The sun. (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1905-12-16


as profitable as sea island cotton, which
brings in an income of over two million
dollars annually to the farmers of Ala
chua, Bradford, Levy, Marion and other
counties. There are those who are en-.
tlnsiastic over it, though both at the
Georgia and the Florida experiment sta.
lions the opinion of the farm superin.
tcndcnts does not seem to be favorable.
In the interest of the farmer readers
Ct THE SUN, correspondence has been
had with Monticello parties and the two
experiment stations we have mentioned
and below will be found the replies re-
ceivcd. We shall be pleased to hear
from other raisers of FlorOdora in Flor
ida, briefy--since the space in this de.
partmcnt Is limited-giving their ex-
perience. Some brokers have given
higher prices for it than regular mar
k"t quotations, in order to attract the
attention of growers to it.
The first is from the director of the
Georgia Experiment Station:
"Mr. Claude L'Engle, Jacksonville,
Ela.-My Dear Sir: In reply to yours
OF the 18th l send you a marked copy
of Bulletin SO, in which you will find
the result of variety tests of last year
of twenty.four varieties of cotton, in
which apears the FlorodOra in point of
lint and seed value stood twenty-third
IL the list. This was on a basis of 10
cents pound for lint and 80 cents per
hundred weight for seed. At the foot
of page 200, among the notes on leading
varieties tested you will find my con.
clusion in regard to Florodora as based
upon a years test. l may add that |
was induced to request that seeds of
this variety be sent me for testing, by
the extraordinary claims made of its
productiveness by the originator, and by
the vendors of the seeds. This year the
variety has not been so extensively ad-
Nertised, so far as ! have observed, and
seed were not offered me for testing.
Very truly yours,
"R. j. REDDING, Director"
The conclusion" referred to appears
IN Bulletin GO, issued December, 1904, on
Cotton Culture, and is as follows:
"No. %. Florodora. Extra Staple
Upland. First Test. Not productive.
Medium as to maturing. Lowest in per-
centage yield of lint Seeds a little
smaller than average. Expert cotton
men in Augusta and Savannah, to whom
samples ginned in roller gin were sub
nittcd, report that, in lots of twenty
bales. If ginned on u saw-gin, it would
bring 2 to 3 cents per pound more than
ordinary short staple uplands. The Sa-
Nannah experts advise that this variety
shonld not be ginned on roller gin.
What it lacks is productive.
ness and percentage yield of lint"
The next letter is from our own sta"
ton:
"rhe University of Florida Agricul-
tmal Experiment Station, Lake City
Fla, Oct. 30, l005.-Mr. w. L. Pabor
Avon Park, Fla.: My Dear Sir-Reply-
ing to yours of October 23 regarding
tlorodora cotton, beg to say that this
is short staple cotton adapted to the
(but represented by central and north
ern part of Georgia, and is not suited
to this section of the country. In Geor.
gin test of varieties as published in Bull
letins SO in December, 1904, it stands
twenty-third in the list. In the North
Carolina test, az published in the report
Of the Department of Agriculture for
February, 1905, 1t stands at the foot of
the list. This variety OF cotton is
very much advertised variety, but it has
not special merit over many other short
staple varieties. With kindest regards,
| am, very truly yours,
"a. NJ. COMMON"
There is no uncertain sound about
Mr.. Connor's letter. 1t gives Florodora
no commentator whatever; it appar-
emily never having been tested at the
station, the opinion is not based on ex-
perimental knowledge, but from the
Georgia and North Carolina bulletins.
The names of two gentlemen at Mon
ticello having been given us as being IA