An experiment was carried out to investigate the germination and seedling characteristics of cottonseed in the laboratory of Azad University of Neyshabour during 2011. Varamin cultivar of cotton was studied in a factorial experiment based on completely randomized design with four replications. Treatments were salinity (0, 4, 8, 12 and 16 ds/m solutions of NaCl), priming (control, priming with distilled water, priming with 30 gr/lit KNO3) and seed characteristic (fuzzy and delinted seeds). Germination percentage, germination rate, root and shoot length, root and shoot dry weight and root to shoot ratio were measured. Results showed that all measured characteristics affect by salinity and priming levels. Germination rate was affected by seed type and delinted seeds showed higher germination rate compared with fuzzy ones. The effect of salinity was reduced by priming and the best priming solution was KNO3.