cations of follovving in the successful wake of their Wahiawa 

 brethren, and small plantations of flourishing rubber and fruit 

 trees are rapidly springing into existence. With the success 

 achieved in these two instances we hope that the Government will 

 be encouraged to open other fertile lands for settlement. The 

 time for such beneficent action is the present, when cultivation 

 commenced now will be remunerative in five vears. 



We are gratified to be able to present to our readers the paper 

 read by Dr. William T. Brigham at the recent meeting of the 

 Farmers' Institute. The information therein contained will be of 

 permanent value as a record of the fruit trees which have already 

 been established here, and will lay the foundation of all future works 

 upon our island fruits. 



FARMERS' INSTITUTE MEETING. 



The regular quarterly meeting of the Farmers' Institute of 

 Hawaii was held in the Library of the Bureau of Forestry, on 

 King street, on Saturday, September 29th. The chair was taken 

 by Mr. Jared Smith, and after the reading of the minutes of the 

 previous meeting the following paper was presented: 



FRUITS FOR THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 

 By Dr. W'illiam T. Brigham. 



My intention in this paper is to mention briefly some of the 

 tropical and sub-tropical fruits that either have been or should 

 be cultivated in these Islands. Of those included in this list the 

 great majority have already been cultivated here, although some, 

 cultivated only in private gardens, have died out through im- 

 proper cultivation or neglect, and of the remainder I can, with 

 few exceptions, speak from personal acquaintance in other tropi- 

 cal regions. All these I believe can be grown here, and if thev 

 can gain admission to our gardens under the present somewhat 

 strict system of inspection which deters most amateurs from try- 

 ing the risky experiment of importation, will add to our table 



