Shelter and clothing; a textbook of the household arts (1920)
Kinne, Helen, 1861-1917. [from old catalog], Cooley, Anna M. (Anna Maria), b. 1874, joint author · New York, The Macmillan company · leaf 122
cotton are in this class.The cottons called Nankeen cottons are made from thefiber of this variety. This grows in China and India andis yellow in color. Gossypium barbadense is a long staple cotton. The plantgrows to be eight or ten feet in height and bears also a yellowblossom (see Fig. 43). The… … 102 SHELTER AND CLOTHING grade of cotton, since its staple is silky and from one to twoinches in length. Gossypium hirsutum is so called because its leaves, stems,branches, and seeds are of a hairy nature. The plant grows tobe six feet in height. The fiber is short and the seeds coveredwith soft…
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