The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-10-20

samples were passed around and wer.
pronounced by the connoisseurs of ths
Board TO be Of excellent flavor. T'ht
tobacco was raised on shout an acre
and a quarter of ground under the iii
reetion Of the L. s. Experiment station
and personally attended TO ny Mr.. Bla-
COW. This is the result Of an appro-
priation made by the last Legislature to
experiment In tobacco culture. A por-
ton of this money was set aside to aid
in the culture under the direction Of
Jared Smith.
Mr. Smith reported that about 20 DOC
leaves, or about 1850 pounds. was the
result Of the first crop. The Board APP
proved Of the experiment thus far By
voting 10 continue ii another year Mr.
Smith is arranging to have the tobacco
cured. This operation viii take about
six weeks time. He thought il best
TO cure the product here rather than
to trust II 10 fasteners as they might
not be inclined to take the proper in
terest in the process. He stated that
the second crop would be planted short
y. He suggested trying to raise SUI
matra leaf in the Rona district. Mr..
Thurston was emphatic in his recon-
mendatson for a continuation Of the ex-
pertinent
BLUEFIELDs DOING WELL
It was reported that the Blueaelds
bananas are doing well and several
hundred suckers have been set cut.
The Board again wishes 70 draw the
attention of the public to the fact that
the BlueheEds bananas are not vet
ready for public distribution.
DANGERS TO HAWAII
The report OF Entonelogist Alex
ander Craw as TO the dangerous in
sects and pests which menace Hawaii,
was as follows;
Honolulu, Oct. Is. 1904
To the Honora bic Board Of Agriculture
and Forestry, Honolulu, T. H.
Gentlemen: All steamers and sail
ing vessels entering Honolulu from out
side the Territory OF Hawaii have been
visited upon arrival and all horticul-
turaI and agricultural products IN the
possession Of passengers or crew or
on the ships manifest, have been care
fully inspected on the docks. Some
small lots have been condemned and
destroyed or returned.
IN the case Of growing plants they
have been treated with hydrocyan5c
acid gas, even in cases where no in
lection could be noticed. This work
has been done IN orr new fuInigating
rooms on the docks, thereby removing
ali danger from sach imports
The. plants came from the States. enc
case from England and small lot from
Japan. From the latter country. some
apples, pears and a basket Of persi-
mons infested with Lepidoptera larvae
ana fungus disease. Samples we're put
up IN jars containing forruaiin for Of
fee exhibits.
A passenger * s. 5. Dorie on the
18th inst. from Japan. had q box Of
mammoth chesnuts that I found to
be infested with the larvae Of q beetle.
We found from one 10 eleven larvae in
! single nut The box ard It's contents
were destroyed by burning Samples
OF insects and nuts were also put Up
for the office.
The introduced beneficial insects from
Australia arrived in better condition.
I have placed Ar. kotInsky IN charge
OF the breeding room
The japanese Beetle kAdoretus I'M
brosuS).
one large box two-fhirds fun Of
earth and containing about 1000 OF the
beetles. some Of which were fungicIzed
specimens received from Father Ma1hi-
as through the kindness OF M Nc
CURE These were IN there nearly
three weeks so that now nearly all
the beetles are dead. and the entire
box. earth and al is well permeated
with the fungus. We are now ready
to notify the public, advising them %
bring beetles and cali for them On the
evening OF the third day.
Up 10 the present we hal three boxes
inoculated, the others win BE- ready
IN a week or 50. More might have,
been prepared. were II not for z lack
OF beetles 10 reach the Office
Some half a dozen species Of lady
bird beetles received from Messrs-
KoebeIe and Perkins, Oct 9Th, per e.
s. Ventura. are being fed and notes
taken on their life history One Of
these. Leisxconformls. a voraeious
aphis eater is doing particularly well
= male and TWO females were received
alive Eggs were found from time 70
time. altogether S3s eggs OF this spe-
cies were counted ~ TO date. Most
OF these have Matched as they pass
but 50-7e hours IN the egg-stage- They
seem 20 Dc fonG Of orange aphis; IN
fortunately the latter is growing scarce
in the Nursery orchard They appar-
emily rake other aphis aIst Sugar cane