The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-03-31
Pinearples for All.

Pinearples for All.
The pineapple growers will have a
very elaborate, attractive and compre-
hensive display. There will be large
frame which will take 400 pines to
cover so as to make one large pine
apple. There will be follow shipments
from the Islands to keep this great
pine fresh. Around this viii be a
miniature pineapple plantation, watch
will show the pines growing to the
fruiting stage. Close by will be twel .'e
koa tables and forty-eight magnificent
koa chairs, also given by the Hawaiian
Mahogany Company through the cour,
tesy of J. B. Castle and others. At
these tables pineapples will be served
by group of young Hawaiian girls
who are to 60 to the Coast on trans
port. This will be a very effective
way of showing the quality of the Ha-
waiian pineapple, and giving people TO
understand that it is becoming one of
Hawaii S choicest products.
Can Sip Kona Coffee.
The coffee exhibit will be put up
| by the coffee association of the Is
lands, and the plan is to have two
| ladies from here in attendance to serve
Kona coffee A battery of urns will
be installed for serving hot coffee in
small cups A rooster may also be in
stalled, So that the fine aroma of Kona
coffee may fill the air. Small pack
ages of four-yearold coffee will be
sold Growing coffee will be shown
with berries.
The tropical fruit display will be one
of the leading features. The commits
sioners expect to send lot of fruits
forward as often as the schedule of
steamers permits. These shipments
will include bananas, pineapples, cocoa
nuts, papayas, mangoes, breadtruit, etc.
One of the central features of this
exhibit will be large structure COW
cred with tropical fruits on a large
scale. Some banana bulbs will be
taken up in tubs so that they may be
shown growing.
The commissioners have contracted
for 1900 cocoanuts in the husk. They
intend to make very elaborate dis
play of cocoanuts in a pyramid. To-
wards the end of the fair these will
be given out to visitors for souvenirs.
Many people are not familiar with the
eocoanut in the husk.
House of Sisal.
The sisal exhibit is being prepared
by the sisal company. The plan is to
erect structure to be entirely COM
posed of sisal. Plants with the long
poles will form the corners, and the
frame will be composed of split sisal
leaves. It will have a sisal thatch
Inside will be displayed bales of sisal
and ropes, and in the rear will be
miniature ropeyard to show how the
sisal is bleached.
The forestry exhibit is being pre-
pared by Ralph Hosmer, Superintendent
of Forestry. One of the principal fea-
lures will be a display of logs OF ma
tive woods of every kind growing here.
One end will be split open and worked
up to show what a magnificent polish
all Hawaiian woods take. Half dozen
revolving koa stands viii be shown on
which will be displayed all kinds of
ferns, plants, etc, and several varieties
of MOSES. Another very taking fea-
ture will be transparencies of the for
estry work being done in the islands,
several dozen to be installed in the
large windows of the building.
Rice in Panorama.
Rice will also be special feature,
prepared under the direction of Prof.
Krauss of the United States Expert
ment Station. A panorama 12x16 feet
will be installed showing the Palama
section above the railroad track, with
real rice growing in the foreground
Mr.. Hitchcock is being assisted in
painting this panorama by Tom Sharp.
A great many pounds of rice in bulk
will be shown. and sheaves of the
different kinds are now being collected
by the experiment station for the ex
hibit In the center will be two great
bowls showing boiled Chinese and
japanese rice, just to show the differ
ence.
Honey products will be displayed,
the collection being prepared by the
experiment station. The exhibit will
be shown in a large house made of
beeswax and honeyeomb, and large
quantities of honey in Jars will be
shown.
Sea and land shells viii be shown
by Mr.. Baldwin of Maui, who is an
authority and has the finest collection
of shells in the islands.
Koa Will Attract.
The furniture and koa exhibit will be
the best ever shipped away from here
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