CANE SUGAR. 



is small and round. According to priority in the literature of the cane, the 

 term Bamboo should be applied to the Kulloa, Kullore, or Culleroah cane of 

 India. Porter 15 describes it as a light-coloured cane growing to a great 

 height, and to be found on swampy land. Delteil 12 describes it as of a 

 yellow, pale green, and pink colour, Stubbs in addition calling attention to its 

 enlarged nodes and prominent eyes. 



Bois E,OUge. This cane is under a limited cultivation in Mauritius: 

 it is an olive green cane heavily blotched with red ; it is of slender and erect 

 habit, with long slightly concave Intel-nodes. 



Settlers. This cane has been introduced to Australia from Mauritius : 

 it is a dull green thin erect cane with medium internodes ; the rind has a 

 tendency to crack : the eyes are prominent and pointed. 



Tip Canes.* Two canes successful at higher elevations in the Hawaiian 

 Islands are known as the Striped Tip and the Yellow Tip canes, the latter 

 being a sport from the former. 



The striped variety is a small thickly stooling cane, striped dark red and 

 pinkish green, changing at maturity to yellowish-red and yellow. The 

 sheaths of the young leaves have light purplish margins, and are covered with 

 long prickles which rub off easily, and disappear as the leaf dries. The eye is 

 large, long and pointed ; nodes prominent, internodes concave ; the internode 

 is channeled from the eye upwards. 



The self-coloured variety is a light green cane, turning yellow at maturity ; 

 it resembles the striped variety, except that the prickles on the sheath are 

 fewer, and the purplish margin on the leaf sheath is absent. This cane is 

 referred to in some of the publications of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Station 

 as 'Unknown/ 



This cane is at the time of writing cultivated with success in 

 Madeira and Natal ; that is to say, in extra tropical countries. It is stated 

 by John Dymond 16 to be identical with the Zwinga or Japanese cane described 

 by Stubbs 2 , who states that it is extremely hardy, enormously productive 

 under good cultivation, extremely woody, and of moderate sugar content. 



The Elephant Cane. The true Elephant cane originates from 

 Cochin China; it is relatively an enormous cane, and is allowed to grow 

 undisturbed for a period of years as an ornamental plant ; it may in five or six 

 years reach a height of 30 feet. It is of absolutely no importance as a sugar 

 producer. The Elephant cane is figured by Soltwedel 4 under the name Teboe 

 Oadjah ; as shown by him it is of a very dark greenish-grey, almost black 

 colour irregularly blotched with greenish-yellow patches. 



* See Note in Appendix. 

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