Cuban Cane Sugar 



more sugars, of which cane sugar, 

 fruit sugar and grape sugar, are the 

 most important. 



For centuries sugar has been man- 

 ufactured from different species of 

 palms by the natives of India. The 

 bamboo is a sugar-producing plant 

 which was utilized by the ancient 

 peoples of Asia and is supposed to 

 be the first plant from which sugar 

 was extracted. Sugar is manu- 

 factured from raisins in practically 

 all the countries of southern Europe 

 and western Asia. Indian corn has 

 been used experimentally in the 

 manufacture of sugar, while Sorghum 

 or Chinese cane, with a high sugar 

 content, yields a large syrup crop, 

 but for chemical and manufacturing 

 reasons little or no actual sugar. 

 The saps of many trees besides the 

 maple contain sweets. Sugar and 

 syrup have even been manufactured 

 in the United States from water- 

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