The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-07-06
hi TURE OF
VANILLA
awaii and Porto
Rico to Have a
| Chance.
NIGER OF PRIVATE
| IMPORTATIONS
Agricultural Department Will
bi,tTibute Plants to Those
Who Want Them.

9n1rzl Bulletin NJ ~ FiSioh "a
afor the successful establish
- vanilla culture in Hawaii and
Rico."
as Pracuced in the Seychelles
a, and it contains this interesting
s,s BIZ D. q. Fairchild:
allowing paper on vanilla culture
/ bssn prepared by Mr.. S. G.. Gal
IN of Maize, Seychelles Islands, who
| FOR some time associated with Mr..
T sRingls, agricultural explorer of
Section OF Seed and Plant Intro
nan. in the preparation OF a joint
7oIr on the culture and disease of
ia il those Islands.
the second part of the report, which
with the disease, has not been COM
4 II seems desirable not to delay
Esr the publication of this part, re-
~ 10 vanilla culture. inasmuch as
practically complete in itself.
though the vanilla is a plant native
nsrca. It's culture is now carried on
extensively and successfully in
-5o1. Seychelles, Mauritius, NADIA
a. and other islands lying in the
is in the Indian Ocean east of
as well as in the Island of Tahiti
as South Pacific.
vanilla industry is a very impor-
a.s In the Seychelles Islands, and
GsIbra.th, himself for many years a
sssfuI planter, Is in a most favora BILE
n TO write on the subject of vanilla
IT.
Z vanilla is & climbing orchid, the
IL nature pod of which is the part
~ 10 trade and that which fur
= vanilla favoring. The plant grows
sly in the Tropics. and is SO SEN
Te 70 cold that its culture can be sue
FIJI only in regions absolutely free
Z fF0st
= resent annexation of the Hawaiian
Us. Puerto Rico and other tropical
i-oTg has added to our domain re-
Is WHICH there is reason To believe
prove admirably suited to the culti-
On Of tins plant
be competition OF artificial vanilla,
pared syEihsticaIly by chemical meth
has not proved TO be of any con-
Ersbe Importance. Indeed, the price
geo5 vanilla has risen during recent
rs pra5ably because Of the averages
1-saase IN the islands where il is prin-
Lily ruEu.
aspeetTe growers viii be greatly aid
z hiding suitable climates and soil
". G4braiths concentrations on
+ points.
2s disease mentioned in various places
us bulletin is the one described IN
second as yet unpublished part OF
original memoir. 1t is of fungous
o. great destructiveness, and
-1s curing moist hot weather very
-iy, frequently causing total destruc-
@ IaTge Plantations in a month.
aS recent years It has seriously Grip
he vanilla industry in Seychelles,
'''h' and other islands OF the Indian
- MS nalady spreads with ex-
----'y Fapidity where plants are
-s4 and allowed to intertwine, and
Is reason Mr. Gailbraith advises
'N eoSe planting, though in regions
'.-'l the disease such culture m .ghi
a-'e more profitable than the
as asre advocated.
Is s-s-. going into details, it may be
g. '@-'siy affirmed from the results
:. 14-oraith.s very thorough and
----s studies that the malady is OF
-tlyeUesss spreads so rapid
: 50 difficult TO control, that II
= L ever introduced. ruin probably
= ne prospects OF successful va.
lure IN or new territories.
-. ans J@-n, matter of absolute
= ~, ,.-t- I-4-ce 10 keep the disease
naval and Puerto Rico If it is
s-oS'S7- 70 grow vanilla there.
s' method G. destroying in ad.
~-l- or establishing this high.
-s industry could be conceived
49, .--l o; carrying out the frs
--L would occur to an enter.
i'ssser-.e Cultlvator, viz, Of
90 Tie Stands Of the Indiar
-sFe vanilla culture is mos
ir7 for a stock Of plant:
~ starting vzuiliery.
wy possible way Of ssfze-1ar7ins
--,z. '--a5 against this disease Ii
- absolutely the introduction
49, ~ vanilla plants except by tn,
ana then only after iuspec
scent plant pathologist
.-.--- plants may be null
rapidly IL placed under fav
---ss and from 2 small stool
.--.-. pants 1t would soon b
stock al the Islands.
--ls Of Agriculture p-onose
- Perfectly healthy plant
z---. ..-..-4 To planters wishing +
e-z- VIA vanilla culture. ana
srv .-- mean while. IN the absenc
5--.--e legislation on the s1Ibiac,
1aes IN VIE prevent any pro
: s9g- ~ .--.-R of vanilla cutting,
! 5 lbz -9 Inc plants begin IN va
: lss5 ices 0i an expert shoyI5 h
"a S. - s'=E-Lteud the curing f.
-e5 .- constructed apparatus
l,o5g-. 20 report Oh the quality G
very Prospect for -. go,
z,-..1 9-ShUent OF va1fIr. 50 soy
and Puerto Pc ,,'-''- -,H ~ .ui
ss .sz s,.a climates be found or
-'sesse be excluded e. -
a I 81 '.-lsi-y which Yielded 70 ~ -
" ssyeba1.' Lahli in 1927 .l72 295
Ron g.. - : *-45,51o In 1887. ana
- h s,,l- -'lS In 1892 Is vyorfS-- :,
TIE al. Prospective cuItfvl
asI - -sls-sa5.--ty Of pubEshing
L e1apFs-t-on the subject AZ n
aawaH 49, 80 ~ the conviction IN
aelss e ana Puerto Rico offe s,' s III
- ~ the introduction Of - y