THE ENIPORTAXCE OF AX EVEX CROP, ETC. 



10- 

 01 



PER CEXT OF AVAILABLE SUGAR IX JUICES OF SORGHUMS AXD IN SYRUPS. 



XO. 



VARIETIES. 



Early Amber 



Early Golden 



White Liberian 



do 



Black lop 



African 



Wiiite Mammoth. .. 



Oomseeana 



Regular Sorgho . . . 

 Links Hybrid 



do ■ 



Susrar Cane 



<TOose Xeck. 



Bear Tail 



Iowa Red Top 



New Variety 



Earlv Orange 



. do 



Oranse Cane 



Xeeazana 



Wolf Tail 



Gray Top 



Liberian 



Mastodon 



Honduras 



Suiiar Cane 



Wallis Hybrid 



White Iniphee 



Goose Xeck 



White African 



West India. 



.Su!?ar Cane 



Xew Variety 



Early Amber 



Holcus Saccharatus 



Holcus Cernus 



Honey Cane 



Honduras 



Xeeazana — 



Liberian 



Average. 



DEPAETMEXT GROUNDS. 



Suckered. 



Juice. Syrup 



.96 



Unsuckered. 



Juice. Syrup. 



35.90 



35.18 



37.40 



20.20 



32.17 



12.0.-S 

 12.76 

 9.61 

 7.38 

 .09 

 2.22 

 3.51 

 1.84 



— i.a=. 



7.58 

 9.10 

 7.70 



— .01 

 3.16 

 5.97 

 8.02 

 4.76 



10.19 

 5.18 

 3.42 

 6.26 



' " \78 

 .93 



— ..33 



— .61 

 — 1.55 



.82 

 —2.67 

 6.22 

 4.81 

 1.89 

 5.52 

 9.49 



— .94 

 9.70 

 6.71 



3.90 



28.16 



23.90 

 16.19 

 21.56" 

 6.26 

 35.i2' 



18.30 



6.36 

 ' 4.60* 



25.06 



20.34 



18.71 



The suckering then of the crop, or at least the careful exclusion 

 of suckers from that portion of the cane which is intended to be worked 

 for sugar, is of the most imperative importance. 



For sugar production they are far worse than worthless. 



But they may be used for the manufacture of syrup, since both 

 glucose and sucrose enter into its composition ; and, in fact, the pres- 

 ence of the suckers in the crop would very easily prevent the crys- 

 tallization of the syrup which the manufacturers of syrup frequently 

 find a serious disadvantage. 



It is jiot shown that the growth of suckers has any injurious effect 

 upon the cane, their presence being largely due to the rank growth of 



