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From the above Table it will be seen that fifty-three varieties 

 have given better results than the Badilla, twenty-eight have done 

 better than Ba. 6032, twenty-three have given better results than 

 B.H. 10 (12) and twelve than B. 156. T. 718 which comes first on 

 the list is a seedling raised from H. 146. It gave 5"97 tons of 

 indicated sucrose m the juice per acre, i.e. 1*50 tons more than 

 B. 1 56 which comes first among the standard varieties. T.594, T. 61 7, 

 T. 519, T. 547, T. 650, T. 595, T. 619, T. 720, T. 667, T. 552 and 

 T. 715 have also done better than B. 156 and have given from 4*50 to 

 4*97 tons of indicated sucrose m the juice per acre. The next eleven 

 varieties viz :— T. 596, T. 708, T. 734, T. 737, T. 735, T. 578, T. 658. 

 T. 512, T. 741, T. 585 and T. 608 show an indicated sucrose in the 

 juice of from 4*10 to 4*42 tons per acre which is better than that 

 obtained for B.H. 10 (12), the second best of the standard varieties. 

 T. 600, T. 725, T. 637, T. 622, T. 591 and T. 588 come next. They 

 have given practically the same results as that obtained from Ba. 6032, 

 viz : — 3'97 tons of indicated sucrose m the juice per acre. Twenty- 

 four other varieties have also given better results than the Badilla 

 which shows an indicated sucrose in the juice of 3*37 tons per acre. 

 All of these varieties as also a fev/ others which have not come up to 

 the standard varieties in their first test, but which nevertheless 

 possess very good qualities will be replanted in plots about October 

 and submitted to a second trial. 



V 



Trinidad varieties from seedlings raised in 1917. 

 Results of Plant Canes. 



Cuttings from thirteen of the most promising of the new Trinidad 

 seedlings raised in 1917 were planted in plots on October 21, 1920 

 and grown in competition with the standard varieties — Badilla, B. 156, 

 B.H 10(12) and Ba. 6032. The canes were reaped and tested between 

 April 10 and 18, 1922, at approximately 18 months of age. The 

 results are given in Table V. 



