Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1895-07-12
WHENCE COFFEE COMES.
ENTERTAINED BY A VETERAN
PLANTER AT KAILUA.
Healthy Crop Amidst the Rocks
Benefits of shRde--war RumOrs
From HOnOIuIu--Personn etc.

Mr.. G. w. McDongalrs place
was visited by me on Sunday,
where / was very agreeably enter
tanned by Mr.. McDougall and his
wife. The place is situated about
four miles from Kailua, and has
been the home of Mr.. McDougall
for IL years He had about 125
acres on coffee, rs acres of which
is old coffee, and 80 acres new.
After good dinner G. W. Nc
Dougall, Jr., piloted me over the
plantation. The land about here
is covered with stone, and where
the new coffee is planted it would
be a difficult matter to find a
square foot of soil, but the coffee
seems to grow as well between the
rocks as any where. Some of this
coffee is now bearing, and by next
year the most of it will bear. Mr..
McDougall has had about twenty
years experiencein coffee growing,
and is firm believer in the bene-
fit of shade for the coffee. This
land was formerly dense forest
of kukui trees and underground:
In clearing it, the trees were
thinned out and those left stand
ing we're trimmed of the lower
branches, thus giving the coffee
plants plenty of light and air, as
! well as shade. At the same time
the trees are not wholly deprived
of the sunshine. 1t is also fact
that where the kukui trees are left
standing there is very little blight.
Several coffee growers who have
cut down their kukui trees are
now considering the matter of re-
planting them for the above rea-
sons.
Mr.. McDougall's experience in
growing coffee has shown him that
1t bears best at an elevation of
1000 to 1900 feet. and that the
blight is worse above 1900 feet.
He is unwilling to place an estim-
ate on this years crop, but in
Inmates that it will be anywhere
from 10000 to $4,000 lbs.
Mr.. McDougall also conducts
a cattle ranch and dairy, and a
store at Kailua.
DR.. McWayne is located on the
mountain side about two and a
half mile from Kailua. His re-
sidence which is a very commo-
dious building, is 100 feet above
sea level. The buildings on the
place are all painted red, and are
visible from the deck of the
steamer long before reaching
Kailua.
The doctor has begun his plant
ing in a very sensible and sys-
tematic manner. He has 1T
acres of land, of which 20 acres
are planted. There are on these
20 acres some 10000 trees which
we'll bear in two and a half to
three years. He is now clearing
so acres of land higher up, which
will be planted as soon as in con-
dition.
| NOTES.
Steamer day in Kona is only
time to see people. The arrival
and departure of the Hall at Kai-
lua, brings the people for miles
around to town. 1t is to Kailua
what the Australia's arrival and
departure is to Honolulu.
The Hall arrived here Wednes-
day last at 9 o'clock. Purser
Matthews reported the Keauhou
to arrive before evening. AS
anchor was taken up on the Hall
the Keauhou was observed com
ing up to the anchorage. She
dropped anchor at ll:5O a. M,
l6! hours from Honolulu. The
telephone material for this place
was Immediately landed, and the
steamer left for other landings
along the coast to land the re-
mainder.
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