New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-12-15
INTERESTING TO SUGAR Planters.

INTERESTING TO SUGAR PLANTERS.
It will be remembered that certain Of
our sugar planters who are Of opinion
that the sugar cane Of Louisiana has de-
Perforated, appointed Mr.. Lapice their
agent to visit foreign countries, examine
their productions, and send home such
varieties Of cane as might in his opinion
be advantageousIy introduced. Mr.. La
pice properly sought the aid of the fed
eraI government il this enterprise and
the Bureau Of Agriculture, which has
done SO much to distribute throughout
the Union Ill plants and seeds Of probable
advantage to the farmer, at once extended
the aid Of an introduction and commenda-
ton to our consuls abroad, and placed at
the disposal of Mr.. Lapice such facilities
as were properly within its control. Mr..
Lapice now writes a friend in this
city that he has performed a part Of the
mission entrusted to him by visiting
Java. from which country he has brought
to 3IarseilleS a large quantity Of sugar
cane cuttings which Will be sent around
to HaYrc and 70 Southampton, to be
thence shipped 20 New Orleans. As this
letter IS written from Paris the sixteenth
Of November, and announces that he had
left these cuttings a: Marseines. We may
anticipate shat they will be received here
abou: the end Of the present month.
Such s :ae expectation OF Mr.. Lapice.
lie has procured about eleven thousand
cuttings OF variety Of ribbon cane, Of
violet color It has made the fortune of
| sugar planters IN Java, who have fox il
| abandoned the common ribbon cane. 1t
| has all the qualities required by the soil
| and climate u Louisiana, firm rind. well
| developed eyes, abundant leaves to protect
Il. Ii has strong roots. There are faint
| and minute stripes separating the eyes, and
| others across the stalk near the joints. It
| ,pU yit(G Stl hOGsheU3S On acre, resisting as
well she most obstinate drought and the
| most abundant rains. 1t yields from eight
| to ten feet fit for the mill, is about two
| inches in diameter; at eight months after
| being planted it is tt for the mill, and the
! Juice stands at consistency offrom s. TO /
| Beaume. This cane originated in CheTibOn
| and Batavia, and has been introduced by
! Messrs. Gonsalves and Wander BrotiP, by
birth H0llanders, and among the richest in
habitants of Java. The latter gentleman
has made twenty thousand Aogsheads OF
sugar this year.
~ Bentenzong. che Governors resi-
dence. Mr. Lapice has obtained the gen
uine ribbon oane-sUcb, We presume, as
We have icre-;n all its perfection. He
has also obtained specimens Of other yarie-
ties.
He acknowledges the Inequalities ex-
tended 70 his mission, and though having
encountered much fatigue, We are graft
fed to learn his health and energy is IN
impaired This intelligence. considering
the advanced age Of Mr. Lapice, will
crafty those who look with much anxiety
to the result q his mission.
i Is, however. % be inferred from this
letter that he has no attained the COM
plete objacts q the expedition. He ex-
pected TO leave Paris about the first to the
.jtyh instant tor New York. whence he pro.
poses to visit Washington to ask Of Con
gress an appropriation, which will enable
him 70 return not again to Java-but 10
certain islands aeay Madagascar, where ne
expects to find an abundance Of ribbon
cane y: :Le mos. valuable varieties.
No: .einc experts in the culture
0: su.a5. i IA. ao: here be said that
the cane Of Louisiana has icteriorateti.
Not being ~ indigenous plant: It may well