Petit Gulf cotton was a cotton hybrid patented by planter Rush Nutt at his Laurel Hill Plantation in Rodney, Mississippi, in 1833.[1] It was named "Petit Gulf" for the bend of the Mississippi River where it was grown.[2] It proved more resistant than the green seed cotton from Georgia as long as planters followed the breeding process used in Rodney.[3] Indeed, it was said to be less likely to harbor diseases and rot than other breeds of cotton.[4] Moreover, it was easier to pick with a human hand, thus leading to greater productivity.[2]
An eponymous song appears on Justin Townes Earle's 2010 album Harlem River Blues.
References edit
- ^ James, D. Clayton (1968). Antebellum Natchez. Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press. p. 156. ISBN 0-8071-1860-5.
- ^ a b Johnson, Walter (2013). River of Dark Dreams. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-04555-2.
- ^ Moore, John Hebron (1988). The Emergence of the Cotton Kingdom in the Old Southwest: Mississippi, 1770-1860. Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press. p. 13. ISBN 9780807114049.
- ^ "The Rot in Cotton". The Farmer's Register. 5 (1). Petersburg, VA: Edmund Ruffin: 25. 1837.
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