Cyclopedia of textile work : a general reference library on cotton, woollen and worsted yarn manufacture, weaving, designing, chemistry and dyeing, finishing, knitting, and allied subjects (1907)
Chicago : American school of correspondence · leaf 24
^ white; the second day they turnpink or red, and the third day a purplish blue, at which timethey drop off. After the dropping of tlie blossom the seed-pod,or boll, commences to foi-m, and attains its full growth in fromsix to eight weeks. When fully develoi^ed ihc boll hursts, connnencing at… … Fio-. 1. 15 8 COTTON FII5ER. three to live cells, diviiled by walls of membrane. (See Fig. 1.)These cells contain from six to eleven seeds e:\ch, or fiom twenty-eight to thirty-six in each boll. Each seed is covered with thecotton lil)eis, which are attached at one end in the same manneras the hair…
Textile industry · Textile fabrics
Internet Archive · UMass Dartmouth, Claire T. Carney Library · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
