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The characters that determine the value of any variety of cane 
are arranged in two categories as follows :— 
Field Characters :— 
1. Germinative power. 
2. Behaviour under extremes of dryness and moisture. 
3. Habit, upright or recumbent. 
4. Power of resisting the attacks of insects and fungi. 
5. Period of growth. 
6. Productive power in tons of canes. 
7. Tonnage of tops. 
atooning power. 
Factory Characters -— 
1. Milling quality i.e. whether the canes are tough or brittle. 
2: ne property, depending on the percentage of 
re 
3. The relative percentage of expressible juice, determining 
the “dryness ” or “juiciness ” of the canes 
4. The richness of the juice. 
5. The purity of the juice, 
During the period under notice, 4,874 seedlines were raised and 
planted out, making a total of over 32,000 seedlings during the past 
ten years. Throvghout the work the cane that has been used as a 
eedlings was that known as 
— applies to canes suitable both for red or black sojl estates. 
ull details are given in the tables at the end of the report, whilst 
regard to art 
progress in Bar : 
raised show = ep oft “ : the present time the varieties thus 
ordinary seedlings, ~~ Stving: better results than some of the 
ero, eee A, D. C, 
