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during nine crops at the Botanic Gardens, and the fol- 
lowing are the results obtained with some of the better 
varieties :— 
Tons of Equivalent yield of 
canes per acre. ist & 2nd sugars. 
Bourbon... a 28°55 aos rs! 
White Transparent ... 28'9 ese oe =: 2°57 
Mani te, ove 30°75 ene ave 240 
Kamba-Kamba-vati ... 20°5 te we ih DA 
Red Ribbon... re 23'8 acs ere oe) 
Po-a-ole a. ae 30°6 eat koe “nt 220 
Tamarind ... bes 24°05 van Br fin | 
Chigaca .«.. ae 26°5 es “on ee 
Sacuri tis and 23°5 one im See 
Purple Transparent ... 22°75 oss ea, nee 
In Barbados the results over a similar number of crops 
are as follows :— | 
Tons. of Equivalent yield of 
canes per acre, ist & 2nd sugars. 
Bourbon ... vas a 8s vee sabl) LOE 
White Transparent ony AOS one abe any 
Red Ribbon of tee A27'H vee att SOS 
Purple Transparent so TOR ose sae 52°55 
The larger yields are explained by the faét that in 
Barbados the experiments have been carried on only 
with piant canes, while here both plant canes and 
ratoons were included. 
In Antigua somewhat similar experiments have been 
recently made, and the results taken from Mr, WATT’S 
reports are as follows :— 
Plants & Ratoons. Tons ist & 2nd sugars. 
White Transparent rr, ok vs we ~2F'OS: 
Purple Transparent .,.. ae oes ooo §=s: EO 
Bourbon pets vee san eee ety) 93 
Red Ribbon ... doe aes ete ok’? Ore 
It is evident that in Barbados and in British Guiana, 
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