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We call this farm Nursery as it is precisely that: the birthplace of our cane varieties, which then developed into its own fully-fledged sugarcane farm, which is home to all six varieties of cane. A drive deeper into the isle, and away from the coast, the farm is surrounded by a community of homes on one side and lush natural Grenadian vegetation on the other.
The cane here roots into both Hartman Clay and Woburn Clay Loam soil types. The fields run on a slightly sloping hill, where the top terroirs namely Upper La Colome and Cedars are exposed to the most sunlight. As the ground descends, the remaining fields gain cover of the trees shadowing from across the fields. Dry air and a cool temperature work to foster growth of the cane, coupled with a stream of water nearby that aids the water retention of the soils.
B89447 – locally called ‘Yellow Lady - is an elegant, free-trashing variety. Old leaves peel off by themselves, exposing a lean, erect stem with greenish to yellow complexion. Once planted, and provided that there is sufficient rainfall, this sugarcane variety takes off quickly and puts out a prolific number of very sweet shoots. It’s a slightly uncommon variety in the Caribbean and was only introduced to Barbados as recently as 2005.
The muster of people chatting is noticeable among the low-grown sugarcane. Even the sound of a bread salesman vrooms by on his evening shift trying to sell his freshly baked goods. A river burbles next to the sugarcane farm, as the trickling sound leads into another; Hidden behind a large tree in the middle of the farm, a patch of musical bamboo creaks. This beautiful sound lingers as wind gently blows and spreads it throughout the fields.
Fields
Soil
Appearance: Clear, water-white colourless rum.
Nose: Mix of vegetal and earthy aroma…herbal, earthy, rain.
Palate: Nutiness, smokey, spicy, lingering.
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