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AMBER (Thorb.) Syn.: Amber Sugar Cane (Thorb.). Harly Am- 
ber Sugar Cane (Batchelor); Harly Amber Cane (Sib.) Planted 
May 23. Vegetated May 31. Panicled Aug. 20. Bloomed Aug, 
27. Average height 83 feet. Culms medium to small. Panicles 
linear-lanceolate, very erect, slightly open. Foliage dark green. 
Seeds brown-black, ripe. ‘This variety ripened sufficiently for su- 
gar prior to frost. A test for sugar gave 12.16 per cent. cane sugar. 
CHINESE (Thorb.) Syn.: Chinese Sugar Cane (Thorb.) Planted 
May 23. Vegetated May 31. Panicled Aug. 20. Bloomed Aug. 
25. Average height 9 feet. Culms slender. Panicles ovate, 8 to 
10 inches in length, 3 to 4 inches in diameter, erect, slightly open. 
Foliage dark green. Seeds brown-black when ripe, though but few 
reached this stage. 
CHINESE Hysrin (Thorb.). Planted May 23. Veyetated May 
31. Panicled July 27. Bloomed Aug. 1. Fit to cut Ang. 26. 
Average height 7 feet. Culms small and slender. Panicles open, 
erect. Foliage dark green. Seed brown-black. This variety is ex- 
ceedingly grass like in form, being very small and remarkably early 
as compared with others. or a sugar plant however, it has no spe- 
cial value, a polariscope determination giving only 2.84 per cent. 
sugar. 
Duoura CANE (Sibley) Syn.: gyptian Rice (Sibley) Millo 
Maize (Pratt). Guinea Corn (Dept. Agri). White seeded (Dept of 
Agrl.) Planted May 23. Vegetated June 2. Panicled Aug. 24. 
Bloomed Sept. 5. Average height 64 feet. Culmslarge. Foliage 
light green. Panicles compact, drooping over. Seed in the milk 
stage. 
Barty ORANGE (Thorb.). Planted May 23. Vegetated May 31. 
Panicled Aug. 25. Bloomed Aug. 31. Average height 9 feet. 
Culms stout. Foliage dark green. Panicles erect and somewhat 
compressed. Seed in the milk stage. Plants not ripe and usually 
very backward. 
Honpuras (Thorb.). Planted May 23. Vegetated May 31. Pan- 
icled Sept. 23. Bloomed Sept. 30. Average height 9 feet. Culms 
large. Foliage very light green, profuse. Panicles erect, mostly in 
bloom on Oct. 23, but not to milk stage. 
Inp1a (Collier). Planted May 23. VegetatedJune2. Panicled 
Aug. 25. Bloomed Aug. 31. Average height 84 feet. Culms me- 
dium to large. Foliage dark green. Panicles erect, branching. 
Seed in the milk stage. 
MILLER (Dept. of Ag’l). Planted May 23. Vegetated May 31. 
Panicled Aug. 25. Bloomed Aug. 27. Average height 84 feet. 
Culms of medium size. Foliage dark green. Panicles erect, open. 
Seed brown and quite ripe. Oct. 24 ripe enough for cutting. 
NEEAZANA (Dept. of Ag’l). Planted May 23. Vegetated May 
31. Average height 7% feet. Culms small to medium. Foliage 
light green. Panicles erect, slightly open. This variety was in 
bloom Oct. 24, but did not develop seed at all. 
Rep ImpHerE (Thorb.). Planted May 23. Vegetated June 1. 
Panicled Sept. 17. Bloomed Sept. 23. Average height 8 feet. 
Culms of medium size. Foliage profuse, dark green. Panicles com- 
pact, erect. Seed did not attain the milk stage. 
