246 Mr. cazaud’s Method of 
The neceffity, therefore, which my method lays me 
under of cutting my planted cane's at the twelvemonth’s 
end, and my rattoons at eleven, has nothing in it which 
contradicts the proper idea which ought to be entertained 
of the abfolute maturity of this plant. This is decided 
by experience, and the hiftory of its joints. 
With regard to its relative maturity, that which is of 
confequence to the fugar, this does not depend on the age, 
but on the feafon. In February, March, and April, all the 
canes, whatever be their age, are as ripe as the nature of 
the foil ever allows them to be, and accordingly I never 
fail to make the greateft part of my fugar at this feafon. 
It will be of ufe to obferve, that in the fame week in 
February I cut in a piece which had been planted ten 
months a quantity of canes fufficient to yield me four 
thoufand 
La neceffite oil jc fuis dans mon fyfleme de couper mes Cannes plantees a douz , 
mois et mes rejettons a onze, n’a done rien de contraire a l’idee qu’on doit le 
faire de la maturite abfoliie de cette plante, maturite decidee par l’experience 
aufli bien que par l’hiltoire de fes nccuds; quant a fa maturite relative, celle qui 
intereffe le fucreelle n’eft pas 1 ’efFet de I’agemais de la faifon, en Fevrier, Mars, 
et Avril, toutes les Cannes de quelque age quelles puilTent etre, ont la perfe&ion 
de maturite dont la qualite du terrein les rend fufceptibles, et je ne manque pas 
de f iir la plus grande partie de mon fucre dans cette faifon. 
II ne fera pas inutile d’obferver que j’ay coupe dans la meme femaine de 
Fevrier, dans une piece agee de 10 mois, la quantite de Cannes necelTaires pour 
