Author: P Rico Agricultural Experiment StationPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780364780879
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Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
Excerpt from Report of the Puerto Rico Agricultural Experiment Station, 1933 The loss per cane due to drying out of arrowed cane tops is esti -mated to be approximately four times as great for either of these J avan varieties as for Mayaguez 28 in fields where the latter blos soms. The advantage of Mayaguez 28 over p.o.j. 2725 is often greater than this, however, since arrowing is often practically nil for Mayaguez 28 in localities where p.o.j. 2725 blossoms profusely. Due to its comparative freedom from pith or hollow centers, Mayaguez 28 canes have a high specific gravity. At Coloso and Mayaguez they proved nearly one tenth heavier than water, whereas those of p.o.j. 2725 barely equaled water in weight. The combina tion of high sucrose content and high specific gravity results in low transportation costs per ton of sugar for Mayaguez 28. This item of expense is important where canes must be hauled 10. To 15 miles. Adaptability on I sabela red clay - Trial plantings made in 1931 demonstrated the adaptability of Mayaguez 28 to the friable red clay soil of Isabela. This soil is so loose that irrigation water soon after application drains away rapidly from below. On such soil a variety having a. Strong root system, drought-resistant foliage, and ability to cover the ground rapidly is required. Mayaguez 28 met all these requirements. At Isabela its foliage proved to be very drought resistant, its root system developed rapidly and functioned well even when deprived of irrigation water, and many and broad leaves covered the ground even more rapidly than did those of p.o.j. 287 8. As a result of the favorable growth made by the trial plantings and the satisfactory sugar production in the Coloso variety trial the Isabela cane growers rapidly extended the planting of Mayaguez 28. It now occupies 600 acres and is one of the principal varieties in the Isabela district. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
