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Indeed it is the exception to see, when trees have once been set out, 

 any personal care whatever bestowed upon them by the owner. 

 They are ahnost universally relegated to the attention of a yard 

 boy, upon whose negligence or excessive zeal with the ubiquitous 

 hose, ihey are solely dependent. Judicious pruning or fertilizing 

 they have none and each crop deteriorates and becomes every 

 year more scanty and less attractive to sight or taste. With a 

 popular annual fruit exhibition, this undesirable condition of 

 affairs would gradually disappear, and owners of good trees would 

 take pride in obtaining the best results from them. Tough, thick- 

 skinned, pithy citrus fruits would be more seldom seen and insect 

 infested and unsightly mangoes and avocado pears would be ex- 

 pelled from the market. Throughout the Territory, the general 

 standard would be raised, until in a few years our fruits, both in 

 quality and quantity, would rival those of any tropical country in 

 the world. 



The matter is of sufficient importance to make it the object of a 

 legislative grant. A sum of about two thousand dollars devoted 

 to a summer agricultural exhibition would do much to bring about 

 the condition of affairs we have alluded to. An appropriation of 

 four or hve thousand dollars would enable an exhibition, not only 

 of horticulture and agricultural produce, but of general stock, 

 and would attract entries from all the islands. Such an exhibi- 

 tion extending, witli other attractions, a week in duration, and 

 assisted by cheap round trip steamer fares would soon be made 

 by residents of the other islands the occasion of a regular annual 

 visit to Honolulu, and would become in time the most popular 

 and enjoyable feature of the Honolulu summer. 



In view of the fact that the Forester is the official journal of 

 the Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry of this 

 Territory, it seems expedient to group together the contributions 

 issuing from the various divisions of the Board. In future there- 

 fore all such matter will appear under the general title ''Board 

 of Agriculture and Forestry" and will occur as near the begin- 

 ning of each number as may be convenient. The various Divi- 

 sions of the Bureau will each have the matter pertaining to it 

 designated under its proper sub-heading. The following Divi- 

 sions of the Board are in operation : Forestry, Entomology, Ani- 

 mal Industry and Agriculture. Of these, the latter is in coopera- 

 tion with the Hawaii Experiment Station. 



By the above arrangement of the contents of the Forester it 

 is hoped to render information relative to special subjects more 

 accessible. Technical and purely official matter, such as By 

 Authority Notices and Forest Reserve boundaries, will, as here- 

 tofore, appear at the end of each issue. 



