Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-01-03
king PINEAPPLE
HAD EXCELLENT
SEASON IN 1915
Many Thousands Of Cases of
Canned Fruit Shipped to
All Parts of Globe

Hundreds OF thousands OF cases OF
luscious Hawaiian pineapple in cans
the kind that is picked ripe, canned
ripe"-were packed on Oahu during
the season which has just come TO
close, and have been shipped TO the
mainland 10 find markets, i'm due time,
in practically every portion of the
globe. Gamers, growers and shippers
alike join in the verdict that the sea
son was one OF unbounded success,
due largely TO the fact that the output
in 1915 was larger than ever before.
Those canneries which had been
working overtime, in order to clean up
all residue fruit, ceased packing last
Friday. The following table shows
the approximate pack of the various
canneries for 1915:
Cases.
Hawaiian Pineapple Company . 790.7S5.
Libby, Mcneil & Libby. 49,. 600,000
Hawaii Preserving Company 100000
Thomas Pineapple Company . 900
And now the great canneries have
temporarily closed their doors and are
resting, as 1t were, each like a Her.
cules from his labors. Many of the
packing plants canned late into
last week, in order TO take care
of the residue of the seasons crop. In
a few months they will begin again. /
Marketing Division Busy.
In the shipment of fresh pineapples |
from Hawaii TO the mainland, the
Territorial Marketing Division has, |
perhaps, played larger part than any |
other local concern. 1t has found !
ready market for the fruit on the main t
land, especially on the Pacific coast, I
where some people prefer the fresh /
fruit to the canned product.
From January. 1915, until June 80,
the division shipped about 1000 cases
Of the fresh fruit, each cases contain
ing from eight to "a pines. That was
when the project was in its infancy
On these shipments the average net |.
return to the grower was about SIS a
ton, which is a trifle greater than the
canneries pay the growers. These re-
turns prompted the growers, who were
largely homesteaders and small farm
ers on Oahu, to ship their fruit in
larger quantities when the summer
crop came in.
Since July 1, 1915, the division has Il
cChl W the uldluiduu approximately
20,750 cases of the fruit, each. case Il
containing from six to "a pines. On
these shipments, it is reported, the
net return to the growers will prob
ably be much less than during the
first half of last year. The exact fig
ures, however. have not yet been
compiled. The decrease in the return
will be due in a large measure to the
heavy spoilage, and the expense of !
creating the pineapple market. Z
Branch In Bay City. {
+ On July of last year the division
opened a branch Office in San Fran '
cisco with W. A Anderson in charge. {
and 1t has been doing an excellent
business. Pineapples from Hawaii
have been shipped by the division
to its San Francisco Office, which al
ways has found ready market for !
good fruit
Supt. A. T. Longley Of the market :
Ing division visited the mainland last
July and August and was successful in
interesting many large produce buy ]
ers, both in the East and on the Paci- !
&c coast, in fresh Hawaiian pineapples. !
Mr.. Longley attempted to open an In