Box 16, Folder 2: Grasses and Plants of Illinois 1856

Sugar cane ripe last of Oct. Louisiana

Cane killed to the ground by frost about Dec. 1st-195[4]5 also Nov 19, 1842 Also Oct 22 1832 P. of Report 1845 p 294 -300 Snalysis of cane p 299 In 1844-762 Sugar mills-Plantes [900] 1200

[N] [of N]

Culture of cane [precarious?]-an early frost or hurricane dreaded Yield from 1828 to 1844-p. 905 to 18.47-Report 1847 p. 181

Cane yields 2 1/4 hogsheads sugar & 1 barrel moluses p 909

Plants cut in Oct Sugar making lasts until 1st January

[Arkansas-Nutt. Ph Tr. 5p 147]

[calculations]

Cane in Louisiana

5 varietiesRattoons Joints 4 to 9 inches long round Planting time November 5 to 8 feet apart. or spring.

1000 cuttings for an acre! Cover 4 to 6 inches.

[Handwritten notes and caluclations].

Chronology

[List of Authors].

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Calamagrostis sylvatica De Candole. var. breviseta

Torrey. Am. NY Lyc. vol 1.