The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-12-05
INTERESTING INFORMATION
FOR THE AGRICULTURIST

disbudding process we will try TO ex-
plain in our promised pamphlet of Ha-
waiian flowers. The carnation has TAX
en- the place of our once beautiful !
roses as Queen of Flowers. You can
keep this little delightful flower for a |
week or more If the water is changed |
every day and a small portion of the |
stem cut off. In Japan and China, |
where flowers are planted for their per- !
fume. pulmonary diseases are UNI
known. Sunflowers need but little care
Bugs and other pests keep away from
them. Plant them at Your kitchen and
bath room drains and you will have no
malaria. plant them at your bed room
window. where you can look out on
their beautiful. bright. shining faces in
the morning. Any woman or child of
Iany nationality on any of the Islands
who will send US an addressed and
lstamped envelope will receive a small
package of sunfiower seed with our
compliments. We have just harvested
a lot and are feeding our chickens with
the seed. our mich COW with the
LEAVES and are using the stalks for
fuel
Hamakoa, Hawaii. The Jamaica
Yams-This yam Is one Of the most
Important articles of exchange in the
markets among the colored population
in Jamaica and 1t Is the staple food
plant of this people Gas much so as
taro is with our natives), az we'll as a
livery important vegetable. The cult
walton of the yam Is not confined to the
, natives but Is given serious attention
by some of the most intelligent plant
ers in jamaica This yam. we think, is
! well adapted to the higher portions of
: the Islands. All of our sugar and cof-
> fee planters should grow 1t for their
! laborers. who are SO dependent on
= vegetables. The profits from the cult
walton are not great. but 1t Is reason
D ably remunerative. 1t Is a vegetable OF
sufficiently characteristic flavor to win
! a place for itself on the hotel and fam
I lily table. One of our most esteemed
e ladies'. who Is now on visit to the
= British West Indies, has kindly prom
g ised to bring some seed yams on her
: return to Honolulu. This good lady
also says the variety which is superior
Il to all others is the yampie. baked
yampie. she continues. is more palat-
Z able than a baked potato and the crisI
= skin has a flavor different from that Of
n any other vegetable. We have a piece
o of land in upper Kalihi ready for the
r plant on its arrival. This is worthy
= lof serious consideration by the Hawaii
: an truck farmers as well as our sugar
II and coffee planters.
q Small Industries and Diversified Ag
. lriculture-Mr. G. NJ. Cooke, presiden
lof the Planters Association. at one O
g their meetings said: I'VE have not we
g diversified our industries enough w,
q lshould raise our own tobacco and max,
n our own cigars. We are doing wei
n with our coffee. our honey Is the bes
q in the London market and our oranges
are so much better than those Of Cali
u fornia that Claus Spreckels import
g them from here for his own table. Ha
X wall, despite all this. Is not raisin,
i lenough staples. We could not fill
II transport order the other day for 500
heads of cabbage. There ought to b
q plenty of native turkeys here. 1t Is