VARIETIES OF THE CANE. 



In the literature of the cane the name Crystallina can occasionally be 

 found applied to the Salangore, and the use of this term has led to identifica- 

 tion with White Cheribon. 



Purdie 14 in Trinidad termed two unnamed varieties, Green Salangore and 

 Yiolet Salangore ; his description of the former is broadly applicable to the 

 White Tanna. 



The Cavangerie Cane. This cane, which must be included 

 amongst the world's standard ^varieties, is also known under the names of 

 Altamattie, Po-a-ole, and Port Mackay, under which name it has been 

 extensively cultivated in Mauritius. 



It is a claret-coloured cane with an inconspicuous yet clearly defined 

 bronze-green, almost black, stripe, and possesses the peculiarity of not infre- 

 quently growing variegated or albino leaves. 



It is a cane that affords a juice less pure and sweet than that given by 

 the above discussed varieties, but, being of a ' hardy ' nature, and adapted to 

 colder temperatures, is successfully cultivated in the less tropical cane-growing 

 districts, and at higher elevations in the more tropical ones. It has been 

 most extensively grown in Mauritius, in Brazil, and in Australia. 



In Australia this cane is called Cheribon. 



In Brazil the name Louzier has been applied to this cane. 



The name Port Mackay in Java is given to a totally distinct cane, and 

 described by Kriiger 7 as a yellow-green cane with very handsome prominent 

 brown blotches where sun-exposed. 



Harrison and Jenman 3 thus describe this cane : 



Po-a-ole. Canes several or numerous, of full average height, girth and 

 length of internodes, nodes superficial, colour light reddish claret. Arrows high 

 projected. Panicles large and copiously branched, very plentifully flowered. 



This cane under the name of Port Mackay is shown in Fig. 17.* 



Bamboo Canes. The term Bamboo has been applied to a large 

 number of totally distinct varieties. The Striped Bamboo is a synonym of 

 the striped Cheribon cane, and hence have probably arisen the names of Rose 

 Bamboo and Purple Bamboo applied to the light and dark coloured sports from 

 the striped variety. 



Bamboo II. is given by Harrison and Jenman 3 as a synonym of the 

 Otaheite, and Bamboo I. and III. as identical with another yellow cane known 

 as Meligeli or Demerara. 



In the Hawaiian Islands a cane successful at high elevations passes under 

 the name of Yellow Bamboo. This cane is alleged to be a * graft.' It is a 

 rather small yellow cane with a narrow rich green leaf, the sheath of which is 

 thickly covered with prickles ; the internodes are slightly convex, and the eye 



* See Coloured Plates. 



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