The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-12-22
THE AGRICULTURAL
EXHIBIT IS GOOD
LARGE AMOUNT or FRUITS AND
THE LIKE EXHIBITED IN CON
NECTION WITH POULTRY.

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The exhibit of fruit and flowers at
the Poultry show continues to grow.
a number of plants and vegetables be-
ing added to the exhibit this morning.
| With the birds, the fruit and the vege-
tables, a sumptuous Christmas dinner
could be served from the amount of
goods available on exhibit at the rink
There would be turkey, chickens and
squads, fruit and vegetables, potted
plants to decorate the table with, coffee
to drink and tobacco to round the meal
off with an after dinner cigar. There
would be but one thing missing from
Christmas menu and that is the cram
berries. Even the pepper is provided
and as salt is made in the islands,
while it is not exhibited it should be
thus completing the dinner There
are any number of freshly laid eggs
which could be used and if one wished
a staple article as a side dish he could
cook rice which is also exhibited
The exhibition by the Farmers Insti-
tute and the Bureau of Agriculture is
a very creditable one Among the most
| interesting exhibits is a hive of bees
working behind glass busily engaged
in building their cells for the honey.
This exhibit is furnished by the St.
| Louis College. Another interesting
exhibit are the strawberries grown at
Wahawa by Byron O. Clark. These
are of an exceptionally large size and
look very tempting Another berry
exhibit that of mulberries by the Ka-
mehameha Girls school, is also very
fine.
There are a few splendid pineapples
grown on Maui on exhibit These
are a few of crop that furnished
$500 to the acre.
The tobacco exhibit is a very fine
one. There is tobacco shown in every
stage of the process by which cigars
are made There is the green leaf, the
dried leaf and also the finished cigars.
Tobacco has long been the special
hobby of Director Jared G. Smith of
the local United States Experiment
Station and this morning he was busily
engaged in rolling cigars for his friends
as he explained the different stages Of
the Tobacco.
An exhibit is made of all the things
which pertain to the government forest
reserves. There is the iron posts which
mark the boundaries, maps of the re-
serves and the different notices which
are tackled up. There are also pham-
plets on forestry to be given away to
those who would read them.
The fern and palm exhibit is very
large and adds much to the beauty of
the hall i'm which the exhibit is made.
They are banked up several deep and
are very attractive. Several different
varieties are shown.
The prizes were awarded as follows
i'm the fruit exhibit:
Pineapples-Haiku Fruit and Pack
ing Co. First and second prizes.
Standardization O. Clark. First
prize.
Avocado Pears-Byron o. Clark. First
prize.
Mangoes-Mrs. w. L. Bower First
prize.
Carambolas-NIrs f. e. King First
prize.
Hawaiian Seeding Oranges-Dorothy
Krauss, nrst; Judge Frear second.
Mandarin Oranges-W. c. Weldon.
First prize.
Pomelos-W. e. Wall First prize.
Limes-Lunalilo Home First prize
Strawberry Guavas-Lunalilo Home
First prize.
Bread Fruit-Judge Dole. First prize.
Pomegrantes-Judge Dole. First and
second prizes.
Taro-Judge Frear. First prize.
A list of the exhibits is as follows:
Pineapples, Sorghum, Alfalfa, lTaro,
Peppers, Carrots, Bananas, Oranges,
Roselle, Soursop, Mulberries, Pome-
granets, Tomatoes, Figs, Guavas,
Strawberries, Carambolas, Bread Fruit,
Wi Fruit, Pomeles, Oranges, Citrons,
Strawberries Avocados Mangoes, Pa
: paias, Mosquito Fish, Silk culture, In
furious insects, Fruit shipping crates,
Honey, Bees, Rice and Rice plants,
Coffee, Tobacco, Palms and Ferns of
different varieties, Rubber plants, Ban
vans seeds and plants, Pepper, Maho-
gany, and eggs There are also maps
showing forest reserves. There are
also a number of implements exhibit
ed.