The Hawaiian gazette., 1914-01-20
PINE
]. CROP ON MAUI
Estimated That Output on Valley
Island This Year Will Be $780,.
600 Gases, with indications Of
One Million Gases as Product
for Next Season. Il

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From all indieAtiots il win be but
very short time until Maui win be
the. ranking pineapple island Of the
Territory; says The Maui News. While
the prospect Is fiattering to Maui van.
ny, III q causing some dneasihesS
among the pineapple men who fail to
see just how the big increase already
in sight is to be taken care of and
marketed.
The Haiku Fruit & Packing Com,
pany has already begun preparing to
take care Of its own part Of the in
crease, which it IL estimated, will
amount TO between thirty and forty
per cent for this year, over last The
pack Of this cannery Tor last year
amounted to over 100000 cases, which
was some 10000 cases more than had
been estimated. The estimate for this
years pack IS now placed at 100000
cases. More than half Of this pack
probably nearer two.thirdsl will be
Of fruit grown by Independent grow
ers, including the new homesteaders in
the Kniaha district, whose first crops
are now beginning to come in. The
balance Of the pack will come from
the company s own fields.
Increased Acreage.
But this does not by any means
cover the situation, for lot Of pine
apples have been planted during the
past year Of which the Haiku Fruit &
Packing Company Is not taking ae-
count. II is estimated that there are
at least 1000 acres Of new planting in
the Kuiaha and Peahi districts which
will come into bearing during the next
twelve or eighteen months. A good
many Of these are paintings by home.
steaders and others who have no con.
tracts, owing TO the fact that the can.
neries ceased making contracts six
months or more ago, on account Of the
market outlook. The'fest of the area
is under cultivation byIa hui Of Japa.
nese which has gone into the business
on a very large scale The paintings
Of this hui and. Of individual Japanese
will probably amount 10 well over 1000
acres. The homestead paintings now
aggregate between $50 and 800 acres.
The Japanese company referred to,
il is reported, will soon begin the con.
struction of big eannery at Peahi.
In fact II viii be 0bliged'to do SO, il
its coming crop is TO be saved, for the
Japanese cannery at FduweIa, as well
as the Haiku eannery,pwill both, be
pressed to their capacity TO handle
the fruit they are Obliged TO take un
der their contracts. s
Unless something happens 20 the
crop in the fields, the outlook for next
years pack from East Maui is in the
neighborhood Of million cases or
more. If there is anything at all in
the over production talk, IL certainly
would seem to be "a puzzle as to what
is to be done with It all.
win Enlarge oannery.
The Haiku cannery is preparing to
enlarge its factory to take care of its
next summer pack, and this is to en-.
tail enlargement of factory and ware
house space, and a good deal more ma.
ehinery. Some twenty new cottages
dIC dlbO W uo Uulit IOT uOubluk tue
laborers which will be required. These
will number about $50 during rush
season. ~ .'@#I 2N a,s Q. a. Il II
Hugh Howell began work this week
on his contract for building the home.
stead road across West Kuiaha gQleh
1t win be a several months job. The
Haiku Fruit & Packing Company ID
also building a connecting link on the
same road at cost Of some $500
The road is already badly needed by
homesteaders who have pineapple'
ripening and who are obliged at pres
ent to haul them over six miles by way
of Pauwela, to get them to the eannery
The pineapple company is also busy
on another road job over mile ii
/, length below Makawao, which is alst
to cost about 1880. This road is alst
to help growers in getting their fruit
to the cannery.