The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-08-27
The Agricultural Board
Will Forbid
import.
Discuss Various Measures for the
Protection of Home
Plants.


Board of Agriculture that at yester-
| days meeting it was decided to put
an embargo upon the Importation Of
| coffee plants from Samoa, sisal from
Bahama. pineapple plants from Austria
| liza and cocoa cuttings from the Dutch
East Indies. 1t was decided also TO
prohibit the Importation entirely of all
plants, excepting through the port of
Honolulu This latter action is only
ltemporary-until the new agricultural
| law is put into effect.
There were present at the meeting
yesterday: L. A. Thurston. president:
H. E. Cooper. secretary; ]. D. Dole and
w. NJ. Giffard. Professor r. L. c. Per
kins was also in attendance.
NEW FORESTERS.
There was some discussion over the
appointment of volunteer foresters, Mr..
Thurston reading replies received from
the old foresters. written after the last
ed by Governor Dole, and they will
continue to serve without salary.
The appointments made yesterday by
the Board of Agriculture and Forestry
were as follows:
Hawaii-E. E. Gliding. North Kohala.
F. b. McStocker. Puma: Daniel Forbes.
Hamakua; F. w. Carter. South Ko-
hala; Franz Bucholtz, South Kona,
from Kau to Kona Plantation line:
Manager Hewitt of Hutchinson Planta-
ton, Kona to Pahala.
Maui-H. P. Baldwin, Kaanapali; c.
Il. Wells, Wailuku.
Oahu-Andrew Adams, Koolauloa; L.
L. McCandless, Koolauloa to Heeia; c.
Bolte. Heeia to Maunawili; Hurd, Koo-
laupoko. from Maunawili and Kaneohe
to Makapuu Point; Walter Dillingham;,
Eva; NOVEL;, Waialua.
Kauai-Geo. H. Fairchild. from Lihue
to Kilauea; Albert Wilcox, Hanalei;
Andrew Moore. Kilauea to Hanalei; F.
Weber, Lihue.
NEW BUILDING.
Secretary Cooper presented the plans
for the remodeling of the building at
the government nursery, for the use
of the board. but he was given further
time to complete the plans.
CAN'T TAKE FERNS.
Upon motion OF Mr.. Giffard it was
decided that no further permits be
granted for the taking of ferns, plants
and shrubs from government lands.
Professor Perkins reported that the
hills had been almost denuded Of ferns.
particularly the tree fern. Hereafter
permission must first be obtained from
Mr.. Cooper. who Is the executive officer
OF the board
IMPORTATIONS PROHIBITED.
Professor Perkins reported that he
had received advices from the Dutch
East Indies that the cocoa had been
attacked by the parasite and he sug-
gested that the board prohibit importa-
tions from the Indies.
He reported also that the leaf OF
coffee in Samoa and Fiji had been At
tackled by a fungus disease which had
entirely destroyed the coffee crop of
Samoa In view of the close proximity
of Samoa he urged that the imDorta-
ton of coffee plants should be .ro-
hibited.
Mr. Dole called attention to a re-
port he had heard, that the sisal IN |
the Bahamas had been attacked by !
some sort of disease. Mr.. Thurston ]
stated also that he had read of the dis
ease in the sisaI bulletin, issued by the
Experiment Station.
Mr.. Dole also spoke of the importa- !
ton of five thousand pineapple plants !
from Australia which it was thought !
had some sort of disease. These plants /
had been imported by r. A. Jordan. and !
Mr.. Dole was to receive a part. 1t was
stated at the meeting that information
had come from Australia that the
had been attacked by a dan
gerous fungus disease which might
spread to the Hawaiian pineapples.
Professor Perkins said he had ex-
amined the imported pineapple plants,
but had not been able to discover any,
thing. so had passed the shipment. He
however. that it was impossi-
Bile to find anything on plant which
had been shipped weeks ago. and which
had since had time to gather on it
self a dozen other varieties of plant
diseases. These pineapple plants had
become black. and he could tell nothing
Dther than that they were not infected
with dangerous insects Mr. Dole stat
ed that he would like very much 70
see these pineapples introduced. but if (
they were diseased he intended TO burn
those he had. The board finally voted
to exclude the 5000 pineapple plants
and Professor Perkins was instructed
TO recover them if possible, and TO
destroy them. He said that they might
have already passed into the posses
sion OF MT Jordan. he having already |
given him a pass. but he was instructed