[Syrupmakers] blue-ribbon sugar cane?

[Richard Harrison]

Bill,
     My definition of 'Blue Ribbon' cane would be a striped cane that is mostly "blue"(red or purple) with yellow stripes in it. The stripes can sometimes be greenish or whitish, but basically yellow. There are many other striped canes of course with different colors. But the Old-Fashioned(or heirloom) variety grown around here for many years is basically as I described. It is a chewing and syrup variety which at my location blows over more easily than most canes do. In other areas, some people call other cane varieties Blue Ribbon--which have no stripes. (I won't argue about it, but most of the old literature that I have read indicates the presence of stripes. 1 author that I read described a Ribbon cane in MS in the 1800's that was a syrup--not chewing-- variety with no stripes)
     I have another striped variety which is basically red with fainter yellow stripes. It grows taller and doesn't blow over easily at all. I believe that it would probably be best referred to as 'Louisiana Striped'-- because it grows exactly like Louisiana Red(or Georgia Red)-- but has considerable faint stripes. It is also a chewing and syrup variety. It is very difficult to identify these varieties from the literature that I have seen because they don't give detailed enough detailed description about them in the old literature. (I guess I use a "gut feeling" that I get from reading what literature there is about them and from growing them myself. I find few, if any, cane variety experts around. Most of them are deceased.) If anyone has a detailed description of either of these 2 varieties, I would ask them to please share it with all of us.
     I'm anxious to see how many 'Blue Ribbon' canes are out there!
                          Richard Harrison

Bill Outlaw <bill at southernmatters.com> wrote:
  Greetings,

Would someone(s) please provide a description of this cultivar for me?

Thanks very much.

Bill
(sc, Tally)


       
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