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TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO BULLETIN. 



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TRINIDAD SEEDLINGS RAISED IN 1920. 



Out of the seedlings raised and potted in 1920, 4,016 were 

 planted out in the field during March and April, 1921 . The weather 

 was favourable and a very large number grew into fair stools. Of the 

 seedlings originally planted out, 685 or 17'0 per cent, were selected 

 from their field characters for analytical test and 220 or practically 

 5'5 per cent, have been selected for further trial. 



Good and Bad Parent Plants. 



As in previous years, it has been found that certain varieties are 

 useless for raising new seedlings, and the detection of good parents 

 seems to be of great importance as will be seen below. 



Table. I. — Trinidad Seedlings Raised in 1920. 

 Comparative results from various parent canes. 



(1) A Hawaiian cane of which the number was lost on the journey when 

 first introduced. 



From the above it will be seen that, out of the thirteen varieties 

 from which seedlings were raised, the six first were practically 

 useless. The juice from the D. 625 and D. 109 seedlings was of 

 very poor quality. H. 146 has on a previous occasion given quite 

 good results. This year the best parents have been the Bourbon, 

 H.? and M.P. 55. The latter is a seedling cane introduced from 

 Mauritius about eight years ago. Some promising seedlings have 

 also been obtained from B. 7482 and Ba. 7924. 



