Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-11-18
LABOR is THEME OF
PLANTERS SESSION
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lCOntlUucu HUH tuSc - N
aldy. with the aid Of highly colored
map, showed the tour made by Mnir
ir his hunt after the borer parasite.
Muir had visited BorneO, Java. Gel.
ebes and New Guinea, and had at last
located the native borer, and conse'
quently, the parasite as well. He had
gathered a lot of these parasites ana
was on his way back home when at
tackled by typhoid fever just before
reaching Brisbane.
II being impossible to continue his
voyage. Mr.. Muir had sent on the para.
sites by the CA. steamer. but on the
voyage to Honolulu the grubs had
Matched out and the parasites all died.
However disappointing this was. the
fact remains that the parasite has been
located and II only remains to once
more send man out for them. Prob.
ably a sub.station will he establ shed
at Suva. FIJI, and thus the long jour.
ney will be broken. II might he pos
sible to get some of the parasites d..
rect from Port Moresby to Honolulu,
rs sometimes vessels make the trip.
When Mr.. Kirkaldy had finished his
interesting description Of the hunt for
parasites, DR.. Lyon spoke on root dis.
eases and other fungi. His remarks
and exhibits were Of decided interest
and the samples of cane which he had
infected with the germs OF the pine.
apple" disease, ten days ago. were
split open and shown to the gathering.
The effects of this comparatively
new scourge on the inoculated cane
were clearly noticeable. and in one
instance the disease had gone right
through all the joints and had stained
the fiber bright red.
Exhibits of cane affected with root
disease were also shown and DIR. Lyon
spoke for some time on that well
known troubls Of plantation man tgers.
Field Work.
After the various speakers were
| through, visit was made to the. en-
pertinent field, and here every variety
OF cane was to be seen. The seedlings
| were inspected with the greatest OF
interest. and Director Eckart gave all
the information necessary, as to rye,
variety. etc.
One sport" bred from ordinary La
haina cane. attracted much attention.:
II has stripe In 1t and Is now known
as striped Lahaina." II appears that
Tom Tougher, at one time foreman at
the experiment station, noticed SEE.
ton OF a Lahaina stalk that had a
stripe in II. The striped piece was
only about foot long. In fact there
were only three eyes on the cutting
There was not doubt about II being
true sport" as the usual precautions
were taken. and the shoot traced back
to the original Lahaina seed cuttings,
which was still In good shape In the
ground.
From that foot of seed cane has
sprung quite a large amount OF the
new variety of Lahaina, aud next year
a larger plot will be planted and pos.
sibly some of the seed sent out to the
plantations.
| Secretary w. O. Smith warned ev.
crybody II was time to start tor the
Federal Experiment Station, and the
party quickly embarked In automo.
biles and were taken over to DIR. vii.
cox's station.
Federal Station.
There were many interesting things
to see and DR.. Wilcox and his assist.
ants were on hand to explain things
to everybody. After viewing some
legumes, which naturally interested
the cane men lot, samples of cotton
were shown by DR.. Wilcox. One va.
riety which was grown on the wind.
ward side of Oahu, was much admired
and the Director said that samples OF
had been shown to an Eastern ex.
pert who stated that the cotton was
better than a variety that was selling
. at 20 cents a pound.
Chemist Kelley OF the station stan
had short talk with the managers
about certain dark soils at Wahiawa
that had made pineapple plants turn
yellow, Manager Fassoth said that he
lad something OF the same sort Of
kekaha and that he would send sam
pies of the earth to the station to have
an analysis made by Mr.. Kelley.
, Assistant Entomoloaist Fullaway
r then conducted the party into his para
) site breeding house. and the insects
i that are to save the algeroba beans In
this country were examined.