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much richer jnice, *? they have done in other countries. It is to be re- 

 gretted that there was not a plot of Caledonian Qneen cane, the char- 

 acter of which is locally well known, planted in this same field. 



Of these canes, six are referred to in the analyses made by Mr. 

 Bowrey and published in this Bulletin, October 1897, pp. 227-231. 

 Those are 81, 78, 95, 1 15 Po-a-ole and 74. In the case of three of the 

 varieties the quantity of cane sugar per gallon of juice agrees very 

 closely with the figures now given ; these are 81. 78 and Po-a-ole, in the 

 last case the comparison being made with Po a-ole 2nd Ratoons in Mr. 

 Bowrey's table. In the other three cases Mr. Bowrey's analyses show 

 larger amounts cane sugar which would give support to the view that 

 those three varieties 95, 115 and 74, particularly the first two, will 

 yield rich juice under favourable conditions. 



The weight of cane yielded by some of the plots was very great, the 

 greatest weight being given by No. 116 viz. 146,168 pounds, or over 68 

 tons consequently the yield of sugar per acre is also large in spite of the 

 low quality of juice, but with th<* muscovado process, boiling the sugar in 

 open pans, the process of manufacture would be unsatisfactory ; indeed 

 it is doubtful whether some of the samples of juice would yield syrup 

 which would granulate in the coolers. 



The following notes were made uf the condition of the canes in the 

 fields. 



iVo. 116 — Kept well, arrowed freely first week in January 1898. 



81 — Badly laid, heavy top, much prickle on leaf, sheath arrowed 



first week in January. 



China — Low, scrubly and tangled, arrowed second week in Decem- 

 ber, 1897. 



78 — A very upright cane ; sound ; did not arrow. 



95 — Suckered heavily, many unsound canes, arrowed third week 

 in December, 1897. 



102 — Upright cane, arrowed first week in December, 1897. 

 89 — Cane very much tangled, arrowed heavily first week in 

 December, 1897. 

 115 — Upright cane, arrowed second week in December, 1897. 

 Po-a-ole — Badly laid, arrowed third week in December, 1897. 



74 — Cane with heavy trash and many suckers : badly rotted. 

 Did not arrow. 



Rind fungus (Trichosphseria sacchari ) was lound in many cases, 

 No. 74 was closely attacked by the Weevil Borer(Sphenophorus sacchari.) 

 In this connection it is important to note that the crop canes of the 

 Estate, chiefly Caledonian Queen, were very free from fungoid and insect 

 parasites: amongst the canes in this mill yard it required some little search 

 to discover a " bored" cane, one that had been attacked by the Moth 

 Borer so common in Barbados, the Leeward and Windward Islands: no 

 evidence of rind fungus was seen in the Caledonian Queen canes. 



