Author: William Carter Stubbs

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Published: 2015-07-06

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 9781330855027

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Excerpt from Cultivation of Sugar Cane History of Sugar Cane; Porters work, "Nature and Properties of the Sugar Cane." Cane first cultivated in China. Wray's Practical Sugar Planter. De Candolle's "Origin of Cultivated plants." Karl Ritter on "the origin of cane." Bentham, on cane in Asia. Cane mentioned in Sanskrit. Diversity of names for sugar. Epoch of introduction. Chinese claims. Probable origin either Cochin China, or Bengal. Propagation in west of India. Greek and Roman writers familiar with sugar. Canary Islands. Brazil. Island of St. Domingo. Islands of the Pacific ocean; History of Sugar Cane in Louisiana; Gayarre. Introduced by the Jesuits. First attempt a failure. Its cultivation by Mendez and Solis. Distilled into spirituous liquor. Mendez first made sugar in Louisiana. Etienne De Bore's experiments decide the future of Louisiana. Successful manipulation to "grain." Centennial of sugar making in Louisiana. First graduation from Audubon Sugar School. Expansion of sugar industry. Importation of canes by Coiron. Creole variety first used by De Bore. First use of the steam engine to crush cane; Botanical Relations; Sugar cane a member of the grass family. Existence of several species. Species of "Saccharum officinarum;" its description - stalk, leaves, joints, assimilation of plant food, "eye" of the cane, seed, flowering of the canes; non-flowering variety preferred; ripening 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.

Download or read book Cultivation of Sugar Cane (Classic Reprint) written by William Carter Stubbs and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-06 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Cultivation of Sugar Cane History of Sugar Cane; Porters work, "Nature and Properties of the Sugar Cane." Cane first cultivated in China. Wray's Practical Sugar Planter. De Candolle's "Origin of Cultivated plants." Karl Ritter on "the origin of cane." Bentham, on cane in Asia. Cane mentioned in Sanskrit. Diversity of names for sugar. Epoch of introduction. Chinese claims. Probable origin either Cochin China, or Bengal. Propagation in west of India. Greek and Roman writers familiar with sugar. Canary Islands. Brazil. Island of St. Domingo. Islands of the Pacific ocean; History of Sugar Cane in Louisiana; Gayarre. Introduced by the Jesuits. First attempt a failure. Its cultivation by Mendez and Solis. Distilled into spirituous liquor. Mendez first made sugar in Louisiana. Etienne De Bore's experiments decide the future of Louisiana. Successful manipulation to "grain." Centennial of sugar making in Louisiana. First graduation from Audubon Sugar School. Expansion of sugar industry. Importation of canes by Coiron. Creole variety first used by De Bore. First use of the steam engine to crush cane; Botanical Relations; Sugar cane a member of the grass family. Existence of several species. Species of "Saccharum officinarum;" its description - stalk, leaves, joints, assimilation of plant food, "eye" of the cane, seed, flowering of the canes; non-flowering variety preferred; ripening 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.