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we note the passing of Rappoe (our Rose Bamboo) in certain districts 

 of Queensland, where through gradual deterioration it finally reached 

 a stage when it could no longer cope with diseases from which it had 

 previously suffered but little damage. In L890the Bourbon (identical 

 with the Lahaina), which had grown for many years as the standard 

 variety of Barbados, began to be replaced by varieties which showed 

 a greater resistance to disease and insect attacks, and we note a favour- 

 able report concerning Caledonia Queen. Striped Cane, Queensland 

 Creole, etc.. with regard to their immune characteristic. To-day a 

 superior variety and a seedling has come to the front under the name 

 B. 147 and has become firmly established as the standard cane of 

 Barbados and other points in the West Indies. 



The introduction of new varieties into the various sugar-growing 

 countries of the world, while attended with profitable results in many 

 instances, has given rise to considerable confusion regarding their 

 nomenclature: Often, on becoming established in their new homes, 

 the canes receive local names, which in time entirely replace those 

 under which they were imported. A signal success with one of these 

 newly introduced varieties, under its new environment, results at 

 times on its being returned, on request, to the country in which it 

 originated, under the impression that it is a new cane with valuable 

 qualities, and consequently worthy of trial. Naturally this change of 

 habitat is productive of certain modifications in the cane, which, 

 though superficial in some instances, cause it to be grown for many 

 years along side of its near relative, descended from the same stock, 

 before it is identified as the same variety. We thus find our Lahaina 

 passing under the name of Bourbon, Colony Cane. Otaheite, Loucier, 

 Portier. Bamboo ii, China ii, and Cubian. The Rose Bamboo has 

 received the appellation of White Transparent. Caledonian Queen, 

 Blue Cane, Light Purple, Rappoe, Mamuri, Hope, and Light Java. 



It is interesting to note the changed characteristics of the same 

 variety after having been subjected to different soil and climatic 

 influences during many years. For instance, if we compare our 

 Lahaina. introduced into these islands from the Marquesas Group 

 by Captain Pardon Edwards, and the Otaheite, received from 

 Louisiana some years ago, it appears that they came from the same 

 stock. From the coast of Malabar. India, this variety (for they are 

 the same) was shipped to Reunion. Mauritius, and Madagascar, and 

 from these points it was received by the West Indies and the islands 

 of the Pacific. From the West Indies " Otaheite " was introduced 

 into Louisiana and from Louisiana into Hawaii, while the " Lahaina" 

 came from the other direction and reached Hawaii by way of Marquesas. 

 AY hen brought together at the Experiment Station and grown side by 

 side under the same conditions of soil, climate, irrigation and culti- 

 vation they resembled each other closely and only differed in their 

 value as sugar producers and in the diameter of the stick. A com- 

 parison of these canes at the Station may be shown by the following 



figures : — 



Lahaina. Otaheite. 



Cane per acre ... ... 116,015 lbs. .... 120,510 lbs. 



Sugar ,, ... ••■ 18,377 ,, ... 13,450 ,, 



Fibre ... ... 11 % .... 1" 



Brix of juice ... ... 19*62 ... 15-0 ' 



Sucrose of juice... ... 17'8 ... 124 



Purity of juice ... ... 90'72 ... 82-28 



