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Show Flowers From 'Way Down South' V ': I HERE'S SOMETHING AAA OVEE LOOKED . . COTTON IN UTAH Miss Dorothy Woodbury shows planta frowinf just like In the) south Salt Lake Gardener Raises Cotton in Real Dixie Style Imported Seeds Thrive Far From Alabama, J. A. Sullivan, City Worker, Finds Transported hundreds of miles from their native habitat, cotton plants are flowering in the garden of J. A. Sullivan, 1337 Roosevelt avenue. The cotton seeds were planted several weeks ago by Mr. Sullivan Sulli-van at the side of his home and have crown almost two feet hieh. By the time the flower pods burst Into cotton balls, Mr. Sullivan says, tha planta will be almost aa tall aa a man. A source of wonder to neighbors, the Sullivan home alas boasts a fig tree growing In the back yard and is now bearing fruit Mr. Sullivan, who is chief clerk in the city parks department, said this is first attempt to grow cotton In Salt Lake City. However, he aald that fig trees have been grown here in hothouses. "Cotton requires a long growing season," Mr. Sullivan said, "with warm nights. If tha present warm weather continues without any frosts, I expect to collect several pounds of cotton by the latter part of September." . Born on a cotton plantation in North Carolina, Mr. Sullivan obtained ob-tained the cotton seeds from Alabama. Ala-bama. He planted them to show neighbors what a cotton plant looks like and also as an experiment According to Mr. Sullivan, early settlers in southern Utah planted ration aulte extensively The prnn waa never commercialised, he said, because growers were unable to obtain ob-tain a gin. |