The Hawaiian gazette., 1891-08-11
TROPICAL FRUITS.
From the HEo Rsco73,l

41eSs lSlaDlS are >llI-.tS-r X
the whole Pacific cost, the same Is
The West Indies are 70 the Atlantic
coast. Situated then, Is We are. IN
the trouics. aII fruits Of $ tropical
cline will grow here well, and i
: market Is assured Is ahead four
raising the fruit. san Francisco
viii take = great amour. Of fruit 70
uss and send into the interior.
Purs: Sound and YlctOriS too are
ready 70 take supplies Of fruit
whenever We can send II 70 them
From thence, the Northern Pacific
railroad VIII distribute the same 20
-hs great Central Canadian terri
cory. - there Is no lack Of . mGr-
ks--
But yOa say, show can we get
or fruits 70 these mSrkstS We
answer. Il We have the fruits 70
send. = way VIII speedily be found
e get them there Let rs GrSt
have the fruit 70 send and We are
willing 10 guarantee that there will
be $ way opened TO gst them 70 the
market Does anyone Suppose that
+ HiIo was ready today 10 send
I'VE OF ten Thousand punches Of ban
anas 70 the Coast, that there would
lot be : steamer here 10 L2ke them
every month"; No, The great
trouble Is we have not the fruit 70
send.
We. IN HIIO. HamAkua, and Puma,
hzve abundance Of the finest l1nd,
suitable for bananas, piueapples,
pears and Ocher fruits which will
command = ready sale n the Coast
markets. Il Is orr business 70 see
thar we have them II such
abundance IS viii make II :
good business for = small fast
steamer 70 come and take It,
and until we do 50, II Is OF little use
for Il % lay hack and how, Sc We
can't get Cur fruit 70 marSet-
This does not need = heavy outlay
70 do. What We want Is for our
people 20 commence the work, for
every one who has land 70 begin 70
plant such fruits - viii command =
ready szle. We all know that the
san Francisco market : not sup
Piled with the bananas they need
And Is 10 Pinezpples, We are IN
able 20 send - yet auy 70 speak o.
Il l. q no use 70 infer that We can
over produce either Of these fruits
for the Coast market II our small
farmers viii plant bananas, say :
few trees for each man, the aggre-
gate vii be large and N : short
tine We shall Be ready for boat
20 come direct here and take them
This vii send the money direct
mo the hands Of those who need Il
An acre Of bananas contains
about $50 trees, planted four feet
spar This gives about 800
ba1chss OF marketable bananas 10
rhe acre, and they viii readily
BRINK from IS cents 10 81 : bunch
81 The landing here Here Is
large profit on 81 sere- Il takes
Two years for bananas 70 mature
from the first planting, and then
The crop viii be coming every year
thereafter
PluezUpIes are another fruit thst
Va ought TO raise here Not the
mssersble Island pines, but the
lzrge improved ones, that are
worth n the market from i've to
eight dollars s dozen, IN the Coast
markets An acre OF pines con-
tzfns about 5000 plants, which
fruit the second yeSr after Pl2nt-
ing. say shout tEo-ffths OF the
plants then. the others running
over TIL the third year. In HIo
the larger share Of them viii run II
weight from five 70 eight pounds All
above SIX pounds viii easily bring
from ten % twelve dollars = dozen,
n the Coast market Il takes 10
more care 20 raise the best fruit
than Il does the poorer kinds, and
they always bring good prices
The only dlHeuLly now II the way
q raising pines : the want Of
plants There are but few n the
country now, and they propagate
slowly, bit within : few years there
vii BE plenty for planting In the
district OF Hamaku2 We hear Of
sugar pines weighing from ten to
fourteen pounds