CANE SUGAR. 



thin and reed-like with small and narrow leaves; the internodes are short, 

 the eyes small and depressed, and many varieties have a well-defined central 

 fistula in the stalk. The Paunda canes are the acclimatized canes admittedly 

 of introduced origin and under native names include many of the varieties 

 already described. The Ganna canes seem to be intermediate between the 

 TJkh and Paunda types. Mollison and Leather 18 have proposed a classification 

 of Indian canes under five heads; their A class seems to correspond with 

 Hadi's Ganna and Paunda canes, their B, D, and E classes apparently, 

 including the TJkh canes. 



The classification of the canes of India seems to be a hopeless task, 

 especially when the numerous dialects and races of the Peninsular are remem- 

 bered ; in the forties many varieties were introduced from Mauritius and 

 these have received local native names, adding still more to the difficulty of 

 classification. In addition to those mentioned above, the following may be 

 referred to : 



Restati. In Madras, a striped cane, perhaps the striped Cheribon. 

 Nanal. In Madras, refers generally to a reed-like cane. 



Chunnee. An Indian cane which Kobus has used as the male parent of 

 his hybrids, the female being the Cheribon. 



Samsara. A white cane introduced (but unsuccessfully) into the West 

 Indies. 



Rullore. A white cane and one to which the term bamboo seems to have 

 been earliest applied. 



Javanese Canes. Soltwedel 4 figures and describes a large number of 

 canes occurring in Java ; attention has already been directed to the Cheribon, 

 Loethers, Meera, and Bappoe canes. Two canes illustrated by Soltwedel as 

 Tibboo Soerat Mauritius and Branchu blanche the writer recognises as very 

 similar to the Branchu rayee of Mauritius and the Cavangerie respectively; the 

 Branchu blanche is a self-coloured sport from the Branchu rayee, both of which 

 were once largely grown in Mauritius. It may be here mentioned that in the 

 Malayan Orient the term Soerat applies to any striped cane and not to one 

 particular cane. 



Other canes mentioned in the Java literature are the Muntok, introduced 

 from Banca, immune to sereh but subject to red rot of the stem, and of inferior 

 sugar content and purity to the Cheribon ; the Fiji or Canne Morte, immune 

 to sereh, and a parent of several valuable seedling varieties ; the Bourbon, a 

 purple cane, and hence quite distinct from the West Indian Bourbon ; the 

 White, Red, and Black Manila canes, all characterized by swollen nodes, the 

 last of which is apparently under somewhat extended cultivation. 



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