The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-12-21
POULTRY
ET CETERA
Small Farm PRODUCES
Make a Fine
Showing.

| Is a marked success, out from a 1lndfla
c:al standpoint it comes a little early,
for the public is too busy with Christ
! mas troubles to devote much time to
the subject of chickens, even when they
are as good as those shown in the rink
Judge Woodruff took the greatest pains
in awarding the prizes and there was
| no favoritism shown in a single IN
| stance Naturally some of the exhib
! itors whose birds were disqualified for
| faulty markingy under Or over weight.
| felt trifie sore, but they tried to look
pleasant as they gave it out that they
would have birds next year that would
| take the ribbons or lose their heads.
The fruit section of the exhibit is
really worth while, and the opinion was
| heard on all sides that the show should
| be held earlier when more varieties of
| fruits are in season. That which was
| on the counter drew covetous remarks
from everyone. Not the least attractive
| of this branch were the many plaster
! casts of mangoes. This is the collec-
/ ton of Gerrit P. Wilder, and the casts
We're all made by him and painted in
! actual colors of the fruit by d. Howard
| Hitchcock.
Mr.. Wilder is greatly interested in
| the cultivation of fruit and shows in
! this exhibit the casts of the parent
| fruit and, in comparison, casts of fruit
| taken from trees that grew from the
seeds of the fruit on the parent tree.
/ In many instances it can not be recog-
| nized as the same variety, either by
! size, shape or color. One case in par
ticular is the Seeding from the famous
i'mango tree in the grounds of S. NJ.
| Damon. The fruit in this case is large.
! yellow and luscious, while the seeding
| is dark green and according to Mr..
| Wilder, unfit to eat or, rather, not
! worth eating.
! There is a large number of these
J casts, and Mr.. Wilder explained to
| those who were interested the peculiar
| tiles of the different fruit. He has de-
cided to cease planting seed and resort
entirely to grating, as experience is
| that he secures better results.
Another interesting exhibit is that
made by Byron O. Clark, and consists
of two large plates of strawberries.
grown at Wahiawa. The fruit is all
large, but one of the berries was meas
ured by a gentleman yesterday and the
tape showed four and a quarter inches
Haiku Fruit and Packing Co. took
both first and second prizes. Byron o.
Clark took first prize for his straw
berries and avocado pears. Mrs w.
l.. Bower was the winner of first prize
for mangoes. For best carambolas,
Mrs. F. E. King; Hawaiian Seeding
oranges, Dorothy Krauss first, Judge
F'rear second; mandarin oranges, w. c.
first; lines, Lunalilo Home; Wis, Wal
in size and the flavor is said to be
superior to any variety of that fruit
grown in the islands. In size it will
measure three times the size of the
average fruit. First prize for straw
berry guavas was awarded to Lunalilo
Home, while Judge Dole captured first
prize for breadfruit and first and sec
ond for pomegranateS. Judge Frear
took first prize for taro.
The Bureau of Agriculture and For
estry has an exhibit of especial inter
est to those with love for the beau
tifuI in nature. Forester Hosmer was
IN the building and explained the diff
ferent boxes and their contents In
cases where the display seemed made
quate to show what could be done at
the nursery he explained that the
boxes had been brought over to show
that seeds were planted in box, and
when they had terminated and grown
to height of an inch or more they
were transferred to another box and
from that to still another. There were
several sets of these boxes and one
package was a plant several inches
tall wrapped in leaves formed in the
shape of pot. In this way the youns
plants are shipped and deposited in
the ground where the leaf covering dis
inteSrates.
There are also cuttings of the Chinese
banyan and the bougainvillea, the lat
ter exceedingly difficult to raise Rub
Der cuttings show the different yarie-
ties OF that tree grown successfully in
the islands. This work of the depart
ment is in the hands of David Haughs.
and his success has been marked
Ihere are maps showing the forest
reservations on all the islands and