MOSAIC OF SUGAK CANE AND OTHER GRASSES. 
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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 (immune), 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 
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.^ 
Kavangire 
Java 36 
Java 213 
Louisiana 60 
Java 139 
Rayada (Louisiana Striped). . . 
Java 234 
Morada (Louisiana Purple (?)) 
Honduras 
Java 100 
Tamarin 
Kilos. 2 
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 aflo 1914. In Rev. Indus, y Agr. Tucuman. ano 5, 
p. 208-209. 1914. 
2 A kilo is the equivalent of 2.2 pounds. 
; A hectare is the equiyalent of 2.47 acres. 
