The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-05-14

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tise this country than any other of our
fruits Every visitor and every tourist
goes away with some impression of this
| fruit, good, bad or Indifferent. but he
| at least carries an impression, some
thing whereby he remembers the coun,
try and that is what we desire. Even
! this fruit, the best we market. is not
equal to that grown in private yards.
How few good mangoes are to be had
| by purchase. Unless che has friends.
having trees in their yards. il is al
most impossible to obtain such thing
| as a good mango. It should be picked,
| iced and eaten within a few hours. but
not as we find them in the market,
| having been knocked from the trees
| and allowed to ripen in the fruitstands.
| This treatment takes away all the in
| dividual taste and reduces what should
! have been a lucious fruit into a pulpy
mass. One of the most undesira BILE
/ features of this fruit to a stranger is
, the flavor of turDentine. This flavor
1 is not found in the better varieties if
+, carefully pealed. These better varie-
ties are only found in private yards
/ Last summer I made the experiment
, of buying some of all the varieties of
| this fruit l could find in the market
and found. much to my disappoint-
, ment, that not one of them was palat-
able. 1t has been my personal expert
ence, and also that of others, that
many tourists to this country who have
spoken of a dislike for mangoes, have
been completely won over by being
offered. and eating, one mango of good
variety.
OF the several varieties of bananas
grown commonly on these islands. the
Cooking banana" as it is usually call
ed, is the best we find in the market.
This cooked makes a delicious vege-
table. AS we all know of the Chinese"
banana, the one exported, the best and
largest fruit is all sent away from
here. We never see here the quality
of this variety that the Californian en-
joys. This ought not to be SO. What
is pronounced by the majority Of peo-
pie as our best banana, the apple va
riety, is little known. 1t is small but
has a very pleasant and decided flavor.
Though it grows very easily, it is sell
dom found in the market.
In passing / would like to draw a
comparison between Hawaii and the
island of Jamaica. One has but to
read the history of Jamaica to see that,
II II were llOl IcI tliS t'tliG1IC AldtiS-
try, that island would have practically
no exports. Through the efforts of one
man, this island has become foremost
in the line of banana expectation.
One of our finest fruits and yet one
that is hardly known is the wi. It
grows easily, though a little difficult to
start, it being necessary to crack the
hard shell of the seed before planting.
The fruit falls easily from the tree in
a wind even before maturing. so that
it needs breakwind. But when start
ed and protected will yield great
quantity of fruit as the. mango does.
There is nothing more pleasing to
my taste than half Of a good, iced
grapefruit, well sprinkled with sugar
and served as an appetizer before din
ner. It is we'll known by those who
have had the opportunity of eating
them that the Hawaiian grapefruit far
excels any of the varieties imported.
Our grapefruit is about the size of that
grown in California, but is much more
juicy and finer in flavor, and is almost
never seen in the markets.
One very we'll known fruit is the
lime Enough has been done with this
in the line of growing and importing
from the other islands to supply the
local market. This fruit is of good
quality though small.
The lemon which can be grown well
in these islands, is not often SEEN
AS yet we have not been able to COM
pete with California in the line of rails
ng grapes. 1t is we'll known that one
1r two varieties do splendidly here but
those who grow them
pick them green and that naturally
makes them sour. But when these
grapes are allowed to fully mature,
hey turn out TO be delicious, equal to
hose raised in the States. The Federal
Government, seeing the possibilities of
his industry, has decided to expert
nent with about $50 varieties to de-
ernine the ones best adapted to the
Hawaiian conditions and climate.
Perhaps of all the fruits, the fig is
he most easily obtained. We. no .
Ioubt, have a superior fig for the table
han the California variety, which
hough sweeter and so better adapted
or drying, is much smaller and less
uicy.
Not many berries have been tried to
ny extent in this country. During
he season, strawberries are quite pIen- 4
iful and sold at fair price. The null
cry is never sold but is being Guilt
ated to some extent by private in
ividuals. The blackberry also is never
cen in the markets but grows we'll at c
Ugh elevations as has been proven by I
he patch Mr.. Baldwin set out on Hal
.akala. A successful experiment. has
ltely been made by Mr.. Allan Herbet
grating cultivated variety of I
blackberry on the hardy Wild native 4
ariety. A good sized blackberry of u
God flavor is the result
During the hot summer months one u
the fruits that greatly appeal to
5 is the watermelon. Considerable has
cen done with this fruit, which shows
lat with care and patience and under
roper conditions this will grow to be
large size and delicious flavor
The muskmelon seems to have quite
to hold its own but under the Il
'oper conditions this also can be L
ade to grow well.