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effected. It is to be hoped' that the new company will meet with 

 cordial cooperation on the part of Hawaiian growers, as by its 

 means the possibilities of development of many of our industries 

 will be greatly increased. With proper care Hawaii should be- 

 come a great fruit-producing country and may in time be send- 

 ing a regular supply of choice fruit to every city of importance in 

 the Union. Already our pineapples are becoming well known 

 and in a few seasons their superior qualities will create a demand 

 for them which will be difficult to supply. With this should 

 come prices to make the industry one of the most lucrative in the 

 islands. Hawaiian bananas will in the same manner extend their 

 sphere of demand throughout the Whole of the Western States 

 to the exclusion of the foreign fruit. Hawaiian mangoes and 

 avocado pears, and many other fruits at present given little con- 

 cern will follow in the wake, until the term "Hawaiian fruit" will 

 be the standard of excellence. All this, however, cannot be 

 achieved without well organized and persistent effort, but if the 

 Pacific Distributing Company is alive to its opportunity, and if 

 the Hawaiian producers give it due support, the resources of our 

 islands should ere long be taxed to meet the demand for their 

 fruit. 



Mr. Dickson is nov/ in the islands representing the interests 

 of the Pacific Distributing Company. He will endeavor to 

 enlist the support of local producers and in this the Forester 

 wishes him all success. 



It is often asserted that a certain fruit is the "king" or "queen" 

 of all others, but an effort to exactly determine the order of merit 

 of different fruits appears to be futile, as the question very largely 

 resolves itself intO' one of personal appreciation. A recent writer 

 in "Rural World" elevates the pomelo to the high honor of "finest 

 fruit of the Orient." Ai well known agricultural publication 

 takes exception to this opinion in the following terms: "The 

 mango is not only more delicious but more popular and more ex- 

 tensively grown. The mongosteen is still more delicious, but 

 not adapted to so wide a territory as either the mango- or the 

 pomelo." While agreeing with the last writer as to the popular- 

 ity and more extensive cultivation of the mango, his unqualified 

 statement that the fruit is more delicious than the pomelo cannot 

 be taken as of more weight than expressing individual taste. 



