The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-04
NEWS or THE CITY.
what the Democrat Reporters Saw
and Heard Yesterday.
THE SUGAR PLANTERS.

niph1y Interesting Report on the Best
Varieties OF Cane for Planting.
The Sugar Planters Association held It's
regular monthly meeting last evening" Presi-
dent Duncan f. Kenner in the chair.
Mr.. Dymond, on behalf Of the executive
committee, read from French paper pro-
gressive facts relating to the diffusion pro-
cess manifested In sugar making In Austria.
In Austro-Hungary, since 1866 CT. 1876 out Of
2a9 sugar factories, or s5 per cent, have
adopted the diffusion process.
The secretary was now requested to read
the summary Of his correspondence with
sugar planters on the best varieties Of cane
for planting purposes. The report is In the
following words:
The Louisiana Sugar Planters Association
recently addressed interrogatories through.
out the State, with Q view Of collecting infor-
nation regarding the canes now lii cultiva-
ti0n here, and their respective merits, In order
that from the experience Of the many plan
ters, some one variety might be brought into
such prominence from Its peculiar fitness for
all purposes as to warrant its general adop-
tion. The great need Of increased results In
sugar culture felt by those whose interests
are at stake, has impelled the association to
reach out In all directions for such positive
benefits as may place our tagging Industries
on q par with the competing world, and the
perfection Of the mill to crush but half ac-
cOmpliHhes Its ends unless 1t Is fed with the
best material and this provision can only be
made by q careful examination into the merits
OF the canes we have and those we might get.
AT several periods importations have been
made and tried without success.
Varieties Of the white cane-what is called
the crystalline, the otahaite and also the
green striped canes-have from time TO time
been experimental with In a crude way, and
the attempt to propagate them abandoned be-
cause either Of their failure to ration or of
from stubble, while in certain localities
St. Mary parish especially " some success has
attended the cultivation OF the white variety,
called locally the Palfrey cane originally
cane imported by planter Of that name; yet
from the experiences Of those who have at
tempted the cultivation Of white cane else
where, they have not been found to be pecu-
liarly adapted to the climate. Whether or not
this variety, the Palfrey cane, which has
maintained Its identity for SO long may not
introduced elsewhere, remains to be shown by
careful trial. Other varieties, in small GUAM
Elites, are now being experimental with,
brought from all parts OF the ne-growing
belt, but as yet with no definite result.
The only two marked varieties now In gen
eral cultivation In this State are the red cane
and the red ribbon cane. AS regards the re-
spectiye merits Of these two canes 1t Is conf
thn asSereeu ny solne Ilab tne reg caneLls
...s,,,, n 81. ose a iaCooLs petIef ana
ribbon cane for all other purposes, they give
Che red the preference on that account.
f,aynail Tndd i1 m, as ". ~. u,
III Rird a II n.,,,haa w. oo M. UaMes'
M,chaoi Seh.t.o olEs nan ~; uguT =
Stone, Onezlme Duhon, Louis s. LeBour-
LIE, ~ 49, -. as anu 2. D. beil, all IN
s,d.. ~ S1,e 60 oaseu upon Gnelr lnul-
While nls,ai, ~ ~ 49, !, III,
distinct variety ntroduced from sn abroad
mss nvaru c',,a a,., ga ~ a ,ouaa IA a.
4 - - Y ge ploucG 81
said "a nndarro n thiS nltmata Ybn+ e I'LL -
.1arv rihhon oana dne. ,nda,. n mat Ie Or
cnmstances. lose liz diefInctjve coor ' ehar az
far "a vii xnown fant tsbehnd ~, az
nrnarianna IN nv niantar ut. tha. * X. sus
TIA mo ilihlo ros,,it ~ iset nus 1na. sals 70
~ naaaaaa,v 80 "a n isnIa4in' y. om9
tha rihhnn "a "a Inas "a go, - ~ ..,at Wy
farmineG INT tho oes s nos seem " W wen ae
vaa - III, tha "a ~ n,ace rsstnyt ~ aeps agl
mo as II la ns,,allv farn,od ;ntn thn ~
ia ahnnaantw shawn Nv thn enJ y
fhnsa who have s,,ncessf1iiv mada ~ =. ~
femut. Ordinarily no distinetion ia mado Nv
tha piantar Mhan n,aptin ~ na - ~ TX TX
rad md ,ihhon aopas lug h ls uanes, anu ene
aun,,a1u ana IN tha oouraa f 49,, =.
s;nds fhat h,a rbhnn eanno disan,ae enls ny
none hnt the red come ta the mill uiisappet1i' anu
Mr. MI ~ Rrtnpinr ~ fao fiat ~ hna Iyor+ II
tha rhhon cane dstin"t fer uaa r Up b nas Reps
Il In rich, strong land. by simply eIi liz
,shan fni,nj anv rod o.nn ..bin,, a...a
What causes The ranssorma t nppe 10 n.,t
,,nnwn - there i ~ nnsaihilitu ~ hrhr Il moI
tionMWhich In any plant car onlv ha e ~
thr,,.,h INA ,,alIs, ns th Ss oay " ehecIeu
than The ART 81 man mst rs stan " 3 aa even
and insre the result and the h 70
never flowers n this iatit,,da - g. o1no
That verv rich S.e and wa1i o,,ti,o+ad son
wiIl nernetae tha rihhon ea,,a n rs so
haa been sccsssnlv nrn v.ne y, ~ enreey
Wehre nf 81 Iamass p,ot tha Vy NIL yosePn
savs The qualities 10 had ~ Vaars - ~
,,sare n,,xnd W ,vhat Me mau Ien years ago
rhhon cana aa T al - - e ana knoWn as
them It seemed to me that he tho ~ rhbany
more incv and gave hettar art;oi L,p ~ was
,,d s !Ioy anu ues.e1 aILlcle q sugar
ainiat and cnitivata ne je ns fiu OF Inc
nn r. this 80 he :, mom ivy ~ pure aip
~ With eaa pu ~ loa series
4 yaa stiI fnrtha ar - cae - cn 90 car
~ n . ,iastian as y, ~ ,o,ot,,.
~ red s W .e nerts OF me
shhan "a "a u - la ~, eae anu Ilie
hat there are several variaties of tba NJ rhhan