The Hawaiian gazette., 1898-12-23
Judgment Passed On Appearance o.
Coffee Leaves.
N)Tf BY PROF. BRIGHAM
Used hicroscope-Conditiors IN
olas ana puna-oreat Need
OF Inspection Drying.

During all this excitement and talk
Of sugar. the second largest industry
Of these Islands coffee, should not be
overlooked.
On Hawaii. wherv the largest amount
IL grown, most OF this years crop wac
picked between August and November
In the districts OF Hamakua, kona
and Puma there has been quite a large
crop. In the largest district of all.
Olaa, the crop has been very late. Dur
ing the month OF July most Of the
places had a very heavy blossom but
on account Of the irregularity of the
seasons this year most of the blossoms
failed to set. but the blossom that
came in October and November, which
also was a heavy one, has set very well
indeed, The picking will probably COM
menCe about February OF next year
and extend during most OF the year.
The higher levels in Olaa seem to
have done better than those lower
down, although Peter Lees place. at
fact almost too much for the age of the
trees, which is three years.
The last few months have seen num-
erOus dry houses erected in Olaa,
among the largest being those of the
Capital Coffee Co, c. 4. Aagan, Zim-
norman. Jones and Grossman Bros
Mr.. James erected at Mountain View
dry house In which he expects to dry
the coffee of the smaller planters. who
will not put up their own drying
plants. His intention is to buy the cof-
fee in the pulp and pulp 1t and dry IL
and send it to the coast for sale.
One would hardly recognize the Olaa
of "A few years ago with the present
Olaa. At Mountain View has been the
most decided change. The Kilauea
Coffee Co. has opened up tract of
land for town sites, and have put IL on
the market Already quite number
OF Hiloites have purchased lots there
and are soon to erect summer homes
thereon. II is quite decided change
OF air ana scenery from Hilo and is
Just far enough away and yet not too
far.
A great deal has been written lately
about the coffee blight. BY the last
Kinau samples of the supposed blight
were brought down and submitted "a
both Professor Koebele and Professor
Brigham. Both gentlemen have the
same opinion and the following letter
from Professor Brigham will relieve
the minds of the would-be blight talk.
ers in Olaa and Puma:
Mr.. Chas. Hyde.
Dear Sir have subjected the cot
fee plants you sent me to careful mi
croscopical examination, and find M
signs of the Ceylon coffee blight. The
yellow spots on few of the leaves ar,
caused by the mycelium of a rus
fungus (Astilago) common enough anC
harmless. As the fungus was not II
qualification could not determine tn,
species. The black spots on the leave
are the effects of heat, and would b.
caused either by sun or hot weather
There Is no sign OF fungus In that
i Yours truly,
WIN. T. BRIGHAM.
In a recent letter from one OF tn,
largest dealers In coffee on the coas
the need of a Government inspectO
was strongly emphasized. The write
stated that there was on the market a
San Francisco great quantity of cot
zee. sold under the head of Kona, tina
was OF an inferior grade and had beel
improperly cured and dried. The tend
ency was to weaken the price in tn
market and unless something was don
and that shortly, that Kona coffee a
generally known there, would no
n. .....t, III