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the length of cane formed per mensem is small, while the thickness of the cane 

 is not great. The season is short. Ripening proceeds very slowly. The 

 shoot is very short, but the leaves are moderately broad. The joint curve 

 commences low, does not reach its maximum very quickly and that maximum 

 is low. Partabgarh, when compared with the other places noted, shows ver}- 

 poor cane growth. Its suitability for growing these varieties may be doubted, 

 and may have something to do with the predominance of dwarf cane varieties 

 of the Mungo type in its neighbourhood. 



But, to give the full details of these characters in the various places will 

 take too long, and a table is appended from which similar statements may be 

 prepared for the other localities. The places are classified according to the 

 development of each separate character, and are numbered in class order, 

 the lower number generally indicating better growth, such as greater length 

 or thickness, earlier ripening, and so forth. By averaging the development 

 of all the growth characters in each place, we may, finally, obtain some idea 

 as to general vigour of cane growth in each place. 



Table II. 



Growth characters in different places. 

 The ten places are marked 1-10 according to extent of growth. 



