Excerpt from Varieties of American Upland Cotton
Each of the different groups just mentioned contains a number of closely related forms, difficult to distinguish, which are commonly called varieties but which are for the most part analogous to the strains of the horticulturist. It will often be noticed that, on account of the marked adaptability of cotton to soil and climate, varieties hardly distinct in other ways are fitted for different agri cultural conditions, and other distinctive characters, such as a better staple and a higher percentage of lint, may also be present but are not apparent until the variety is more closely studied.
The large number of named varieties and the uncertainty as to the classification of many of them, as well as the misleading statements sometimes published concerning the commercial varieties, make it necessary to describe and classify them as accurately as possible and to map, or otherwise state, their distribution.
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