The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-11-26
HIBISCUS GROWERS
Plan FOR CARNIVAL
They Lay Foundation For Splen-
did Exhibition Blooms In : .
5ft February 1916 lS# i35as
UNIT BASIS OF COMPETITION
Main object Of Show VIII Be To
Increase lnterest'IH 2
100 Culture

Six Hibisens growers, constituting a
quorum Of the originators, attended
yesterday afternoon the cali Of Gerrit
P. Wilder, chairman Of the Mid-Paeifc
Carnival Hibiscus exhibition, and unan;
imously, voted that such an exhibit be
repeated next February, -.
Those who attended the meeting
were G. Montague Cooke, Jr., Mrs. T.
J. King, W. J. MaeNeil. j. M. West.
gate, representing the United States
Agricultural Station, and j. x. Higgins.
Frank e. Anterior, John Cummins,
Alonzo Gartley, Lionel Steiner, W. J.
Rosa, and Valentine Holt were unable
to be present BY reason Of the fact
that Miss Josephine Soper was absent
from the Territory at the time Of the
last exhibit her name did not appear
among those associated with it, and
she was Enthusiastically omitted from
the Invitations sent out week ago by
Chairman Wilder. ..hfl
There was an interesting discussion
on the question of competitive awards
Was it wise to give prizes ut all and,
If so, on what basis should they be
awarded The sense Of the meeting
was that undoubtedly competition, if
properly regulated, encouraged, rather
than discouraged exhibitors.
Federal Station win Exhibit
Mr., Westgate stated that the agri
cultural station would gladly be an ex
hibitor, but not a competitor, another
year. He thought, in the first place,
that Valentine Holt of the station staff
might almost be classed a professional
and that, IL his exhibit were to com
pete against those of smaller growers,
many Of the latter might be frighteD
ed out. In the second place, the show
last year had taken more of Mr.. Holt 3
time than he could afford again to
spare. .-.
Mr.. Cooke suggested that it would
aid competition If a unit basis of ex.
hibits were established. That is to
say, growers who exhibited in quaint
ties should be compelled to divide their
entries into groups of say ten each.
Any gronp of ten pink or ten red bios
SONS would then be in competition
against every other group Of ten of the
same color, whether entered by the
same or another grower. The meeting
approved of the suggestion, Pc aar,-r g..
Mr.. MacNeil thought il -Hnnld- la an
excellent thing to divide the blooms
shown by originators from those OF the
same species shown by growers. The
originator felt a natural pride in his
! creation and did not relish seeing him
self outdOne by circumstances of
climate or soil, perhaps in his own
specially. At the same time the grow
err of the best bloom in any given
division certainly was entitled to rec
ignition.
Other Growers Like idea
Other growers liked the idea. The
important thing, said Mr.. Cooke, in
giving il his approval, was to interest
rs many growers as possible. II they
could bring out forty growers this year
instead Of the first eight originators
then the next show would be five times
as good a show as the last one, even
if there was no inc rease in the number
of varieties shown.
, All the members regretted that Feb
ruary is not the best month in which
to hold a show. The rain tends t.
make the plants run to wood and stalk
while the winter cold holds back TIT
blossoms At the same time, as Mr.
MacNeil said, one blossom shown II
Carnival week to visitors who neve'
had seen Hibiscus, was worth more tt
Hawaii than a thousand on view t.
those who had seen them growing al
their lives.
D Mr.. Wilder was unanimously author
lied to appoint a committee to draw
up a basis of competitive awards aloni
the lines suggested and to deal will
other matters of detail and arrange
ment The committee will report bacl
to the growers in a fortnight or thre'
weeks.