The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-12-13

iahds- But trees once starfad ba,.o
must be cultivated and not left alone n
grow and bear fruit That was the g.
cret OF success in growing citrus frui,s
rant seeds of the Hawaiian oranges
ana thousands of trees wo,,Jd ero,v
from them. Then cultivate them cara.
fully. care
Mr smith spoke of an orange grove
at Lahaina which was ffourishine- aus
was profitable to the owner. There w,sro
ciuinps OF trees also In Kona and Ha-
niakua which We're doing well.
JUDGE DOLE ON FRUIT
Judge Dole spoke also of oranqa a,5
other fruit trees. He had small NO.
IN Fauoa in which orange trees were
growing, and although neglected n
Some extent they were doing fairI,,
Wen He thought the King orange or
California suitable for the Islands. II
was sweet and aromatic
secretary Higgins spoke enro,rap D.
lngiy in the same matter. Several
orange clumps he had seen in Eona
were doing very well.
CULTIVATION OF BANANAS
A paper on the cultivation of ba-
nanas, by Charles Furneaux of Hjlo
was read by the secretary. The nanar|
had originally been read before the
Hilo Agricultural Society. It contain
ed valuable data on the varieties
which do well in and about Hflo and
gave minute directions as to their cul-I
tivation. Mr.. Patty, of Hilo was asked
TO speak concerning his knowledge of
banana cultivation and said he both
raised and shipped the fruit. Some of
the shipments to California had BEEN
financial losses to him. He hoped toll
get forty cents a bunch in future. He
has hundred Cuban plants which do
Well In fact, he spoke strongly in
favor of the Lady Finger. Cuban and
Chinese varieties. For shipping banana
leaves alone We're not sufficient Is
wrappers and grasses should also be
used.
AS TO COFFEE.
Mr. Terry, of Olaa, spoke of the cof- /
fee industry. He conceded with others
that coffee raising in an about Olaa
had been somewhat of a failure He
had been on Louisson's coffee planta-
ton in Hamakua. where 5000 bags of
coffee were the years product. the
largest crop in the islan6s to his knowl-
edge. He was astounded to find in
Waimea almost as fine looking coffee
trees as on the Louisson place At the
McWayne's. in Kona, he found coffee
trees had developed satisfactorily.
About 300 acres of sisal had also been
planted at this place. Mrs Shipman
had coffee trees bearing from which
she picked berries when a child
There was a future for coffee in Ha-
wall. The United tSates never before
had territories which could grow cof-
fee and for that reason, with Hawaii,
Porto Rico and the Philippines as out
lying possessions. Congress should give
some attention to the development of Z
coffee within its borders Inferior cof- {
fee was being brought into the United |
States from foreign countries which ,
should be barred when good and far {
better coffee could be grown in Hawaii 2
and other outlying parts of the United (
States. There was q law against the,
of tea believed to be in
iul'it us. and so there should be sim
lar law covering coffee. II
INSECT PESTS.
Mr.. Kotinsky, assistant to Alexander
-raw of the Territorial Board of Agri-
culture spoke of the insects which
find in great numbers
md varieties in Hawaii. Among the Y
arge importations made by the people
If Hawaii were insects. An insect
brought in here from another country Q
'ound itself somewhat isola cd and 2
started out in search of food and pick &
ID on something which ultimately p
caused a loss to planters and farmers 4
alike. He had found that yards in il
honolulu were genuine incubators for a
INJURIOUS insects, and all wereEready q
% attack any plantation. There were a
many yards, not inhabited by their t
owners, but given over to Oriental ard S
,ther Iessees. Such places We're de-
light to the entomologist, for in them
lie could find a large and rare collec-
ion of insects, while on the mainland
he same insects would generally bel
ound only in the laboratories dead, :
requently, spread out and labeled. 1t
vas better late than never and he was
lad to see that the Government and
,Ianters had begun a warfare on such
tests. The Territory was to be CON
,ratulated in having just the man q
Prof. Craw) to wage the warfare.
There were some entomoIogists who
elieve in fighting noxious insects with a
heir natural enemies. Others believe Il
n artificial measures. Above all there P
ras needed a hearty cooperation on the j,
art of the farmers, cultivators and 6
he entomoIogists to procure the best z
esults.
fR. VAN DIMES CONTRIBUTION.
D. l.. van Dine, entomoIogist Of the n
United States Experiment Station. con p
ributed an Interesting AMI valuable "
# Of notes on insect work. The paper
fae intended largely to give practical
dvice to farmers on the insects which
afest their fields and crops. There
ERE many insects which were not in
lrious. but the majority were injuri-
Us. Oftentimes the farmer did not
now the difference and des troyed the. ht
pod and the bad. There should be CO. CO
peration between the farmer and the e
overnment entomoIogist. The CORE s;
between the two was grow II