The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-04-18
ON HAWAIIAN PINEAPPLES

for about a year il order to Sweet
ell" Not even a sunflower will grow
until the soil is ripe for the planting.
At the end of that time it is replowed,
narrowed, and cultivated until it is
loose and fine. -
EXPERIMENTING.
Mr. Clark and his California Col
ony" used their places at Wahiawa
as experimenting stations. They
tried to grow various fruits and We
getables, but all with meagre success.
EXPERIMENTING WITH PINE
APPLES.
Before this time, the smooth ca
yenne variety of pineapple had been
introduced into the Hawaiian Islands,
but had been cultivated in Manoa Val
ley and around Pearl City only, In
sort of perfunctory manner.
At last, they were tried at Wahi-
ava and behold, the pine had found
its natural home. They require little
rain and good drainage. Wahiawa
is land of rolling knobs, and the
daily showers merely refresh the
growing plant
BEST PINEAPPLE IN THE WORLD
Although the smooth cayenne va
riety is known wherever the pine
apple is grown, in no part of the
world, it is claimed, is the fruit so
delicious in flavor, so mellow, so jul
icy.
When ripe they are golden yell
low, and so sweet as to require no
sugar; and yet, so acid as to bite the
tongue 1t is confidently believed that
when once introduced throughout the
country they will, particularly in the
canned state, supersede all others.
ANNEXATION HELPS OUT.
Not very long after it was proved
that pineapples could be grown with
such signal success at Wahiawa the
islands were annexed to the United
States.
The grower was then relieved OF
the duty of 35 per cent and valorem
the duty of 80 per cent ad valoren
together with the limited steamship
service at the time, had made profits
doubtful
The territorial government ther
divided the land into homesteads
Farms were offered for sale at the
small sum of twelve dollars and {
half per acre, eight per cent interest
and long time. This, with the re
moval of the tax, gave the California
pioneer a chance.
This year there will be canned anc
shipped about two hundred thousand
(2OO,00O) cases of the canned fruit, Of
two dozen cans each, for which the
canneries get about four dollars C$4]
l. per case.
n Next years pack will probably be
Ia double and it will be only a few
'e years until Hawaii will be able t.
supply the United States with can
ned pineapples
Calls for the canned fruits are com
ing from England, but the expense o
transportation is great, so the Gamer
les do not care to cater to John Bull
trade. Besides, the home 'marke
veadily takes all the output.
PLANTING THE PINES.
After the soil is prepared, tn
plants are put in with mathematics
accuracy, the Single rows, four fee
, apart; the double eight The foul
foot apart arrangement, with plant
, two feet apart in the rows, is tn
: most popular. Driveways every tw
Q hundred feet facilitate hauling.
No prettier sight can be imagine
than to look out over the vast PINE
r apple fields with row after row
the gray-green plants with the stri
/ of red earth between. The rows ar
/ as precise as the tucks on a dress
2 and the pines, stiff and straight, hav
II the appearance of being carved froI
3 metal.
Plants are put in at any time froi
April to November and some fru
o can be found the year round, How
n ever, the crops yield their abundanc
/ from June to September, and from d,
" cember to March, but the summ'