New Orleans Cotton

New Orleans Cotton
NEW ORLEANS COTTON
Obtained from the Gossypium hirsutum and grown in the Mississippi valley and the watershed of the Gulf of Mexico. It is the most useful of American cottons, has a staple of just over an inch, is regular in length, and the fibre is fine, soft, strong and whitish colour.

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