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included among these varieties. The Cayana 10 has already won a 

 well-deserved popularity among the farmers of the cane-sirup 

 section in Georgia and northern Florida on account of its high 

 tonnage and the excellent quality of sirup made from it. The Kavan- 

 gire is used for manufacturing sugar in Argentina. Its estimable 

 qualities are brought out in Table III. 



Fig. 5. — Kavangire sugar cane (imrmme), at the left; G. C. 1070 (susceptible), at the center; Java 36 (sus- 

 ceptible but tolerant), at the right. 



Table III. — Yield and analysis of Kavangire sugar cane compared with other standard 



varieties. 1 



Variety. 



Average 



Weight 









weight 

 of single 



of cane 

 per 



Brix 



scale. 



Sucrose. 



Purity. 



canes. 



hectare. 3 









Kilos. 2 



Kilos. 2 



Degrees. 



Per cent. 



Per cent. 



0.68 



166,850, 



i^ 17.84 



15.68 



87.5 



1.36 



117,300 



17.55 



15. 34 



87.4- 



.84 



95,725 



17.54 



15.79 



89.96 



1.87 



118,125 



17.32 



15.34 



87.05 



1.10 



89,975 



16.67 



14.41 



86.40 



1.71 



94, 150 



18.26 



16.39 



89.74 



.95 



75,550 



19.02 



16.66 



87.08 



1.28 



72,925 



16.69 



14.54 



87.07 



1.23 



76,575 



16.98 



14.36 



83.88 



1.00 



79,675 



16.03 



13.57 



89.68 



.95 



33,325 



"19.15 



17.50 



91.54 



Weight 

 of sugar 



per 

 hectare. 3 



Kavangire 



Java 36 



Java 213 



Louisiana 60 



Java 139 



Rayada (Louisiana Striped). . . 



Java 234 



Morada (Louisiana Purple (.?)) 



Honduras 



Java 100. . '. 



Tamarin 



16,090 

 11,024 

 9,533 

 10, 973 

 7,853 

 9,714 

 7,703 

 6,354 

 5,998 

 6,456 

 3,940 



i Bennett, A. G. Informe de subestaciones para el afio 1914. In Rev. Indus, y Agr. Tueuman, ano 5, 

 p. 208-209. 1914. 

 2 A kilo is the equivalent of 2.2 pounds. a A hectare is the equivalent of 2.47 acres. 



