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finds how inferior in quality it is to the California orange. It is 

 very small and most noticeable of all is its large number of seeds. 

 These objections could be eliminated by proper selection and 

 cultivation. I do not wish to be misunderstood in this that good 

 oranges are not grown here. The fact is that the best oranges 

 in the world are grown in Honolulu, but in private grounds. 

 This private enterprise does not supply the needs of the tourist 

 and the general public. 



One striking illustration of native grown fruits is the alligator 

 (or more properly the avocado) pear. It is well known that 

 this pear is the best native fruit we have in the market. This 

 fruit has probably done more to advertise this country than 

 any other of our fruits. Every visitor and every tourist goes 

 away with some impression of this fruit, good, bad or indiffer- 

 ent, but he at least carries an impression, something whereby he 

 remembers the country and that is what we desire. Even this 

 fruit, the best we market, is not equal to that grown in private 

 yards. 



How few good mangoes are to be had by purchase ! Unless 

 one has friends, having trees in their yards, it is almost impossible 

 to obtain such a thing as a good mango. It should be picked, 

 iced and eaten within a few hours, but not as we find them in the 

 market, having been knocked dowm from the trees and allowed 

 to ripen in the fruitstands. This treatment takes away all the 

 individual taste and reduces what should have been a lucious 

 fruit into a pulpy mass. One of the most undesirable features 

 of this fruit to a stranger is the flavor of turpentine. This flavor 

 is not found in the better varieties if carefully peeled. These 

 better varieties are only found in private yards. 



Last summer I made the experiment of buying some of all the 

 varieties of this fruit I could find in the market and found, much 

 to my disappointment, that not one of them was palatable. It 

 has been my personal experience, and also that of others, that 

 many tourists to this country who have spoken of a dislike for 

 mangoes, have been completely won over by being ofifered, and 

 eating, one mango of good variety. 



Of the several varieties of bananas grown commonly on these 

 islands, the "cooking banana," as it is usually called, is the best 

 we find in the market. This cooked makes a delicious vegetable. 

 Als we all know of the "Chinese" banana, the one exported, the 

 best and largest fruit is all sent away from here. AVe never see 



