The Cotton Improvement Laboratory (CIL), Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, has developed Extra Long Staple Upland (ELSU), Gossypium hirsutum, cotton that equals the length of American pima, G. barbadense, and has made meaningful progress in developing uplands with fiber bundle strength equaling pima. Eight ELSU lines along with FiberMax 832 were evaluated for HVI and AFIS fiber quality and spinning performance during 2006 and 2007. All ELSU lines exhibited longer fiber lengths and several had greater fiber bundle strength than FiberMax 832. Seven of the eight ELSU lines produced stronger 50s carded yarn than the control in 2006. Combed yarn data will be presented for the 2007 season.