Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-01-13
COTTON EXHIBIT
SHOWS VARIETIES R /
BOOTH AT POULTRY
SHOW ATTRACTIVE
Promise of New Island Industry Is
vividly Illustrated by Samples
Of Cotton Grown Here--Growers
to Select Seed With Great Care
and Plant Well Apart .. Z

ohe VI tHe nlOsl interesting eN-
hibits at the n. G. II. armory, where
the NTH annual poultry Show Us be.-,
ms held. is the Federal Experimental
Citations booth OF Hawaiian-grown
cotton. There are sample bolles,
locks, and seed Of Upland. Egyptian,
Caravonica and Sea Island; also bulk
lint of these four types.
The Caravonica is n perennial,
yielding the second and third year,
while the Sea Island Is rather an an
nual and has possibilities as a peren-
NAL and yields good crop the first
year. The Sea Island has always
been growing as an annual I'm the
Southern States, but in the mild eli
mate of Hawaii It carries over to the
second and even the third year. Sea
Island Is the highest-priced cotton in
the market. its price being from 90
10 cents per pound. while Caravon-
lea fetches only 1925 cents per
pound.
The Southern Upland yields heav-
| lily, but Is low priced. ranging from
1915 cents per pound. The Egyp-
tian is another promising variety for
Hawaii II is a brown-tinted cotton,
Of which the United States import
ed come s1G,O0O,0O0 worth in 1908.
Its average price is go cents per
pound. II Is a very promising vari-
ETY.. having yielded as prolifcally as
ANY of the many varieties OF cotton
that have been tested at the local
Federal Experimental Station.
Aside from these. some twenty
other varieties OF cotton were grown
| during the past year. These may all
be grouped under Upland. Caravon-
lea. Sea Island and Egyptian. From
the Upland, three distinct types have
been roduced--Rogers' Big Boil,
Triumph and Chinese Fire" From
the Egyptian the three types pro-
duced are Nit Aft, Nit Ahf No.
and Ashmouni. The Caravonica
types are Wool, Silk 2 and Kidney;
while the Sea Island is split up into
three types, viz: Seabrook, Florida
and Georgia.
A Good Type.
One of the best Upland types Is
Triumph. a standard Southern State
variety OF which Japan could use un-
limited quantities. In fact, they al
ready use 10000 bales, OF 500 pounds
10 o bale. annually. Samples OF tails
variety grown In Hawaii, and which
were submitted to Japan. were pro-
nounced by cotton experts OF the
Flowery Kingdom as the finest Up
land they had ever seen.
or the Caravonica type, the So
called wool variety Is doubtless the
pbest so far. developed, although the
silk variety gives promise with fur
ther development. The Sea island
! type contains many strains, the best
OF which produce fiber two inches
and over in length. 1t is very fine,
has great strength and peculiar
silken sheen, which is specially
adapted for fine threads and lace
making and is the kind used for
mercerizing.
In the Sea Islands, which are sit
uated OF the coast of South Caro-
lima, entire crops are contracted for
at from 5000 cents per pound. The
average price for good Sea Island
cotton Is 35 cents per pound.
The Egyptian cottons produce
brown line of good length ana
strength. and are supposed to have
been derived from the Sea Island. II
Is In special demand for high-grad
goods. although inferior to the Sea
Island.
In the local Federal Experimental
Stations trials, individual plants
have outyielded all other sorts. a
number of plants have produced over
800 bolles per plant, which is equiv
alent to l-2 pounds seed cotton.
The experiments thus far conducted
would seem TO place the choice va
rieties among Caravonica, Sea Island
and Egyptian. The former evident
ly Is the greatest drought resister,
owing to its deep root penetrations.
Being Of tree form. Caravonica re-
quires considerable room for its full
est development. The plants should
be set four feet by eight feet, or even
five feet by ten feet apart. Every
alternate plant should be removed
, the second year. This would give
100000 plants to the acre, as.against
5000 plants of the other varieties,
which are set two and half by Ave
feet apart.