CANE SUGAR. 



4. Stubbs states that the striped variety came originally from Tahiti, and 

 is generally known as the Otaheite Bibbon cane (see Tanna cane). 



5. In Demerara a cane introduced under the name Meera is identical 

 with the Purple variety ; the term Meera in Malay means red, and is applied 

 to any red cane ; the Tibboo Meera of Soltwedel is entirely distinct from this 

 cane. 



6. The term Rappoh is apparently an East Indian word applied to a 

 number of canes; the Tibboo Rappoh of Soltwedel is a cane of a greenish- 

 brown colour with a well marked bluish-white layer of wax at the node ; 

 canes of the name Rappoh Kiang, Rappoh Maeda, Rappoh Koenig, and White 

 Rappoh also are known. 



7. In Queensland the term Cheribon is applied to the Cavengerie cane 10 

 (see below). 



8. The name Seete is given by Pawcett and by Dahl & Arendrup 11 to a 

 greenish-yellow or white cane. 



9. The term Crystalline has also been given to the Salangore cane. 



10. The Teboe Soerat Mauritius of Soltwedel is an entirely distinct cane. 

 Harrison & Jenman's 3 description of these canes under the names White 



Transparent, Purple Transparent, and Red Ribbon, is appended : 



White Transparent. Canes several, erect and partly trailing, of full 

 average length, barely of full average girth, nodes superficial, internodes of 

 full or over average length, colour at first pink, finally a grey horn tinge in 

 the lower part, and yellow tinged with pink in the upper half, rarely blotched 

 with carmine where sun exposed. Arrows projected well aloft. Panicles 

 full size, copiously branched and flowered. 



Purple Transparent. Canes several or many, full average length, barely 

 average girth, full or over average length of internodes, nodes superficial, cane 

 and internodes very straight, colour at first purplish, finally claret and stone 

 grey. Arrows high projected. Panicles large, copiously branched and flowered. 



Red Riblon. Canes several, erect, or with some trailing, of full average 

 length, barely of full average girth, long internodes and superficial nodes, 

 colour in part pink and greyish, in part striped pink and claret and yellow. 

 Arrows projected well aloft. Panicles full sized, copiously branched and 

 flowered. 



Tanna Canes. In Mauritius at the beginning of the twentieth 

 century, three canes, known as the Striped Tanna, White Tanna, and Black 

 Tanna, were in extensive cultivation. The two latter were known to 

 frequently originate from the striped variety precisely as the white and black 

 Cheribon canes originate from the striped variety. The following identities 

 may be given from the writer's personal experience and from his correspondence 

 with others familiar with the sugar cane. 



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