New Orleans Cotton
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This section is from the "A Complete Dictionary of Dry Goods" book, by George S. Cole. Also available from Amazon: A complete dictionary of dry goods and history of silk, cotton, linen, wool and other fibrous substances,: Including a full explanation of the modern processes ... together with various useful tables.
New Orleans Cotton
New Orleans Cotton. A grade grown on the banks of the Mississippi and Red rivers. It is clean, soft and glossy in appearance; rather short in staple but even and strong, and easily incorporated with other cottons of a long staple. It is exported in very large quantities to the British and French markets.
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