names of [in-ground] sugar cane parts/elements

[from description of how 19th century slaves harvested sugar cane in Louisiana]:
…”The lead [field] hand, in the first place, with a blow of his knife shears the FLAGS from the stalk.”

So, what are these “flags”? Nothing I could find about sugar cane in general even used the word, never mind explain what, where located, these “flags” are. poor me….

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#1 Comment By Downtoearthdigs On 03/06/2018 @ 6:08 am

The flags would be the leaves on the sugar canes themselves.
This link will help you visualize the process described in the literature.

http://www.wikihow.com/Plant-Sugar-Cane ^[1]

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