, 1892-02-20
THrRD Class.
Solsd ColOrs other tina. Glaze One.

Group 1.-No. so, Nounan; No. 81 Grand
Suzanne; and No. So, N1jA, att unlike Canes
ct the same type; they are small. vigorous
canes, and said TO bp we'll adapted to high,
dry ATTITUDES. nI4 eyt
Group I.-NO. 81, Black Java, is i'll entical
with our purest common purple cane, and
Ia called Black Java. in contrast with the
white cane in Glass /. No 63. yu'
Group IIL.-NO. Sc, Breheret; and No. 81,
MaiabAl, are 80 nearly identical, that doubts
have been entertained whether the former
has not been sent through mistake.
Group IV.-No. SO, Purple Elephant, is
unlike any other Gil ns in the collection. A
description of it's introduction by MT. Eu-
gene A. Duchamp, of st. Martinsville, in
1875, has been given in "The Louisiana
Planter"
Group V.-These constitute the clean,
Claret -cOlOred canes No. 81, Ohio; No. e.,
HOnuaula; and No. So, Papaa, are Hawaii
Sn Island canes, appear identical in every
respect. No. SO, Cuapa, is smaller and OF
lighter cOlOred foliage, while No. so, Ligua-
nea, is q short, stout cane OF moderate
habits. None of them arc prom sing here.
A REVIEW or oUR HoME VARIETIES.
The Jesuits, of L~eogane, sent from San
Domingo, in 1857, the first cane ever intro
duced into this State. 1t was the Malabar,
OF Bengal variety. which has since been
called Creole"
The Otaheite was introduced from the
same island about 1896, the year that Eli
enne Bore made the first crop Of sugar in
this state. 1t is worthy af remark here, that
this crop was made upon or adjoining the
present grounds OF the Sugar Experiment
Station.
These canes furnished the sugar of Lou 81.
ana until the year 1926, when the rcd rib
bon and purple varieties were introduced !.
A detailed history of this introduction was
re-publlShpd in .t"The Louisiana Planter Of
Oct "a, 1891, and from the paper. by Nj.
j. b. Avequin. the following il extracted:
The red or purple ribbon cane, as We have
said is "a native of Java, and probably Of
some other parts of India. The Dutch had
already met with it i'll Batavia, in IA stale of
cultivation. They introduced it about the
middle of the last century 10 st EuStatius,
CurAcOa, Guiana and SuEnam. 1t thence
was spread over all the West Indian islands
aud part of the American continent.
In 1914, or thereabouts III American
schooner fro 81. Eustatius, q Dutch colo
ny, imported q few bundles of this cane into
Savannah, Ga. They were planted by o.
Mr.. King, not far from the month of the
Savannah river, ON st. Siinoa's Island,
They grew well, and Mr.. King began the
manufacture of sugar. sa,. fl
III 1917, a dozen or 30 of the plants we're
brought to New Orleans by John Jos.
C0iron, who planted them in his garden al
Terre-aux-B Bouts. Having succeeded adj
mirably with, these, Mr.. Coiron. in 1895, i'm
ported q sloop load from Savannah. which
he planned on his estate, known as, the ST.
Sophie plantation, about thirly-six miles
below New Orleans. This property has
since belonged to Laurent MllandOn,
Thence originated the ribbon cane or Java
nese, which is the one most generally grown
in Louisiana. a~o ~.
The red or purple ribbon cane aud violet
(which is a degenerate species) are the two
hast varieties ever cultivated in Louisiana,
They are hardy. and are net injured By Q
cold Of two or three degrees ut the cent?
grade thermometer. They are. however, not
equal to the Otaheiten or the Salangor
in the tropical regions. They are lsss juicy