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Plots No. 153 and 184 gave some of the best results, the latter espe- 

 cially giviug a great many individuals with a high sugar content j there 

 was a great deal of variation in type, however. 



ANALYSES OF VARIATIONS IN STANDARD VARIETIES. 



The following table gives the results of analyses of individuals canes 

 which were taken from the plots of some standard varities. and which 

 showed some desirable variation from the type of the variety. The va- 

 riations chosen were in the line of the improvement of the variety. For 

 example, the variations of Honduras were individuals which ripened 

 earlier than the rest of the plot; those of the Link's Hybrid were canes 

 that showed more or less freedom from the faults of the variety, etc. As 

 with the crosses, the analyses given are the chosen ones of a large number 

 of analyses, for none of the canes which showed simply an improvement 

 in external characters were saved unless they showed at the same time 

 a good content of sugar and a high coefficient of purity. The samples 

 in which glucose was determined are the individuals chosen for future 



planting. 



Analyses of variations in standard varieties. 



HONDURAS. 



WATJBANSEE. 



WHITING'S EARLY. 



