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SEA^LY'S SEEDLING. 



Blight. — Badlj' damaged as plants and ratoons Exchangre 1912 (A.B.) ; 

 six acres ratoons badly injured Waterloo 1912 (J.K.) ; slightly damaged 

 as plants Picton 1912 (J.J.H.); slightly damaged as ratoons Union 

 Hall 1912 (A.R.) ; have seen badly damaged, generally worse than others 

 (G.A.Hill); slightly damaged Harmony Hall 1912 (W.H.B.) ; have seen 

 badly damaged (C.A.F., J.B.); resistant to root disease in the Leeward 

 Islands (F.W.) 



HILL'S SEEDLING No. 1 (Retrench No. 1). 



A slightly rusty greenish yellow cane, leaves normal, intemode 

 cylindrical, channel very slight or absent, bud rather small flat round, 

 bluntly pointed. Raised by the late Mr. G. H. Hill at Retrench. Brittle 

 and liable to crack between the nodes (C.B.W.) 



BUght.—B&d\\ damaged 1917 (plants) and 1918 (ratoons) Corinth 

 (C.B.W.) ; young plants damaged by froghoppers f''om field alongside 

 Golconda 1917 (C.B.W.) Have seen badly damaged (W.H.B.) Have 

 seen slightly damaged, generally better than the others (G. H. Hill). Have 

 not seen damaged (J.J.H., .T.R.F., C.A.F.) Standing out better than 

 others in mixed farmers cultivation Inverness 1918 (C.B.W.) 



HILL'S SEEDLING No. 12 (Retrench No. 12), 

 Large rusty-orange waxy cane, leaves broad, internodes slightly 



convex, channel absent, bud large round and pointed. 

 Raised by the late Mr. G. H. Hill at Retrench. 

 Blight.— Badly damaged as plants 1917, not damaged as ratoons 1918, 



Golconda (C.B.W.) No root disease or froghopper on plants, Corinth 



1918 (C.B.W.) Have not seen damaged {G. H. Hill). 



FOSTER'S SEEDLING (FOSTER'S BEAUTY). 



Reddish green to yellow cane, incliiTed to be thin in ratoons, leaves 

 normal. Internodes 'cvlindrical, furrow distinct to very slight; bud 

 round, rather fat, not Very large, broad, bluntly pointed. Raised by 

 Mr. .J. R. Foster at La Fortunee. 



Blight.— B-iiQ\]y damaged as plants at Golconda 1917, distinctly 

 damaged as 1st ratoons but recovered 1918, (C.B.W.) Not so good as 

 D. 145 supplies La Fortunee 1919 ('LB.W.) Not so good as as D. 625 

 supplies Golconda 1919, (0.B.W.1 Have seen badly damaged (C.A.F., 

 J.H. Hill). Have seen slightly damaged (.T.R.F.). 



WHITE TANNA. 



A very upright tall stout yellow cane, leaves erect, internodes long 

 and cylindrical, channel very slight or absent, buds round, slightly 

 pointed. Does not bunch much so might stand closer planting. 



Introduced recently from Mauritius where it originated as a bud-sport 

 of Striped Tanna. Only lately distributed from the St. Augustine 

 Experiment Station. 



Blight.— SMghtlv damaged but recovered St. Augustine 1917 (C.B.W.) 

 No visible damage St, Augustine 1918 (C.B.W.) 



LOUISIANA PURPLE. 



A red cane blotched occasionally with yellow or yellowish green, 

 wax distinct throughout upper internodes. Internodes cylindrical, 

 channel distinct, bud large triangular pointed. 



Recently introduced at Waterloo. " Arrowd too freely " (A.B.) Has- 

 not so far been damaged by blight. 



