Eight chemical compounds were evaluated in 13 field experiments to determine if they could ripen sugarcane at the end of the harvest season, May-June 1970, on the humid northern coast (Loíza) and the irrigated southern coast (Aguirre and Mercedita) of Puerto Rico. C.P. 41845 (Monsanto) ripened sugarcane at Loíza and Mercedita when the control plots indicated dropping sucrose and purity values due to rainy weather. There were significant increases with the 2- and 4-pound per acre applications for pol, Brix and sucrose-percent-cane for the mean of the 6-week period after application. At Aguirre, there were no significant increases in sucrose components for individual samples or mean of all sampling dates. The control plots for this trial show...