Table 7. Performance of 37 varieties in the Early Maturing Cotton Variety Test
grown on a Bosket very fine sandy loam soil at Stoneville, MS in 1994
and ginned on the micro-gin* at the USDA-ARS Gin Lab.**
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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 H1220 1134 36.3 4.50 1.13 83.7 28.2 2.0 31.0 2.11 590.94
Hartz H1215 1130 36.9 4.53 1.14 83.9 28.6 2.0 31.0 2.13 589.05
Stoneville 132 1097 36.9 4.48 1.08 82.7 28.1 1.9 31.0 1.86 569.01
Stoneville LA887 1072 35.0 4.27 1.10 82.4 29.4 2.6 31.0 2.09 558.92
Suregrow 404 1071 33.3 4.70 1.09 82.3 29.3 2.0 34.3 1.56 552.12
Deltapine 5409 1066 34.7 4.26 1.08 81.3 27.4 2.0 31.0 1.63 550.73
Chembred 830 1060 33.0 4.89 1.08 82.8 29.4 2.4 31.0 1.45 545.83
Hartz H1244 1059 36.3 4.36 1.10 82.8 27.8 1.7 31.0 1.91 549.67
Suregrow 501 1056 35.1 4.49 1.10 82.9 30.0 2.1 31.0 2.30 552.20
OA 44 1054 33.7 4.80 1.10 82.7 29.9 1.4 31.0 1.80 546.14
Suregrow 223 1048 36.4 4.58 1.10 82.3 29.7 3.0 37.7 1.74 542.21
Stoneville 474 1034 36.3 4.87 1.06 82.7 27.8 2.3 31.0 0.47 522.49
Suregrow 125 1032 35.1 4.59 1.10 82.7 26.9 1.9 31.0 1.78 534.64
Chembred 333 1025 33.6 4.39 1.08 82.3 27.8 2.9 34.3 1.44 527.45
Chembred 232 1011 32.5 4.26 1.11 81.9 28.4 2.3 31.0 1.87 524.51
Mycogen 3055 1010 32.5 4.20 1.10 81.8 28.2 1.9 31.0 2.08 526.11
Deltapine 20 1000 33.7 4.27 1.06 81.7 27.4 1.4 34.3 1.32 513.39
Hyperformer HS 23 997 32.5 4.01 1.10 82.0 28.4 3.4 31.0 1.81 516.67
Stoneville X94332 992 33.0 4.63 1.11 81.8 28.6 1.9 31.0 2.06 516.57
Deltapine 50 989 32.2 4.52 1.09 81.7 27.1 1.8 31.0 1.66 511.21
OA 50 989 33.6 4.34 1.13 82.1 28.7 1.3 31.0 2.23 516.42
Chembred 1233 986 32.7 4.14 1.09 82.0 28.4 2.2 31.0 2.08 513.68
Stoneville 453 983 34.3 4.42 1.08 81.5 27.4 3.6 31.0 1.34 504.44
DPL/SG DES119 981 34.1 4.54 1.09 83.0 28.3 3.2 34.3 1.50 505.37
Seed Source 9301 967 33.8 4.08 1.13 82.0 28.5 2.0 31.0 2.19 504.62
Hartz H1380 965 34.8 4.04 1.11 82.1 27.5 2.3 31.0 1.88 500.66
Germain's GC 9042 963 34.9 4.51 1.10 82.3 28.6 2.0 31.0 2.14 502.03
Hartz H1330 958 33.1 4.17 1.10 82.7 29.1 3.0 31.0 2.28 500.70
Paymaster HS 26 949 33.0 4.73 1.08 83.6 29.8 2.3 31.0 1.89 492.72
Terra 366 933 32.6 4.42 1.07 81.7 26.7 2.2 31.0 1.49 480.99
Deltapine 51 928 33.7 4.74 1.08 82.3 26.7 1.4 31.0 1.19 475.07
Terra 302 922 34.8 4.53 1.07 82.1 26.9 1.9 31.0 1.43 475.14
Terra 292 922 31.5 4.31 1.10 81.7 27.4 2.0 31.0 1.89 478.51
Terra C-40 897 34.2 4.38 1.06 81.8 26.9 1.8 31.0 1.44 461.41
Deltapine 90 895 33.5 4.52 1.06 81.7 29.3 1.9 31.0 1.64 462.57
Deltapine 5415 882 34.3 4.81 1.08 82.0 28.1 1.7 31.0 1.54 454.23
Acala 1517-88 859 32.5 3.94 1.14 81.9 31.8 2.2 31.0 2.81 453.23
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GRAND MEAN 998 34.1 4.44 1.09 82.3 28.3 2.2 31.5 1.79 516.80
LSD (0.05) 64 0.7 0.17 0.01 0.5 0.7 0.4 5.4 1.1 39.73
CV (%) 4.1 1.4 2.5 0.7 0.4 1.7 13.0 6.7 1.0 4.9
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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 lab gin.
*** Base price of $0.50/lb; premiums based on fiber data shown; does not reflect
actual price differences in cash market.