The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-07-19
MANGOSTEENS FOR HAWAII
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caterers would be glad to get them for
their wealthy customers.
ATE EMPEROR's TOMATO.
Mr.. Wilder visited the famous Kew
| Gardens in London and the great hot
houses of Van Houte Pere of Client,
Belgium. There he found acres and
| acres of hot houses devoted to raising
| almost everything known in the tenn
perate and tropical chimes. The Van
Houte gardens were a private enter
prise and the products are sold the
world over. In Paris he went over the
Jardin des Plantes, where he was par
ticularly pleased with the system of
planting out and carefully labelling ev-
erything for the edtfication of the Wis
itors. In Hamburg and Bremen he also
found beautiful gardens, but it was re-
served for him to see in Potsdam the
finest gardens in all Europe. These
were the private ones of the Kaiser.
To them he was given admission
sul-General at Berlin. The head-gar-
dener personally conducted him about
the gardens and through the great
houses. where the choicest of vegetables
and fruits are raised for the hmperor's
tables. 1t was his privilege to eat a
tomato which was intended to be sent
that day to the Emperor's residence.
He brought some tomato seeds from
the Potsdam hothouses.
WILL RAISE MANGOsTEENS
The principal treasure which Mr. Will
der brought to Honolulu are some
mangosteen seeds which We're given
him in Washington by Mr.. David G.
Fairchild, Agricultural Explorer, De-
partment of Agriculture. All the way
over he took the utmost care of them
and will plant them out as soon as they
are released from inspection by the
Board of Agriculture's agents. There is
only one mangosteen tree at present in
the islands known to Mr.. Wilder. This
is on Mr.. Gays place on Kauai. Man
gosteens are not only a novelty but a
luxury, and the fruit is sold in New
York for $3.50 apiece. The mangosteen
is hard, purple fruit looking much
like the small russell apple, except it is
purple in color. It contains much meat
1t is a tasty fruit, and there is con-
siderable demand for it in the East. 1t
is grown mostly in Florida.
marched mango trees propagated at
Mr.. Wilder and will be set out shortly.
The department is going into the man
go business on a large scale and is en-
deavoring to propagate plants there
that can be sent to all tropical Ameri-
can possessions. A bulletin is shortly
to be issued by the Department on man
goes and in this will appear photo
graphs of sixteen different varieties col
lected by Governor Carter and Mr.. Will
der and taken to Washington by the
latter The bulletin will be devoted al
most exclusively to manages as grown
in Hawaii.
Alligator pears are something which
are attracting much attention in the
East. They sell in New York for s1.25
apiece.
A mango tree which Mr.. Wilder
planted five years ago on his premises
is an example of what can be done with
this fruit. The only remaining mango
on the tree, after the small boy had
plucked the remainder, was an exceed
ingly large one which the owner found
on the tree yesterday afternoon. 1t is
as large as an average-sized papaya
and is beautifully colored. 1t is a kind
which Mr. Wilder said would easily sell
in New York for $1.50.
HAWAII HAS THE CLIMATE.
Il found that about everything that
was being grown in European hot
houses were things we have growing
in the open in Hawaii said Mr.. VIII
der. I'VE have a superb climate for
growing things naturally to be found
in a tropical country and with atten-
ton we can do we'll with fruits we
have advantages too. in that we have
no monkeys, no reptiles, no birds TO
speak of and few insects to bother our
fruits
CHAMBERLAIN'S Collie, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy is everywhere
acknowledged to be the most success