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AVERAGE RESULTS. PLANT CANES, FIRST AND 

 SECOND RATOONS. 



The average results of plant canes, first and second ratoons from 

 Fields 2, 5, 9 and 19 are given in Table XVII. The best yields 

 were obtained from T. 202 and B. 6308 with an average indicated 

 sucrose in the juice of over 3 tons per acre per annum. The Badilla 

 comes next, followed by B.H. 10 (12), D. 109. B. 156, H. 227 and 

 B. 6450 with an average of over 2^ tons of indicated sucrose \n the 

 juice per acre. Nine other varieties viz : — B. 3922, Ba. 6032, L. 51 1, 



Ba. 7924. Q. Badilla U.. H. 27. B. 4934. B. 10650 and 55^B. also 



show an indicated sucrose in the juice of over 2 tons per acre. The 

 Bourbon and two of the Ste. Madeleine seedlings have given the 

 lowest results. 



Better results as second ratoons. than as first ratoons, have been 

 obtained from eighteen out of the twenty-seven varieties recorded in 

 this Table; the most conspicuous being T. 202, B. 6308, B. 156. 

 B. 6450, B. 3922, Ba. 6032, B. 4934, B. 10650 and B. 17380. The 

 second ratoon returns from B. 6308, B. 6450 and B. 4934 are higher 

 than those obtained as plant canes for each of these varieties 

 respectively. ' 



