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ously to the fore, and followed by the Keni-Keni, 

 Po-a-ole and Mani in the same order of yield as there : — 



From these two series of experiments it is evident 

 that the Bourbon remains at present the best cane, a 

 result strongly confirmed by the experiments carried on 

 at the Botanic Gardens here, and we find that the 

 majority of the canes giving results next to the Bourbon 

 are those which have been long cultivated in the West 

 Indies, and which, under different names, have also been 

 obtained from other sugar producing countries. Experi- 

 ence, therefore, in widely different places, appears to have 

 already sele6ted the best canes from those known, and 

 little chance of increased yield appears in the experimental 

 cultivation of the known varieties. We find that certain 

 varieties, both in Barbados and British Guiana, as a 

 rule, yield juices richer in sucrose than the Bourbon 

 does, and our hopes must be based upon obtaining from 

 these varieties, by means of the seeds, canes uniting the 

 saccharine richness of the parents with the robust habit 

 of the Bourbon, or from the seeds of the latter, canes oi 

 greater saccharine strength. 



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