The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-11-21

planted where formerly nothing but
tHe Lahalua was thought OF. In Ma
haNao, ON Maui. 2nt i'm Hamakua and
ttlo. on Hawaii. the rose bamboo is
ROW the fayOrite on lower. irrigated
lands the LahainJ still holds its own.
although IL has lost ;hat richness and
F,SDr in leaf and size OF stick which We
We're accustomed 10 see in this va
riety. but wherever ihIs cane has been
displaced by another Kind We find re
grsr at the necessity which has com
PEELED a change. y HImakua planter
said To me. THIS season has seen
the last of our Llhaina: we are
obliged 10 change; 1t simply refuses 10
grow any more"
Ever since this variety displaced the
native canes we hive all been aware
.rf its good and nad qualities. II stands
among the best as regards quality and
strength OF Juice: Us fibre furnishes
hard woody fuel. AMI on rich, deep
soils il produces a very large crop; its
faults are the habI. OF lying down all
over the field ana 81 deCaying easily
in wet fields, and Gftcr maturity IL de-
.rOmpOses and dries up rapidly unless
miIlsd ia time. This cane is known all
over where cane is grown as yellow Ia
laiJa. Bourbon, Crystalline, Cayanna,
and so on. WTay, rs TAR back as 1919,
placed IL, | think, second on his list.
To the first rank he assigned a variety
called SalangoTe. This fine variety is
planted in Singapore II province Wei
ltsly. in MalaCCa, and here and there
IN the French possessions. BOnamc
says IL is larger Ipd more vigorous
thar the Lahaina; the leaves are very
large and deep in color, the stick more
upright and furnishes n rich juice,
clean and easy to- weak.
Kruger mentions, among many va
rietieS. TWO especially Is worthy OF no
tice, viz. CherIDOn aad Luzier. in ia
Va the Black, or CheritOn, is preferred
before all others. This cane had to
night its way. so strong were the pre-
iudtCes of all classes against IT. The
rind is very hard. am before the age of
powerful mills the WELD of its juice was
small. IL was prOvcn. however. to be |
not only juicier and sweeter than its |
competitors, but gaze double the |
amount of sugar irOa a given area. |
Kruger says il is uIn-a generally plant |
"d than all the other varieties, and |
while very rich liz sugar. is yet more |
capable of withstaHding adverse COndi-
tons of climate ald So forth. than any |
ether kind of cane. Among adverse
conditions, he mentioaS excessive wet
ut times. and prolonged dryness at
ether times. The : .reh disease has
unfortunately compelled many to give
his variety up, muCl against their will.
The LuZier is n still naTdier variety
and as vet less liable to- the Sereh
disease: with good cultivation, its
Juice and yield approach nearly To the
CheribOn.
have mentioned these varieties
because / think some OF
them might yet serve our purpose in
.hese Islands IL cuttings were import
ad and planted with view of taking
he place of our Lahaina on uplands
tud soils so exhausted that profitable
rop for this variety can no longer be
obtained. The Rose Bamboo, we know,
IlS proven itself. in Hamakua and 9TH
'T districts. fine, valuable cane after
he Lahaina has run out, but the Bam-
boo is said to be eXhausting 20 q soil
hence other kinds will eventually have
ID be found to- take its place.
We are liable, however. to be too
sanEuiue that n change from one va
-jety ~ another will do all for us that
Ne expect and desire. The near rela-
IOnship of the cultivated canes is. ii
hink. becoming more and more 4 fact
10 us. and occasionally we hear of some
peculiar brand cropping up where the
!sreCt parent, or variety had not been
known. In the Olaa district We were
shown what is called there and in Kau .
he Whitney cane. This cane. We were ,
informed. was obtained by the editor ,
" our Planters Monthly while ne re- ,
,ided In Kau, by ENGRAVING. We know
he Bamboo variety has changed its !
.haraCter in some respects; its juice is /
,urer and stronger. while the rind is !
more brittle, and makes better fuel I
han in former times. In these respects {
climate and soil have .
brought il up to resemble the Lahaina
n a great measure. The color Of the
tick. some say, has been modified, but {
he leaf. so far, preserves its darker |
olOr.
Climate. soil. age and cultivation |
rave great influence on the color, ,
Eape and general makeup of a cane ,
md determine, perhaps, these varia- l
ions. II is not possible, therefore, to |
N definitely for all time the group to 5
which a cane may belong; neither are {
hey named alike in the different coun- {
RES where they are cultivated. While ,
IN this subject. may mention that | !
obtained from Mr.. Marsden a few sam |
lies of four or five varieties in Novem- :
,er. 1895, with names attached as fol- ,
ows. viz: First, Striped Singapore;
.eCond. Big Tana; third. Large yell
Ow: and fourth. a red variety; these {
we're planted late and they gave but
cehla results, but a ration from them
: worthy of notice. Striped Singapore
gave sticks IL pounds per foot in
weight. diameter inches; feet long.
Juice: Brix 1913; Sucrose 17.6, Purity
III Big Tana gave sticks pounds
per foot. Q feet long; diameter, 22s
inches Juice. Brix:14.6; sucrose, 100;
purity 40. Large Yellow gave sticks
3 pounds per foot, 9 feet long: diam
ster inches: Juice. BriX:1S.1; SUI
rose. 15.2; purity, $50. These canes
were not matured when sampled
three months yet TO grow, otherwise
q richer juice would have been found.
These varieties deserve. 1 think, to be