The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1903-08-28
WILL KEEP
OUT PESTS
Pineapple Plants
Said to Have
Disease.

an embargo upon the importation o
coffee plants from Samoa, sisal from
Bahama, pineapple plants from Austria
liza and cocoa cuttings from the Dutct
East indies. 1t was decided also t
prohibit the importation entirely of al
plants, excepting through the port o.
Honolulu. This latter action is only
temporary-until the new agricultural
law is put into effect.
There were present at the meetinl
yesterday: l.. A. Thurston. president;
II. +. 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
meeting. These We're the men appoint
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. f. Oldng North Kohala .
f. b. McStocker. Puma Daniel Forbes,
Hamakua; +. 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.
B. Wells, Wailuku.
Oahu-Andrew Adams, Koolauloa; l..
l.. McCandless, IKoolauloa to Heeia; C.
Bolte, Heeia to Maunawili Hurd, Koo-
laupoko, from Maunawili and Kaneohe
to Makapuu Point; Walter Dillingham;,
Eva; Novel;, Waialua.
Kauai-Geo. Fl. Fairchild, from Lihue
to Kilauea: Albert Wilcox, Hanalai; ;
Moore, Kilauea to Hanalei; r.
Webber, 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 ut
tackled by a fungus disease which had
entirely destroyed the coffee crop Of
Samoa. In view of the close proximity
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 sisal bulletin, issued by the
Agricultural Experiment Station.
Mr.. Dole also spoke of the importa-
tion 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
pineapples had been attacked by dam
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
stated, 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 dozen other varieties of plant
diseases. These pineapple plants had
become black, and he could tell nothing
other than that they We're not infected
with dangerous insects. Mr., Dole stat
ed that he would like very much to
see these pineapples introduced, but II
they We're 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 10
destroy them. He said that they might
have already passed into the possess
sion of Mr. Jordan. he having already
given him pass, but he was instructed
10 use moral suasion in order to recover
the plants.
Mr.. Giffard suggested the necessity Of
stopping all importations until the new
law had been properly put into effect,
He called attention to the fact that all
kinds of plants were going through
Hilo and other supports without any
sort of an examination and he suggest
ed that the Importation of plants be
forbidden temporarily.
Mr.. Thurston said he was not in favor