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* The results are interesting as showingthat the Bourbon 

 is by far the best cane at present known for cultivation 

 at Dodds, that the White Transparent, the Red Ribbon, 

 and the Purple Transparent Canes, which have been long 

 cultivated in the West Indies, and which are the varie- 

 ties chiefly cultivated in Louisiana, follow next, and that 

 of the varieties sele6led by Mr. MORRIS, the Keni-Keni, 

 Po-a-ole and Mani alone possess chara6leristics in any way 

 qualifying them for use as sugar producers, the remaining 

 kinds appearing to have been sele6led with the obje6t of 

 showing how bad a cane can be. These experiments at 

 Dodds have been made only with plant canes. 



At Little Island the following results were 

 obtained with canes as plant canes and as ist and 2nd 

 ratoons, and are of interest as confirming the results 

 obtained at Dodds, the Bourbon cane being conspicu- 



* The Barbados and Jamaica names, Po-a.ole=Purple Mauritius. 

 Mani=Norman. Boisrouge=Naga. Keening=Bouronappa. Meli-geli^^ 

 Demerara. Canne Morte=Mamuri. 



