The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-01-22
COFFEE IN 0LAA
]. ". Mason Satisfied With the
Outlook.
DISTRICT BEING SETTLED UP
Considering the Growing
of Other Products.
Apples and Peaches Doing Well.
Colorado Potatoes Grown
in Abundance.
DISTRICT BEING SETTLED UP

"Olaa has a good, strong, healthy
growth, and confidence in it is in
creasing," said Manager ]. W. Mason
of the Capital Coffee and Commercial
Company last night. Every planter
in the district is prosperous, and looks
TO the future with the most sanguine
anticipations of great success.
Look at this he added, as he open
ed half-bushel bag filled with coffee,
and poured the fine, dry beans out On
the table. I planted the trees from
which this coffee was picked on Octo-
Der !. 1S94-two years ago. The trees
have fiourished, and were pruned with
excellent results. In a year they wece
blooming. Now on the trees are
blooms, young coffee and the full, red
berries. In fact, / have coffee in all
stages of its growth on the same stalks
We have 200 acres in coffee at Olaa.
No further planting will be done At
present. as the crop we now have is
considerable TO care for. The field in
which the trees grow must be kept
clear of everything but coffee, and
pruning is a never-ending job, as it
has TO be done for every crop to be
raised. If pruning is not kept up, the
plant goes 10 wood and will not bear
half the fruit to be expected of it.
We have trees of various ages. One
large planting will begin TO bear this
spring.
"Olaa is not a failure. We are sat
isfied: every other planter up there IS
jubilant over the prospects, and new
lands are constantly being opened up.
Three or four late arrivals from the
States have gone into the business and
are clearing and getting ready to plant.
They are men of clear Judgment and
experience, and have money. Some of
the men up there have cultivated cof-
fee before, and they are the most en-
thusiastic of any planters we have.
LAS for side industries to intermedi-
ate coffee harvests / have not yet found
anything TO suit my ideas. We have
tried canaigre, sisal and other fiber
plants, but without success. | am
afraid it is too wet in Olaa for these
products, which require dry land. Cot
ton have not tried, but intend TO. !
believe in it lies just what we have
been looking for. We really need in
Olaa a crop to which to turn our hand
between coffee seasons.
Fruit? Well, I should say so.
have the finest American peaches st
Olaa I ever saw in my life. They are
large, mature TO perfection and have a
fine favor. have also matured some
of the finest species of American ap-
pies Next season I will have as good
apples as can be found on the New
York market As for pineapples, those
raised at Olaa cannot be discounted.
They can be grown at less expense
than in most other localities, and ma
ture to perfection. Native fruits of all
kinds flourish l have imported the
celebrated Greedy potato in Olaa, and it
thrives as well there as in its native
home. Colorado. Vegetables of the
finest quality are raised in abundance.
I'VE are not trying to boom our
selves. Olaa will hold her own. The
future will show for itself In a year
or less our coffee will be on the mar
ket-and it will be coffee; coffee that
will compare with any in the world"
MI Mason is in Honolulu to attend
the annual meeting of his company,
which will be held this morning. He
will remain is the city about three
weeks, before returning TO Hawaii.