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(From Journal of Japanese Trade & Industry (JJTI))

Byline: Kawakatsu Heita

Cotton in China The old world cottons which originated in India reached the three Far Eastern countries (China, Korea and Japan). The winter in China was cold and only annual types of cotton were able to survive. According to George Watt, Chinese people planted cottons in gardens as an ornamental shrub until the end of the 7th century. In fact, long before then, G. herbaceum variety kulijianum cotton had been grown in western China. The utilization of kulijianum, which was specially adapted to the short summers and cold winters of Central Asia, can be dated back to as early as ...

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