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with the Burke variety (White Cheri- 

 bon, yellow-violet color). 



Subsequent to these investigations 

 Mr. James Clarke, of North Queens- 

 land, recorded the following instances 

 of bud variation in a letter to Prof. 

 J. B. Harrison, of the West Indian De- 

 partment of Agriculture. In cutting 

 Striped Singapore canes (Striped Cher- 

 ibon) a short time previous he had 

 noticed what appeared to be ripe, yel- 

 low Rappoe canes (Burke or White 

 Cheribon) growing out of the middle 

 of the Striped Singapore stools. Some 

 stalks were found with purple stripes 

 on a few of the lower joints, while the 

 upper part of the stalk was of a uni- 

 form yellow color. Careful search 

 showed that the canes planted had really 

 been of the Striped variety. To make 

 sure that the yellow canes growing from 

 the center of the Striped Singapore 

 stools were true sports, a stool of mixed 

 canes was dug and sliced through the 

 center. This showed that the striped 

 canes were the parents of the yellow 

 sports which had sprung from them. 



There seems no reason to doubt that 

 the White and Black Cheribon canes 

 originated as variations from the 

 Striped Cheribon, and they are repeat- 

 edly found appearing as sports of that 

 variety. These canes have been intro- 

 duced into nearly all cane-growing dis- 

 tricts, and as sugar producers they are 

 equal in value to the Otaheite. 



It is important to note that when a 

 striped cane throws sports two varieties 

 arise, one light colored and one dark 

 colored, and that almost always the 

 light-colored and the dark-colored canes 

 arising from any one variety are iden- 

 tical. Thus almost every light-colored 

 sport from a Striped Tanna cane is a 

 White Tanna, and nearly every dark- 

 colored sport from a Striped Tanna is 

 a Black Tanna. 



VARIATIONS FROM SELF-COLORED 

 VARIETIES 



Sporting from self-colored canes has 

 been less frequently observed than from 

 striped canes, but some self-colored 

 canes have been known to give rise to 

 two distinct striped bud variations. In 



Mauritius the Louzier (yellow color) 

 has been known to throw two distinct 

 sports, one a cane identical with the 

 Mignonne (red and green striped), the 

 parent of the Louzier, and the other the 

 Home (irregularly striped red, green 

 and yellow). Mr. Deerr also observed 

 similar sports springing from the Ota- 

 heite cane under the names of Bourbon 

 and Lahaina in Demerara and Hawaii. 



The Home cane just mentioned is of 

 especial interest as its appearance was 

 one of the earliest, if not the earliest, 

 recorded instance of a striped cane orig- 

 inating from a self-colored one. It 

 was first found by Mr. J. F. Home 

 springing from a plant of the Louzier 

 variety and has been grown on the plan- 

 tation scale in Mauritius. A cane exactly 

 similar to the Home has been ob- 

 served several times in Bourbon (Lou- 

 zier or Otaheite) fields in Demerara. 



The Green Rose Ribbon cane is a 

 green and yellowish-pink striped vari- 

 ety which originated as a sport of the 

 Otaheite or Louzier and is grown with 

 success in Australia. 



Another instance of a bud variation 

 of this same character was observed 

 in the Hawaiian Islands by Mr, E. W. 

 Broadbent, who found a green and yel- 

 low ribbon cane springing from the 

 White Tanna. In this case the sport 

 was quite distinct from the Striped 

 Tanna, the parent of the W'hite Tanna. 



The Cavangerie cane, one of the 

 standard varieties of the world, is ex- 

 tensively cultivated in Mauritius under 

 the name Port Mackay. It is claret 

 colored, with an inconspicuous but 

 clearly defined deep green stripe. In 

 Mauritius this variety has given rise to 

 a black cane called the Port Mackay 

 Noir. 



Among the canes introduced into 

 Mauritius from New Caledonia was a 

 striped one originally known as Tsim- 

 bec, which is striped red and yellow. 

 From it several sports have arisen, one 

 of which, yellowish-red in color, is 

 known as Iscambine Rouge and is 

 grown on the plantation scale. 



In Hawaii a variety called the Striped 

 Tip (dark red and pinkish-green color), 



