THE JHAWAIIAN 



F0RE8T£R I AGRICULTURIST 



Vol. III. OCTOBER, 1906 No. 10 



The event of greatest interest to Hawaiian agriculturists during ' 

 the month just past was the meeting of the Farmers' Institute, of 

 which a full account appears in the present issue. The secretary,. 

 Mr. Krauss, had arranged a very interesting program which at- 

 tracted a full attendance. It had been arranged to make a special 

 feature of island fruits and the whole of the evening's proceed- 

 ings bore in some wa}' upon this important subject. The fact 

 which most prominently revealed itself in the course of the even- 

 ing was that Hawaii is not doing sufficient justice to her fruit 

 producing capacity, but is neglecting a most remunerative branch 

 of agriculture which lies to her hands almost unheeded. It v;as 

 shown that the Territory is far behind man}' similarly situated is- 

 lands, in the matter of fruit production. The West Indian islands, 

 for instance, offer in their markets an astonishing number of 

 excellent fruits in prolilic quantity, the greater number of which 

 are known to the ordinary traveller only by name. A mainland 

 visitor to the Honolulu markets is, however, as a rule disappointed 

 by being confronted with a poor supply of perfectly familiar fruit, 

 the greater proportion of which ma}' have been imported from his 

 own country. If perchance he should be favored by arriving here 

 in the mango or avocado pear season he will be offered our island 

 product indeed, but of a variety and quality which few old, resi- 

 dents would essay. On such evidence as this tropical fruit is 

 sometimes condemned by mainland visitors as being unpalatable, 

 uninviting and often harmful. 



It is extraordinary that the systematic production of high grade 

 market fruit is not in full operation on all the islands. Probably 

 no enterprise offers such a certain return to a large numfl3er of in- 

 dustrious men as does this. The subject is well worth the atten- 

 tion of those interested in building up in Hawaii a prosperous 

 community of white settlers. A pamphlet circulated on the main- 

 land descriptive of the promising future of fruit production in 

 Hawaii and giving particulars of lands that could be acquired by 



