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practically of no importance except for purpose of comparison, as, 

 with the exception of a few fields of the black can-e, they are at the 

 present time only of occasional occurrence or cultivated solely in a few 

 experimental fields. 



Other varieties of cane grown in Negros. 



No, 



40 



Aver- 

 age 

 weight 

 per 

 cane. 



Kilos. 

 1.94 



1.10 



0.91 

 1.34 

 1.64 



1.00 



9 1.43 



1.61 

 0.78 



.'SO 



0.55 

 2.01 



In cane. 



Su- 

 crose. 



Per ct. 

 10.13 



10.08 



13.43 

 12. 96 

 13.49 



15.31 



12.20 



13.84 

 15. 05 



Fiber. 



Per ct. 

 11.03 



10. 02 



9.53 

 11.80 

 9.49 



11.26 



In juice. 



10.41 

 11.80 



15.48 



14.63 

 8.05 



Brix. 



14.66 



13.88 



17.34 

 17.62 

 17.59 



19.48 



8.37 16.18 



17.50 

 •20. 88 



18. 26 



14.07 i 20.92 



19.89 

 15.35 



Su- 

 crose. 



Per ct. 

 11.72 



11.39 



15. 05 

 15.24 

 15. 41 



17. 95 



13. 75 



15.91 

 17.54 



15.07 



18.23 



Quo 

 tient of 

 purity 



Reduc- 

 ing 

 sugar. 



Remarks 



82.00 



86. 82 

 86.50 



87. 62 



92. 15 



90.88 

 83. 99 



82. 52 



91.70 



72.85 



Per ct. 



1.07 



1.02 

 1.10 

 1.01 



0.61 



0.88 



0.39 



2.11 



From experimental plot, Bureau 

 of Agriculture experimental sta- 

 tion, La Granja; soil number 4; 

 variety, plant cane eleven and 

 one-half months old, Hawaiian 

 "Rose Bamboo." 



Same soil and conditions as num- 

 ber 2; variety, Hawaiian "White 

 Bamboo." 



Same soil and conditions as num- 

 ber 2; variety, "Demerara 95." 



I Same soil and conditions as num- 

 ! ber2; variety, "Tiboo Mird." 



I Same soil and conditions as num- 

 I ber 2; varietv, ''Louisiana 

 I Striped." 



j "Caiia Negra" or black cane, from 

 hacienda Carmen Chica: said to 



I be a native variety, sometimes 



I found growing wild in the moun- 

 tains. The natives use a decoc- 



1 tion of the rind as a medicine. 



I Said to be third ratoon from Ha- 

 I waiian Rose Bamboo; soil num- 

 bers. La Granja; canes apparent- 

 ly not fully mature. 



, Same field as number 9, but ripe 

 canes .selected. 



Native "white" or rather yellow- 

 ish canes, from soil number 17, 

 1 hacienda Lumailgup, B a g o . 

 This variety is of infrequent 

 occurrence and is never planted 

 here. 



A peculiar wild variety called "Sa- 

 gao," said to occur only in the 

 San Carlos district; very erect 

 and slen<ler, like a reed, with 

 long joints: never planted, as it 

 is very haid and apt to break 

 the mill; grows well and resists 

 drought. 



Third ratoon black cane from ha- 

 cienda Providencia, San Carlos. 

 The original seed cane said to 

 have been imported from Java; 

 generally yields No. 1 sugar, 

 although dark colored. 



First ratoon black cane from soil 

 number 66, hacienda Refugio, 

 San Carlos; fourteen months old. 



First ratoon native cane from soil 

 number 21, hacienda Luman- 

 gup, Bago Canes very large 

 and thickly grown, but most of 

 them twisted, fallen over, and 

 lying along the ground like 

 vines; soil is said to be too rich 

 for the cane. 



