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110 days. Sorghum bicolor. Open Pollinated. Rox Orange Sugar Cane. The plant produces excellent yields of 8 ft tall sugar cane. The plant is high in sugar content. Perfect for making molasses syrup and an Asian alcoholic beverage called Maotai. Also grown and used as a biofuel and livestock grain. It yields about 100 gallons of syrup per acre. Does well in warm, well-drained, sandy loam. Also known as Waconia Sugar Cane. Sow 9 to 20 lbs per acre. An excellent choice for home gardens, market growers, and open field production. United States Department of Agriculture, PI 641836. This variety was developed for syrup production by the Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment Station, Wisconsin, USA.