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f. Pineapples, packed in crates for shipping to the Coast. 



g. Potatoes, graded and not graded. 



h. Poultry, shipped in rough crates and in collapsible chicken 

 crates. 



i. Strazvherries, packed in quart baskets and in bulk. 



j. Tomatoes, packed in "Chinese baskets, berry baskets and 

 tomato crates. 



11. Island Corn and Beans. 



Sample bottles of as many varieties of island corn and beans 

 as can be obtained. 



Note: — Exhibits for the Division of Entomology and Plant 

 Inspection have already been planned for by the Economic En- 

 tomological Committee of the Territorial Fair Commission. 



The True Mahogany Tree 



By C. S. JuDD, Superintendent of Forestry. 



The term "mahogany" with or without some qualifying word 

 such as "Indian," "African" or "Philippine" is applied to many 

 cabinet woods grown in widely separated parts of the world. 

 These so-called mahoganies belong to 67 distinct species of 41 

 genera and they are scattered through 18 families of the vege- 

 table kingdom. Even the wood of the native koa, Acacia koa, 

 has been placed on the San Francisco market as "Hawaiian 

 mahogany." This has all led to the bewildering ambiguity of the 

 term "mahogany" and, to add to the confusion, true mahogany 

 has many names and several more or less distinct varieties are 

 recognized commercially. 



The true mahogany is produced only by two closely related 

 species of tree, Szvietenia mahogani and Szvietenia macrophylla, 

 both natives of tropical America. The former grows very well 

 in these islands and quantities of seedlings are raised for dis- 

 tribution each year at the Government Nursery from seed pro- 

 duced on an old tree on King street near Piikoi street, Hono- 

 lulu. The trees in the center parking on Kalakaua avenue on 

 the way to Waikiki are the true mahogany and recently a 2^ 

 acre plantation of this species was set out in lower Makiki Val- 

 ley to test out its habits of growth under close planting con- 

 ditions. 



