Show sugar cane la in madeira the sugar cane was introduced into the madeira islands in 1425 and in 1498 1408 the annual product exceeded four million pounds the introduction of sugar rugar came into the west indies however destroyed the industry and grape culture took the place of the sugar cane until 1853 when the nearly swept all the vines out of existence the sugar cane is again being cultivated and last year half a million pounds were made the supply will always be limited because the cane cannot be profitably cultivated at a higher elevation than one thousand feet |