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and jackals, which are extremely destructive to the 

 common cane. 



Dr. Buchanan states that the following four kinds 

 are known in Mysore, two of which are evidently 

 the purple and white, generally known and 

 mentioned already ; but as it is not distinctly 

 stated, I have retained the form in which he 

 notes them : 



Restali, which produces the native sugar of 

 Mysore, can be planted only in the last two weeks 

 of March and the two first of April. It completes 

 its growth in twelve months, and does not survive 

 for a second crop. Its cultivation has been super- 

 seded by the other. 



PuttaputtL This was introduced from Arcot 

 during the rule of Hyder Ali, and is the only one 

 from which the natives can extract sugar ; it also 

 produces the best Bella or Jaggery. It can be 

 planted at the same season as the Restate, as also 

 at the end of July and beginning of August. It 

 takes fourteen months to complete its growth ; but 

 the stools produce a second crop, like the ratoons 

 of the West Indies, which ripen in twelve months. 



Maracabo and Cuttaycabo. These are very small, 

 seldom exceeding half an inch in diameter ; yet 

 in some districts of Mysore, as about Colar, 

 the last-named is the variety usually cultivated, 

 because it requires less water than the larger 

 varieties. 



