The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-09-04
A KINGDOM
OF FRUITS
Fertility of Land at
Waiohinu.
OFFERINGS FOR SETTLERS
Correspondent Writes of the Re-
markable Opportunities of
kau, Hawaii.

EultOf Advertiser: Your Old-tffne
valuable paper has OF late given some
care and attention to the citrus cul-
ture. as well as other branches of horti-
culture which may be a means of in
vestment showing reasonable returns
for steady and industrious application.
A continued residence of eighteen
months in this charming and delightful
district has given me convincing proof
that all that is required to make this
healthful place a veritable paradise
is population Of steady workers with
small means and grit to create happy
homes.
First and foremost, of course, is the
question of land and the nature of it.
AS you ride along the now good car
riage road from Naalehu through
Waiohinu to Kahuku you rise by a gen.
tie and easy grade from 200 feet above
sea level to 1000 feet. On the right
sIoping hills with cane to the very top,
while on the left is a vast area of land
covered with broken stones that look
somewhat forbidding at first glance.
yet thousands of cattle find food there;
but don't be too hasty in your judy
ment. Here and there is a patch of
dry land taro. papaias, guavas and
oranges and lines. The rich soil is
there, but the stones want removing,
just as on a farm or garden in Amerf-
ca. On what appears to be stony
ground coffee will grow TO perfection.
Let any Of your readers we'll under
stand that experimental fruit culture
has long ago passed the doubtful stage.
Years ago orange trees were planted
and are now full bearing, and 1 defy
California to produce more sweet, juicy
and luscious fruit.
The mission premises in Waiohinu
village is composed of a number of
kuleanas acquired at different times.
The former owners each planted one
or two orange trees till now. on the
whole property are some thirty noble
trees, a standing answer to the ques-
ton, do oranges do well?' On another
property owned by a merchant is an
answer to will lines grOw?" few
years ago he planted lines which are
we'll formed, oval-shaped. bushy trees,
loaded with fruit; at fifty cents a hun
dred affording a handsome return, for
they need but little care. Here and
there on the same property all the cof-
fee required for home use, and oranges
for sale which have so far yielded 81
a hundred.
Coming a little farther along is an
other homestead in a little cottage on
which have lived for year past. The
fancy of the old kamaaina who owns
this lot seems to have been more d.
versified. He has coffee. oranges, lines,
grapes, papaias (pig feed all the year
round) and mangoes by the thousands
I His trellis on which his grapes grow
measures fifty-eight feet by thirty
eight feet and from this trellis he has
cut more than one thousand pounds
l.
| yielded readily twenty-five cents fol
two pounds: al this among the stones
which i spoke of. BY clearing the
stones all the vegetables. both for sale
and family use. can be raised.
/ / think / have demonstrated pretty
fully an answer to three important
points-oranges. lines and grapes. II
is a farce TO send our money away fol
these necessities. and a systematic cul-
ture OF grapes would very soon answer
the wine question. Should IL ever hap
pen (Which is probabie) that the beau
tiful lands of Kahuku are thrown open
there Is room for a hundred farming
families with happy and prosperou
homesteads Horses, oxen, sheep, bar
ley. oats and wheat can all be grown
there, and for fruits and vegetables
oranges. lines. bananas. mangoes, pa
paias, peaches, raspberries. blackber
ries. celery, cauliflower and, in fact
almost everything, will grow. The LAM
/, is a virgin forest of koa, ohia and pull
fern; all that is required is the intelli
gence Of men with means and grit. Ap
piles and apricots are a failure; the
; will not acclimate.
; one point / have not touched upor
and that is poultry of all kinds. Thi
Is a most profitable investment, but a
} present the ground on which they ru
must be protected by mongoose proc
fences, which is merely a first expens'
easily accomplished.
All the Waiohinu lands except her
and there kuleanas are under a leas
having twenty-five years more to rul
and / have good reason for saying thu
the lessees will throw no obstacles
the way of bona fide settlers who desii
to make homes. This land returns
the Government after this lease q
pires. The next lands to WaiOhinu al
Waiomau. Kawela, Puueo, Waiopu
and Makaa Kiolakaa. Regarding a
these lands those bona fde settlers d.
string to make homes can no doui
make good arrangements at the lar
office. where / am pretty sure Nj
Brown, with his usual urbanity will a
ford courteous information.
Means Of transportation and Il
r heavy charges of steamship compani'
seem to me 10 be matters which Il
y very companies themselves will adju
In the near future. as they will !
doubt realize that larger freight offe
ings and greater travel will bring rat
down and still make them just as lar
dividends. And to those having mea
who desire rest and quiet after q
worry of life, no more beautiful sp
exists than these pretty valleys al
hills. Cold nights and healthy. bracil
mornings, and can sleep without mo
quito nets-such as these can afford
build a home.
Olives grow luxuriantly, hut requi
yearly pruning, when they bear abu
dainty. Navel oranges have been tri
at kahuku ranch. and are growing. b
seem very easily attacked by bu:
which may, however. be overcome.