The internet is surprisingly deficient. It contains an amazing abundance of information, including a majority of information that most of us should not want. No one can filter out all the previews to disturbingly violent cinema, disturbingly idiotic political scandal, disturbingly aberrative sexual content, and so on. Yet, some of the simplest information remains mysteriously elusive.
I grow ‘Pele’s Smoke’ sugarcane only because it is what I obtained first. I grew it from scraps that I pruned from a specimen in the garden of a colleague in the Los Angeles region. It grows like a weed. I happen to enjoy growing it. It is primarily an ornamental cultivar though. With its bronze foliage, it is intended to be prettier than it is functional. Although it is considered to be productive, the canes are small and relatively tough.
I would like to grow a variety of sugarcane that is more utilitarian than ornamental. There are many varieties within three types of sugarcane that I should be able to choose from. Chewing cane is the sort that develops a soft and chewable pulp within its canes that can be chewed like a confection, leaving less inedible fibrous pith than other varieties. I do not want to bother growing chewing cane. Syrup cane may produce a bit more fibrous pith, but generates an abundance of sugar syrup, which unfortunately does not crystalize as readily as that of other varieties. I do not want to bother growing syrup cane. Crystal cane is the sort that produces the most sucrose, which should crystalize more readily than the combinations of sugars that other varieties produce. That is what I am still trying to find! Several varieties of sugarcane are available online, but very few are classified as chewing, syrup or crystal canes! I am still searching!
Tony Tomeo 
Try this https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/publication/SC086 or look up what is grown in the Everglades Agricultural Area (EAA) in Florida.
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Thank you, but this provides cultivar or variety numbers rather than cultivar names that I can (possibly) find online. If such agricultural cultivars or varieties are available to the nursery industry, they are identified by cultivar names. ‘Morgan Red’ and ‘Morgan Purple’ are agricultural cultivars that are available by retail means, but without knowing their numbers, I can not determine if they are syrup or crystal types.
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https://greenplanetfarm.com/products/sugar-cane-cuttings check this out and download the list.
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Thank you. I saw this one also. It does not describe the cultivars adequately. For example, it does not describe the cultivars as chewing, syrup or crystal canes.
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Here’s an article that may give you some hints on people to contact.The famous Steen’s cane syrup factory is in Louisiana, and someone at Steens surely could help you. If not, Louisiana State University has sugar cane specialists that probably know every kind of cane grown in the world.
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Thank you. Although this is mostly about syrup canes rather than crystal canes, those who provide this information are obviously familiar with various varieties or cultivars. I have seen many articles about sugarcane, but not this one.
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This page from the LSU Ag Station has some information about varieties. Their home page has links to pests, growing tips, etc.
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Thank you, but this article describes cultivars and varieties by their numbers rather than their cultivar names that I would find them with by retail means.
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