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ponding to these found to occur in all, but greater variation was 
found in varieties which had been for a long time in cultivation 
than in newer varieties comparatively recently raised as seedling 
canes. 
From these and other considerations hiobus came to the 
general decision that it was advisable to take plants and not 
separate canes as the selection units, and to experiment with 
varieties of sugar-cane which exhibited comparitive small variations 
in their sucrose contents. 
A large number of plants of a variety were analysed and 
cuttings taken from :— 
(a) “ High” plants, containing 14 per cent, and over of sucrose. 
(b) “ Low ” plants, containing 10 per cent, and less of sucrose. 
In the following year the plants grown from the cuttings were 
reaped and analysed, and the results obtained may be tabulated 
thus :— 
Fiji Cane. 
Sucrose 
per cent. 
“ High ’ 
Plants. 
“ Low ” 
Plants. 
No. of 
Plants. 
Per Centage. 
No. of 
Plants. 
Per Centage. 
3-4 
— 
— 
1 
0-3 
4-5 
— 
— 
— 
— 
5-6 
— 
— 
2 
0-6 
6-7 
— 
— 
4 
1-2 
7-8 
1 
0-3 
8 
2-5 
8-9 
8 
2-7 
19 
5-8 
9-10 
13 
4-4 
34 
10-4 
10-11 
27 
9-2 
52 
16-0 
11-12 
40 
13-6 
63 
19-3 
12-13 
46 
15-6 
63 
19-3 
13-14 
70 
23-8 
51 
15-6 
14-15 
49 
16-7 
12 
3-7 
15-16 
32 
10-9 
17 
5-2 
16-17 
8 
1 
2-7 
1 
0-3 
