Short Staple Variety Trial in Cochise County, 1999

The Acala and Upland Variety trials typically grown in Cochise County were combined into one study in 1999 and were planted on the Glenn Schmidt farm, in Kansas Settlement. Twelve varieties were tested including three New Mexico Acalas and one Interspecific Hybrid from Israel. The highest yielding variety in the trial was FM 989 with a yield near 1200 pounds of lint. It was also the highest yielding variety in the Cochise County trial in 1998. PM 1560 BG came in a close second with the Israeli varity (Hazera 151-208) and the two New Mexico varieties (1517-95 and 1517-99) yielding over 1100 pounds of lint