Table 15. Performance of 17 varieties in the Mid-season Cotton Variety Test grown on a
Bosket very fine sandy loam at Stoneville, MS in 1994 and ginned on the
micro-gin1 at the USDA-ARS Ginning Laboratory.**
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USDA Loan Basis***
Lint Gin Micro- Length Unif. Strength Leaf Color Premium Gross
Variety name Yield Turnout naire (UHM) index Grade Grade cents/lb Returns
lbs/A % in. % g/tex
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Hartz HX 1560 1129 35.2 4.44 1.09 82.3 28.4 3.2 34.3 1.52 581.80
Stoneville LA887 1126 36.0 4.33 1.10 81.9 28.9 3.0 31.3 1.34 577.68
OA 8 1091 33.9 4.17 1.08 81.8 27.8 3.3 31.0 1.54 562.14
Chembred 1233 1069 33.8 4.23 1.08 81.9 28.1 2.3 34.3 1.65 552.63
Mycogen 3076 1061 34.3 4.51 1.08 81.6 29.9 1.9 34.3 2.01 551.86
OA 13 1028 33.7 4.00 1.11 81.6 28.6 3.2 31.0 1.94 533.59
Deltapine 5415 1026 36.6 4.77 1.07 81.7 27.7 1.8 31.0 1.19 525.45
Mycogen 3077 1015 32.8 4.40 1.09 81.6 29.4 2.7 31.0 2.04 528.58
Mycogen 2006 1002 34.2 4.48 1.10 81.6 28.8 2.0 31.0 2.12 521.84
Deltapine 50 1001 32.6 4.41 1.08 81.6 26.5 2.0 31.0 1.42 514.51
Hyperformer HY 39 996 33.5 4.26 1.09 82.2 29.3 2.7 31.0 2.11 519.00
Hyperformer HS 46 994 34.6 4.23 1.09 81.8 29.1 2.1 31.0 1.91 515.56
MD 51ne 973 34.5 4.52 1.08 82.0 30.6 2.1 31.0 2.38 509.35
Hyperformer HS 44 971 33.9 4.71 1.08 81.1 28.7 1.9 31.0 1.94 504.87
Germain's GC-9033 966 33.9 4.40 1.07 81.6 29.0 2.0 31.0 1.95 501.86
Mycogen 1185 964 32.8 3.88 1.11 81.6 30.3 3.0 34.3 2.17 502.96
Seed Source 9202 948 33.7 4.46 1.07 81.9 29.3 2.3 31.0 1.92 492.19
Mycogen 2009 921 33.0 4.33 1.09 82.2 29.5 3.2 34.3 1.93 478.14
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GRAND MEAN 1016 34.1 4.36 1.09 81.8 28.9 2.5 31.9 1.84 526.33
LSD (0.05) 66 0.6 0.19 0.01 1.25 0.7 0.3 NS 0.01 39.32
CV (%) 3.9 1.1 2.8 0.8 0.6 1.6 7.9 9.4 0.8 4.4
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* Gin sequence included tower dryer, cylinder and incline seed cotton cleaner,
gin stand, and two lint cleaners.
** Data in this table reflect results from ginning all seed cotton from plots
through a commercial gin sequesce. Data in Table 3, which came from the same
test, reflect results from 100-boll samples ginned on a cotton lab.
*** Base price of &0.50/lb; premiums based on fiber data shown; does not reflect
actual price differences in cash market.