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1 Fiji Cotton
A cotton of the Sea Islands type with an irregular length of staple but fine and cohesive. It has a high percentage of unripe fibre staple about 11/2 to z-in. It was grown in the Polynesian Islands about 20 years ago, but little is grown or used today. -
2 Cotton (Sea Islands)
Sea Islands is of the famous Gossypium Barbadense variety and is the finest cotton grown, having a staple of 11/2-in. to 21/4-in. in length, fine in diameter, and regular in natural twist and length. It is clean, strong and elastic, and has a silkiness possessed by no other cotton. It was formerly grown in the islands off the coast of South Carolina, in Georgia and Florida, and the crop varied from 60,000 to 100,000 bales. Since the beginning of the present century it has declined in those districts and finally ceased in 1925. Today the British West Indies are almost the sole source of supply - A small quantity being grown in Fiji from seed procured from the West Indies. The crop now averages 4,000 to 5,000 bales per annum and is slowly increasing. The islands producing the cotton now are St. Vincent, Montserrat, St. Kitts, Nevis, Barbados, Anguilla, Antigua and the Virgin Islands.Dictionary of the English textile terms > Cotton (Sea Islands)
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3 Kidney Cotton (Hybrid)
A variety of cotton, grown in the West Indies and Fiji. It is a "free seeded" plant, that is, the lint grows on single seeds as is usual, whereas in the ordinary Kidney cotton of South America the seeds adhere together in clusters, making ginning difficult. The new hybrid variety was discovered in New Guinea.Dictionary of the English textile terms > Kidney Cotton (Hybrid)
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