The Hawaiian gazette., 1898-12-16
nEri JRiInenl Passed On Ha.
vallsr Fruit
CERTAIN MARKET FOR ORANGES
slsh Praise for samples Grown in
Honolulu How Money Could
Be Mado-Fisurss Given.

IN the days when California sal
asiie young Indeed aud Hawaii Vai
bu, a little older produce wa shippoi
IN quite a yoiBme from the Islands %
the ooast. Ia Few years the course Of
trade Vas reversed. Now there prom
ises 90 be another change. Mr. Byron
q. Clara. the Commissioner Of Agricul-
ture. has been doing some hard work
an the direction u asoertaining the
fruit development possibilities OF the
group. He Is a practical man and mas
on the coast many aoQuaintances who
nre practical men. A short time ago
AR. Clark sent TO one OF the old fruit
hrms al San Francisco some navel
orange grown right In Honolulu. and
judgment has been passed upon them.
The verdict confirms precisely what
has been held by Mr. Clark in the
premises and that gentleman said yes
tcrday that he could think Of no bet
Ger business enterprise than an orange
grove in Hawaii, conducted by men
who knew the business
The trial shipment was not made
from fruit specially grown. These
Navel oranges were picked from trees
GA the Claus Spreckeis premises in
Punahou, Honolulu, Oahu. The trees
we're planted some years ago by Mr.
Walter NJ. Giffard, whose interest In
fruit culture is well known. The trees
have not received any especial care
Here is what old commission mer-
chants lsSO-say OF the
markst At San Francisco for Hawaiian
oranges:
san Francisco Nov 20, 1898.
Byron o. Clark, Honolulu, II. l.
Dear Sir.--We were recently handed
@ sample Of Navel oranges produced
IN your locality and requested TO write
you regarding the quality Of the same
and future prospects should you be
prepared TO market here during the
holiday season.
In this connection We desire 10 say
that In some respects these oranges
are revelation to rs, as they are
equal In point OF juiciness and sweet.
ness to any We have ever seen before
II H safe TO say they will weigh doubl,
an orange Of the same size produced
In California. We have never seen an
orange with so much juice. although
these were evidently picked before
they were fully matured. There is, OF
course. a slight insipidness in the
taste. but this was undoubtedly caused
by their being taken from the trees be-
fore they were fully grown. II you
can produce oranges Of this quality In
any quantity We see no reason why
they should not take the market
wherever they are sent in preference
20 anything else. 1t Is barely possible
some portions Of Florida produce an
orange similar TO yours, but II Is very
doubtful IL they will equal them.
In regard 10 the prices that could be
obtained for them-Of course, at this
writing, we could not fully say, but
We should Judge that range in price
would be from 81 TO SO per box, II they
could be gotten here early in the sea
son-say November Ist. to the middle
u December or the LIST OF January.
After the California oranges become
plentiful in the market, Of course, they
will De quite cheap. which would ne
cessitate selling fruit Of this quality
much lower than their real value, but
we are certain all who may have the
pleasure Of once using them would give
chem the preference at quite a consid-
cradle margin Of values OF anything
else coming 20 this market. Should
you be able TO get a few boxes togeth-
er. We shall be pleased TO have them.
Will place them with the very best
trade here and advertise them liberal
ly. Presume, however, you win not
have them in sufficient quantities this
season To be meTchaRtable but in thc
future suppose you will be able to shiI
quantities OF them.
We are hoping TO hear from the col
ny recently organized by yourself, Mr.
Kellogg and others, and sincerely hop,
it will prove a success beyond you
most sanguine expectations.
Hoping 10 hear from you at you
convenience, We remain,
Yours respectfully,