
u material change In the rank OF some OF
The varieties; but ii IL not probable that
the Jackson Will be materially changed.
Very soon after the cotton commenced to
iiinb and square, and each variety To de-
yelop whatever was peculiar TO itself, 1t
Wis suspected that the Jackson Limbless'
was either Identical with a certain old va
riety, or closely related TO 1t. After the
bols commenced TO open the director be-
came satisfied that tho So Represented new
limbiess' variety was Identical with the
old variety @bnyo alluded 10. viz: well
bo'n's Pet which was grown on this sta
ton In 1890 and 1892. Correspondence with
tho originator Of "Weiborns Pet, variety,
and exchange or sections Of stalks. con-
frmed this conclusion Of the identify OF
tho so-calcd "lfmbless" with "WelbOrn's
Pot In tho judgment Of both Mr. Welborn
and tho director.
II is therefore confidently affirmed that
'Jackson's Limblcss Cotton and well
born's Pct are one and the same variety.
Welborn'B Pet has been before tho poo
pie for ten or twelve years.
Now for tho specific claims made for the
Jackson LiDrbless" by It's promoters.
il Is not entirely limbIess," but is In
cIined TO produce several tuften five or gix)
long branches from near the ground. When
very closely crowded Ia the drill. however,
many stalks Will be without theso liInhs.
and their normal tendency tas with "clus-
ter cottons generality 10 grow tall IL much
Increased.
on exceedingly rich soil the stalks may
attain height OF ten twelve or evnn
fourteen feet. The lint is fairly good, but
nothing extraordinary. IL does not COM
pare al all with Sea Island, Egyptian or
even with Aliens long staple, and would
not command higher price than the Or
binary upland short staples. The fber is
not remarkably strong. and Is not one and
q half inches long. as claimed Its length
IL from one half 10 three fourthy Of an inch.
averaging about fiye-clghths OF AN Inch.
The directory visited and examined a
bold belonging to the owner Of the new
variety In September. and estimated that
q yield OF one and half bales per acre
might DO secured with favorable future
conditions. The land on which tie four
acre patch has been growing has been un-
der very high culture for years, md VAS
heavily fertilized with COW droppings aud
commercial fertilizers the present year:
and In, the opinion OF the director is cap
able OF producing sixty bushels OF corn
per acre.
In conclusion the director desires 10 say
that this cotton rs fairly good variety
ON rich soils or under high culture. Mr..
Welbofn says II IL not suited to poor Iand
and poor culture. For years past Il han
been carefully developing It's peculfaslfies
DO better adapted to harvesting with the &
machine harvester
Especial attention has herein been called