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D. 145. 



Thick heavy dark red or purple cane. Recumbent. Internodes 

 cylindrical. Buds large, prominent and rounded. 



Seedling from " Red Ribbon." 



Blight. — Badly damaged as plants and ratoons Caroni 1912 (J.G.) 

 Given up, it suffers too much (J.G.) Badly damaged as ratoons 

 Exchange 1912 (A.B.) Badly damaged Harmony Hall 1912 (W.H.B.) 

 St. Joseph 1917 (J. de V.) Slightly damaged as plants and ratoons 

 Waterloo 1912 (J.K.) Not so liable to root disease in Demerara (C.K.B.) 

 Generally better than others (J.B.) Badly damaged by root disease in 

 farmers "^ canes Reform 1918 (C.B.W.) Standing out better among 

 Fosters Seedling La Fortunee 1919 (C.B.AV.) No visible damage St. 

 Augustine 1918 (C.B.W.) 



D. 366. 



A rather naiTOw, yellow cane with narrow erect leaves. Internodes 

 cylindrical, channel long and distinct. Bud narrow small and pointed. 



' Poor root system, bulk of roots down to six inches, few below 

 18 inches, tend to spread laterally, St. Augustine 1917 ' (J. de V.) 



Blight.— Yery badly damaged St. Augustine 1917 ; worse than D. 504 

 and B. 156 on either side (C.B.W.) Given it up, suffers too much (J.G.) 

 Root disease severe St. Augustine 1917 (J. deV.) 



D. 504. 

 A large dark red cane with short internodes, leaves dark broad and 

 short. Internodes slightly convex, wax ring below node distinct, na 

 channel. Bud very small round and fat. Cane slightly zig-zag in 

 growth. 



A seedling of D. 145. 



Blight. — Badlv damaged St. Augustine 1917 (J. de V.) Recovered a 

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



D. 625. 



A very large and vigorous cane, clear yellow with occasional reddish 

 blotches. Internodes cylindrical, no channel. Bud small round flat 

 pointed. 



One of the largest and most striking canes in cultivation but not 

 in general favour at the factoi-ies m Trinidad owing to its poor juice. 

 In Demerara on the other hand it composed nearly 50 per cent, of the 

 cane crop in 1917, when 36,000 acres were grown. 



Blight.- 'BsidXy damaged Harmony Hall 1912 (W.H.B.) Badly 

 damaged as plants Petit Morne 1912 (A.M.M.) Badly damaged as plants 

 and ratoons Picton 1912 (J.J.H.) 15 acres badly damaged as plants 

 Bien Venue (G. H. Hay). Badly damaged as plants and ratoons 

 Malgretout 1912 (D. C.A.I.) Badly damaged as ratoons Exchange 1912 

 (A.B.) Badly and slightly damaged plants and ratoons Brechin Castle 

 1912 (J. A.) Badly damaged ratoons, slightly damaged plants Caroni 

 1912 (J.G.) Badly and slightly damaged plants Woodford Lodge 1912 

 (P. de V.) Ten acres slightly damaged as ratoons Williamsville 1912 

 (M.M.) Generally better than the others (J.B.) Have seen slightly 

 damaged, generally better than others (G. H. Hill). Standing up among 

 damaged " Fosters Seedling " Golconda 1919 (C.B.W.) Liable to root 

 disease in Demerara (C.K.B.) 



