The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-12-03
Plans Presented By the Bureau
Of Agriculture.
ADVICE OF EXPERIENCED MAN
Answers to Correspondence
ture of Mushrooms-No Secret.
Flower Seeds.

culture loT lnls week contains much |
interesting information. 1t suggests
plans by which the home, with little
work, can be made attractive:
The letter given below is fair sam
pie of % received at this bureau dur
ing the past week. AS they are almost |
all on the same topic of information,
what follows will answer them all
Hanapepe, Kauai.
Mr.. A. Herbert, Honolulu.
Sir:-I noticed in an issue of the |
Gazette of some time ago an article |
from you about asparagus. l want to |
get some roots. Have you any, and |
what are they worth or must send to |
the Coast to get some? Now, with the |
cool weather coming on ought to be a
good time to plant. What do you know
about mushrooms? l intend to get
some. Any information will be CRATE
fully received. Yours respectfully,
H. H. B.
There is a general impression that
> there is some secret in the cultivation
of mushrooms, but we assure you there
is not. We have grown them with
success in caves and tunnels at
is too high at that place to grow fine
mushrooms. A temperature of 60 is
the best in these islands. In Europe
6S' is the point.
There everybody grows mushrooms.
They grow them in cellars, shady
places, pits, and under the benches in
the green houses, but they must be
artifcially heated while they growing
them in the winter.
In this island they grow to perfec-
ton, at a temperature from co. to
6S', or even 70o The climate at the
Volcano house, Hawaii, would be the
ideal spot for mushrooms and celery,
and what treat these would be to the
traveller.
We can grow mushrooms in Homo
lulu and Lahaina, but they would not
be as short stemmed and as solid as
in a colder place.
Beginners in mushroom culture are
often as successful as those having
extensive experience. Success depends
on intelligent management and the in
terest taken in your work. They can
be grown almost anywhere out of doors
in these islands when the beds can be
wind and direct sunshine.
How to prepare the mushroom beds
would take up too much space in this
paper, but it is the writer's intention
to have printed a small comprehensive,
pamphlet on Agriculture, Horticulture,
Vinticulture and Horticulture, what to
plant, how to plant and when to plant
in the Hawaiian Islands; also how to
procure fresh and useful flower and
vegetable seeds and other general in
formation on topics of Horticulture in
particular Information obtained from
eastern pamphlets is misleading, for
example where it says: PLANT in May
or early June"
Flower and vegetable seeds kept
here in this climate eight or ten months
are generally worthless.
How few are the blossoms we see
about in our city and suburb gardens.
For one dollar you can get one dozen
of the brightest and sweetest ANNALS
and perennials, which VIII be your
friends and companions if you love
them.
We will consent for thirty days to
procure flower, vegetable seeds and
roots. if you send stamped and adj
dressed envelope with remittance and
order: or you may do still better by
leaving the selection to US. We would
suggest that you give us your taste
and color in selection of flower seed
TO CORRESPONDENTS
Asparagus roots, two years old
five cents each or less by quantity
One hundred plants will make nice
bed for a small family.
Mushroom spawn, forty cents 6
pound, five or six pounds will make
bed.
Corn flowers, ten cents per package
Trees, Tomato, two years old, three
to five feet high, grated, s1.50. Other
Citrus trees two years old and grated
from S1.00 to $3.50.
Strawberry plant, s1.0O per 100, o.
less by quantity.
COFFEE CORRESPONDENTS.
Pruning correctly and profitably il
a great art No rules can be laid down
The head must guide the hand. Almos
every tree requires different treatment
depending on circumstances.
By this you can see how absured
Is 10 IOllOW TuleS ldlu uOWH III uOOh
written in Ceylon or Guatemala.
must be evident that free and equa
admission of lights tends to produc
an equality in the branches and equal
ty in the character and size of tn
berry On tree totally unpruned W
may often see fine berries on the prim
airy branches, whilst the remainder
especially the interior, is crowded wit
produce different both in size an
quality.
We make no pretentions toward be
ing a coffee expert, but claim to hav
some experience in general horticul
ture.
Loquat, trees two years old, grated
three TO five feet high, from 81 to 1.5(
Correspondent (sun fower).-Sen
stamped envelope and we will sen
seed with pleasure