COTTON, NATURAL COLORS 

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Nankeen COTTON 2.5g seed, USDA Certified Organic	Nankeen COTTON 2.5g seed, USDA Certified Organic Check Latest Price [Pre-1860 heirloom. Seed and history generously supplied by John House III of the Mansfield State Commemorative Area, Mansfield, LA. Introduced 1997 by SESE.] 'Nankeen' is a short fiber, naturally brown cotton that has been grown since the Civil War. The lint is a non-fading attractive dark copp ...
Erlene's Green COTTON 2.5g seed, USDA Certified Organic	Erlene's Green COTTON 2.5g seed, USDA Certified Organic Check Latest Price [Family heirloom from Erlene Melancon in east Texas.] Erlene said that she has been spinning green cotton for years and that her grandmother loved using colored cotton in her quilts. The fibers are a light olive green and can be spun off the seed. Harvest the bolls of green cotton shortly after t ...
Arkansas Green Lint COTTON 2.5g seed	Arkansas Green Lint COTTON 2.5g seed Check Latest Price 180 days (From a Seed Savers Exchange member.) Soft light green cotton with short fibers, the seeds very dark green. Requires a long growing season. The pink and white flowers are very attractive against the reddish green foliage. The leaves are more like modern cotton than Nankeen ...
	Mississippi Brown COTTON 2.5g seed Check Latest Price ...
HISTORY: Naturally colored cottons were grown by the slaves prior to the Civil War. In many instances, slaves on plantations were not permitted to grow the white cotton of their masters. Brown cotton was the most commonly grown, but there are other naturally colored cottons such as green, blue, yellow, and pink cottons, and they all have their own subtle beauty. These heirloom cottons are now difficult to find. They have fallen out of favor because the fibers are shorter and not as suitable for spinning and dyeing as modern white cotton. Since naturally colored cottons are now quite rare, we are attempting to locate and preserve other authentic heirloom varieties. NOTE: Everyone should grow and harvest a long row of cotton at least once in their lifetime so as to understand what the plantation slaves had to endure while harvesting cotton. The bolls are borne on the plant at a back-bending level, and the bolls are sharp. Plucking cotton from numerous bolls hurts the hands. Imagine doing this all day. CULTURE: Cotton is an annual plant that requires a long, warm, growing season to mature properly. It does best on fertile soil with plenty of moisture. In zones 8 through 10 it can be sown directly after the last frost. In zones 5 through 7, start seed indoors and transplant out after the last frost. Seed germinates in 7 to 21 days at 70 deg. F. Plants take about 150 days to mature a crop of bolls and grows to a height of 48 to 60".