The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-07-30
EXPERT URGES
MANGO GROWING
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but there is no certainty as to the
sort of tree that we shall get from
the seeds.
"The method that has been in vogue
in the propagation of mangoes for a
long time is that known as arching,
or grating by an approach. With a
fine mango tree of known producing
qualities in a garden, we take a seed
ling in pot, place it beneath branch
of the choice tree, make an ineision
in the bark of the tree and in the bark
of the Seeding, and bind the wounds
together. In few weeks we find that
they have grown together. The seed.
ling, with its bud, is then cut away
from the parent tree, all of the growth
above the bud is pruned off, and there
is then certainty that the fruit pro.
duced from the bud will be of the same
quality as that of the three which fur.
nished the bud
"This method works all right with
an occasional garden tree, but it is
| manifestly out of the question when
many trees have to be budded. There.
I fore it was necessary to look about for
another method.
"The next plan tried was to cut
bud from Seeding, insert the bud
in the opening on the seeding and bind
the two together. This method is
| thoroughly satisfactory when both the
bud wood and the Seeding are in the
proper stage of growth. Were it only
necessary to wait for the Seeding or
the bud wood TO reach the proper stage,
all would be we'll, hut the necessity Of
| waiting for time when both shall be
, ready makes this method impracticable
| for general use.
"Another objection to this method
| is the inability to get bud wood from
| a distance and be sure that it will be
| in the proper state for budding.
$50 then we tried the oldest method
| of budding known, one that, so far as
| know, had never been tried with the
mango. A piece of bud wood is secured,
| the bud is cut out. The wood from
| the back of the bud is then stripped
+, away. Next an incision is made in
] the bark of the Seeding tree, the open
| ing T-shaped with the horizontal line
at the bottom. The bud is inserted,
taking care to see that it is right side
up the wound is bound up with palm
| fiber, binding wax is used, and finally
| the whole is bound round with adhesive
|
tape.
"After the bud has been in place for
| about month, the top of the seeding
| is cut about three-quarters through,
some eight inches above the bud. This
| allows. the upper part to bepd over,
but it yet retains sufficient vitality to
! draw the sap up from the roots. When
| the bud is well started, the top is cut
off entirely, and after say six months,
the stump is pruned down next the
| bud. In due time the stump will heal
over so that there will be practically
no trace of the wound made by the
budding"
Mr.. Higgins then demonstrated the
method, having brought with him a
piece of bud wood, seeding tree and
the necessary apparatus.
| The speaker expressed the belief that,
! by the method explained, it would prove
| practicable to bud margoes on large
scale. Said he:
Gas far as propagation is concerned,
/ should have no more hesitancy at go
| ing into the business of orcharding
mangoes on large scale than | should
with regard to oranges. in Southern Cal
| ifornia We have here some of the
finest mansoes in the world. We have
mangoes which can be opened and the
seed taken out with as great facility
as can that of the alligator pear. We
know that the mango can be shipped
even better than can the alligator pear
81 agree with the suggestion made
by Mr.. Wood that the mango should
become to Hawaii what the orange is
to Southern California What ] have
said of the mango applies also to the
alligator pear
81 know that the alligator pear can
be budded, though we have not yet
been as uniformly successful as with
the mango.''
Mr.. Higgins was asked his opinion
as to the probable cost of preparing ten
acres of land for the raising of man
goes. He said that the actual prepare
tion of the land would cost just about
as much as for pineapples. The seed
ling trees, were a man prepared to wait
for them to grow from the seed, would
cost practically nothing. The cost OF
bud wood is problematic, he said, but
he expressed the belief that, within the
two years required for the seedlings
to reach the right age for Budding, the
output will have increased to such NJ
extent that bud wood will be easily
obtainable.
Manages have been successfully
grown at elevations greater than 1000
feet, according to Mr.. Higgins, and the
horticulturist believes that any fertile
soil that does not go to extremes ID
suitable. With regard to irrigation
Mr.. Higgins says that even young trees
require less water than oranges.
AS far as soil, altitude, irrigation
and other important considerations are
concerned, Mr.. Higgins stated that his
remarks about the mango might be taken
as equally applicable to the alligator
pear. He expressed the belief that the
alligator pear might well be raised
commercially at profit, and said that
there is an immense amount of untitled
land in the Territory admirably suited
for the purpose.
In conclusion, Mr.. Higgins said that
he should not hesitate advising any
person with the necessary capital to
start an alligator pear orchard of, say