The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-06-23

i IL the beginning bur 90 very wsn
afterwards Alligator pears xroz
we'll Wine grapes bear twice within
year and do reli. Figs bear with
IN = year after planting and bear in
abundance during f0ar months eTeT
affer- PiaeAppfes start bearing
eighteen Ioufhs after planting ard
bear every year regularly for years
10 come Sweet herbs. dill. lavender
majoram- sage. thyme ali DO well
Peppermint grows ike 3 weed Man
goes and papaias grow very vel ard
bear a better Favored fruit than in
other places ST. Johns bread and
Sap0dlll0 plum grow very we'll
OF ornamental and useful trees
have planted the following. all OF
them growing very well: GreviIIia
obusta ironwood, iaceranda. date
palms, cedar, acacia. kamono. boyle.
Dracaena draco. calabash tree. rub
Der vine. cacao. vanilla beans. cam
phor. castor beans. Coffee and sugar
cane grows very well here Wheat.
barley and oats come 20 maturity and
bear very well. but my place is too
rocky. to allow OF blowing. and | have
only experimental TO find out what
could be done. Alfalfa. bur clover
white clover. Australian rye grass.
orchard grass. buffalo grass, and
Kentucky blue grass I have sown. and
all OF them do wen and make fine
pasture. Australian saltbush 7 have
also tried on the rocks below with
good success
10 1se-< xrhfrh I ho4
given. il appears that almost every
thing man may think of will grow
| in this district. All the mentioned
fruits, vegetables. grasses. etc. |
have grown myself and very success
fully here. and any one who cares to
find out If l have reported the facts
may come and have a look for him
self
at is my opinion that with good
roads and proper transportation .faci
| iities this district of kona has great
| future. but there are a great many
drawbacks which make progress here
very slow In the first case. the
very high steamer charges make il
almost impossible TO grow anything
profitabIy, although things grow here
certainly as luxuriantly and album
| dainty as anywhere else; second. by
the Honolulu middIeman insists on
making No one in Honolulu is sat
isfied with 20 per cent. and they do
not work at less than 100 to 200 per
cent For instance. onions are never
sold in the Honolulu wholesale mar
ket for less than to 3 cents per
pound, but the most | was offered was
IL to cents per pound. l had the
same experience with Lima beans,
corn. ETC., and i have therefore al
most given up raising anything ex'
cept for my own use.
IF the United States Government
| would assist an inter-islanG steamer
line and compel it to charge reason
able freight rates. this would be a
great step in the right direction. II
would also be necessary to compel
the vessels of such a line to arrive
and depart at stated hours. not as
now. where people are compelled to
wait for the steamer from IL to
"a hours, the loss. and in conse
quence money. preventing farmers
here from sending things to Honolu
III. DCCduSt Oil tue HfOitS tACS GO0ld
make would be easily lost through
such tremendous loss of their time.
Another thing which would help to
develop this district and the coun
try generally. is the starting of an
experiment station not in Honolulu
however, but right here in Kona. An
experiment station in Honolulu is all
right as far as sugar cane and some
other tropical products are concern
ed. but the climate and surroundings
of Honolulu are not very well adapt
ed for experiments with any such
things as I have mentioned in the
foregoing list. The small farmer
however. win be compelled to raise
just such things as | have mentioned
/ in this report in order to make liv
ing and to develop the country. II
farmers could be told authoritatively
not only what they could grow, but
at what season and at what expense
should say it would not be so very
hard to encourage desirable people
to immigrate to Hawaii and try
their luck here.
Il hope that the little information
which am able to give may be what
your excellency expected and may
prove of some use to some one here
land abroad With expressions OF my
highest esteem. | remain. Mr.. Gov
ernor. verv respectfully.
FRANZ. BUCHHOLTZ. =
What has been the experience Of
Mr.. Bnchholtz. can be said of greai
many on this island They have ex
i perimented and know what they car
do but when they find that steamer
and other charges eat up the whole
shipment they are compelled TO raiss
only for their own use and what
they can not use they throw TO tbs
hogs-I mean the four-Iegged hogs
VERY respectfully. T. j. A.
& Mountain View. June IA. 1901
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