Abstract: The effect of bunch and flat plantation on the yield and fibre quality of a hirsutum cotton genotype NIAB-26 was determined. The treatments comprised 100 cm apart 100 x 100 cm pit plantation with a bunch of 5, 7 and 9 plants per pit, 60 x 60 cm hills with two plants per hill, 90 cm spaced double-row strips (30/90 cm) and 60 cm spaced single rows. The results revealed that although bunch plantation in 100 cm apart 10 x 100 cm pits improved the fruiting potential and boll size to a significant extent but did not compensate the yield loss due to lower plant population per unit area compared to flat plantation with a normal plant population The highest seed cotton yield of 3637 kg ha^-1 was obtained from flat plantation in 90 cm spaced double-row strips (30/90 cm) against the lowest of 1675 kg ha^-1 from pit plantation with a bunch of 5 plants per pit.