24 THE SUGAR-CANE INSECTS OF HAWAII. 
the planter to decide whether or not the advantages of one variety 
over another are offset by the ravages of the leafhopper. If the loss 
from the leafhopper is greater than the gain in the yield between any 
two varieties in the absence of the leafhopper, then it is policy to 
select the more resistant cane. 
The Yellow Caledonia (fig. 3) is a hardy cane and the plant makes 
a vigorous growth. These qualities, together with the showing which 
the variety made during the leafhopper epidemic, have made the 
cane a popular variety in the Hawaiian Islands. Mr. C. F. Eckart, 

Fig. 3.—Yellow Caledonia sugar cane, a variety which is replacing Lahaina and Rose Bamboo in the 
Hawaiian Islands. Photograph taken during the leafhopper epidemic of 1903. (Original.) 
Director of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters’ Experiment Station, 
reports as follows on this cane: 
Probably no subject pertaining to the cultivation of cane in the Hawaiian Islands 
during recent years has held more interest for the planters, in various localities, than 
that relating to the introduction and trial of new varieties. 
In the Hilo and Hamakua districts, the Lahaina first made way for the Rose Bamboo, 
and the latter, after a strong stand for many years, is now being rapidly succeeded by 
the more vigorous Yellow Caledonia. This cane with its upright growth and deep 
rooting propensities has proved a most valuable acquisition in wet and dry localities 
alike. Growing erect, with a natural tendency to shed its dried leaves, it becomes 
an admirable cane for rainy districts, where varieties that are prone to fall to the 
ground and remain in contact with a frequently saturated soil have shown extreme 


@ Ecxart, ©. F.—Varieties of cane. <Report of the Experiment Station Com- 
mittee, Hawaiian Sugar Planters’ Association, for the year ending September 30, 1904, 
Appendix IV, p. 31. 
