The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-04-15
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Corn, from Egypt; an excellent gar
den variety; natures in ninety days; said
to be one of the best sorts grown in
Egypt, and probably we'll adapted to
warm climates
Three varieties of the common garden
bean from Chilli.
Peanut, from Egypt; a good forage
plant for light or sandy soils; makes
good hog feed. This strain is one of the
best oil producers grown in Egypt. A
farmers bulletin, describing the cultiva-
ton of the peanut, may be secured by
applying to the Secretary of Agriculture,
Washington, D. c.
Japan clover; a low-growing, perennial
forage plant suitable for hot countries.
Thrives on the poorest, most sterile soils;
makes an excellent pasture grass; re-
seeds itself; not tall enough for hay.
No. 1869, Mathis watermelon: a new
watermelon of superior quality and pro-
ductiveness, shaped like the "Kolb GEN.
but larger, brighter green, with brighter
stripes, and white Seeds The melons
range from 80 to 100 pounds in weight
and average from 700 to 1000 to the car
load. A carload 1920 pounds) shipped
from Monetta during the season of 1899
contained 700 melons which averaged
forty-six pounds each. The vines are
very thrifty and prolific. The yield often
reaches one carload per acre. The Ma
this is a fine shipper. Plant and cult
vate as for other watermelons.
Corn, from Egypt; a sweet corn which
natures in seventy days; recommended
for the drier districts of the Islands.
Ell Dorado cotton, from Arkansas; an
improved strain of upland cotton; hardy,
prolific, with large bolls; plant in drills
four feet apart and thin to fifteen inches
in the row; cultivate well until time of
Towering.
Cryptomeria Japonica, Japanese ee-
dar; beautiful evergreen for forest
paintings on mountain slopes. 1t requires
a humid climate with seventy to ninety
inches of rainfall.
Velvet bean; forage plant of excep-
tional merit for subtropical countries.
Jannovitoh Egyptian cotton: a new
strain of Egyptian cotton, considered
superior to Mit-Afifi and Abassy; Egy9
tian cotton requires an arid climate and
irrigation. The yield is less than for
upland cotton. The fibre is snow-white.
fine and silky, IL to ~ inches long.
Plant in drills five feet apart and thin
to two three feet. 1t requires a
Ions season to reach maturity New
York prices for Egyptian cotton range
from 10 to 20 cents. The United States
imports s10,000,o00 worth of Egyptian cot
ton annually. If this crop can be estab-
hshed in the Islands it will prove prof
table industry for small farmers. Egyp-
tian cotton requires a dry climate with
plenty of soil moisture. The plant is
hardy and is remarkably free from dis
ease.
Truths big boil cotton; hardy, pro-
life plant three to five feet high, adapt
ed to dry, billy uplauds of medium fer
Utility; natures rather late; bolls very
large; staple three -fourths to seven
eighths of an inch Plant in drills four
feet apart, leaving plants fifteen inches
apart in the drills Keep the ground
well cultivated until time of Towering.
Broad bean, from France; grown Tor
forage requires a rather cool season Tor
best results. The beans are largely used
in Europe for horse feed, and have &C
quired some reputation in the United
States as a coffee substitute. They are
largely grown by the Portuguese In
Alameda county, California, for the lat
ter purpose; mature in four months.
Colman sorghum, from Kansas; a va
riety grown at Medicine Lodge, Kas., for
twenty years and selected and improved
to increase the sucrose content of the
cane. Considered one of the best sorts
for syprup; also good forage crop.
Horse bean, from Egypt; this bean is
one of the principal forage crops OF
Egypt; grown there as winter crop
following cotton rice.