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Thirteen new promising sugarcane varieties viz CPHS.35, S2000US.50, S2001US.71, S2001SP.104, S2002US.36, S2002US.92, S2002US.116, S2002US.133, S2002US.162, S2002US.454, S2002US.619, S2002US.635 and CPF.246 were evaluated for their ratoon yield and quality against a commercial cultivar SPF.234 as check under Southern Punjab conditions during 2007 at Sugarcane Research Station, Khanpur. The variety CPF-246 on account of high number of sprouting per plant (1.57), significantly higher 100-cane weight (95.67 kg), highest millable cane count (112.69 thousand ha-1), maximum cane yield (107.90 t/ha) and comparable CCS% (12.74) against check SPF-234, produced the highest sugar yield of 13.74 t/ha. It was followed by S2002US.619. CPF.246 on the basis of 26.07, 1.35 and 26.75 % more ratoon cane yield, CCS and sugar yield, respectively over control is capable of replacing the check variety and can make gigantic strides in sugarcane production for sweet revolution. A wide scale testing in various agro-ecological zones is, however, invited for regional adaptability. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]