The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-03-16

inducement to the man of small means
of any agricultural product thus far
developed on Maui. Maui growers
have been remarkably successful both
in quality and quantity of pinedpples
produced. They believe that they are
raising better fruit and larger crops
per acre than anywhere else in the rc1-
ritory, although as yet their acreage
does not equal the Wahlawa district.
Several hundred acres are now ptoduc-
ing. The Baldwin interests own por-
ton of the land thus being cultivated,
having given three leases sometimes
ago. One of them is a twenty-year
lease. The others are for ten. Az
would be indicated by the expression
of Harry A. Baldwin quoted above
there is not likely to be much more
leasing done, in the immediate future
at least. The Haiku Fruit & Packing
Company is running 9 cannery in The
Haiku district where most of the pine
! apples are being grown. They are ray
ing twenty-five dollars per ton and are
apparently doing well. Some of the
growers have succeeded in raising phe-
nomenal crops. One man marketed
twenty-seven tons of fruit from an eX-
perimental acre last season and TWEEN
ty tons is said to be an ordinary yield.
This has been secured by close plant
ing, the object being to produce fruits
of about four pound weight rather
than the larger sizes where the waste
in canning is greater.
Maui from its great diversity of eli
mate appears to hold forth promise Of
great things in many other lines Of
agriculture and horticulture. For
many years the Portuguese home
steads of Kula, lying on the west slope
of Haleakala at an elevation of be-
tween two and three thousand feet,
have been producing splendid crops OF
corn, Irish potatoes, and other prod
ucts of the temperate zone. 1t was on
these lands also in earlier days, that
most of the wheat of the Territory
was raised
The Portuguese have up to the pres
ent time been the only nationality to
engage in diversified farming. They,
of late years, have been growing
grapes on a small scale with much sue
cess and the Portuguese hui known as
the Kaupakalua Wine Company has
been making wine for the past three
years of splendid quality.
The success of the Portuguese is on
ly indicative of the possibilities of the
island in an agricultural way. Much
remains to be done in scientific grow
ing of the various crops for the Portu-
.guese are not to be considered up to
date in farming methods. Most of their
products could doubtless be greatly i'm
proved in yield and quality by modern
methods and scientific selection. The
same may be said of their poultry,
hogs and cattle.
The range of agricultural possibili-
ties is unusually wide on Maui and
presents a most interesting and prob
ably profitable field for investigation.
Rubber culture already appears to be
a success. AS before stated, camphor
is being experimental with. Several
kinds Of berries grow so prolifcally as
to be considered menace to pasture
and agricultural lands. One of these
is the red thimble berry, a most deli
cious fruit but difficult to market An
other is the blackberry Of the United
States Both of these may in time
become commercially profitable. There
is a good deal Of low coast land on
which cocoanuts should do well, and
tobacco will in all probability become
an important product before many
years, if it's predicted success in other
parts of the Territory is realized. In
the Hama district, r. l.. Ogilvie, the
teacher Of the Haou school showed to
the members of the governors party
of tobacco grown by his pu-
pills which appeared to be of splendid