The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-12-01
MAKE SOIL USEFUL
Plans Presented By the Bureau
Of Agriculture.
ADVICE OF EXPERIENCED MAN
Answers to Correspondents-C
ture Of Mushrooms-No Secret.
Flower Seeds.
ADVICE OF EXPERIENCED MAN

culture for this week contains much
interesting information. It 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 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
Diamond Head, but the temperature
is too high at that place to grow fine
mushrooms. A temperature of 65o is
the best in these islands. In Europe
680 is the point. 4..- -...s
There everybody grows mushrooms.
They grow them in cellars, shady
places, pits, and under the benches in
the green houses, but they must be
artificially heated while they growing
them in the winter.
In this island they grow to perfec-
ton, at temperature from 60o to
go, or even 7O0. 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
protected from wet overhead and from
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 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 ANIMALS
and perennials, which Will be your
friends and companions if you love
them.
We will consent for thirty days tt
| procure flower, vegetable seeds an(
roots, if you send stamped and ad
dressed envelope with remittance an(
| 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 a nice
bed for a small family.
| Mushroom spawn, forty cents ;
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. Othel
| Citrus trees two years old and grated
| from $100 to $3.50.
Strawberry plant, s1.00 per 100, o
| less by quantity.
COFFEE CORRESPONDENT
Pruning correctly and proftably i!
great art No rules can be laid down
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