Is from one to two inches in thickness
The sugar-cane is a huge grass. The stalk, which is round, is from one to two inches in thickness.
The stalks vary in color. Some are white, some yellow, some green, some red, some purple, and some black, while others are a mixture of two or three of these colors. As shown in Fig. 214 the stalk has joints at distances of from two to six inches. These joints are called nodes, and the sections between the nodes are known as internodes. The internodes ripen from the roots upward, and as each ripens it casts its leaves. The stalk, when ready for harvesting, has only a few leaves on the top.
Fig. 214. Stick
of Sugar-Cane
A, buds, or eyes;
C, nodes; D, internodes;
X, semi-transparent
dots in rows
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