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and  quality  of  the  leaf,  how  far  the  defects  observed  might  be 
diminished  by  modifications  in  the  selection  and  culture  of  the 
plants ; and  also  to  ascertain  more  accurately  the  cost  of  producing 
such  leaf. 
Briefly  summarized  the  results  achieved  were : 
(1)  Crops  of  cured  leaf  averaging  from  1200  to  1700  pounds 
per  acre. 
(2)  Loss  in  sweating  and  assorting  of  21.7  per  cent. 
(3)  Quality:  75  per  cent,  of  wrapper,  of  which  nearly  half 
was  light  in  color. 
(4)  Size:  60  per  cent,  of  rather  large  leaves,  over  16  inches 
in  length. 
(5)  Manufacturing  test  showed  high  covering  capacity  and 
improved  burning  quality.  A general  rating  above  all  domestic 
Sumatra-type  tobacco  except  the  better  Georgia  and  Florida 
grades. 
(6)  Cost:  45  cents  per  pound  of  cured  leaf,  indicating  for 
the  sweated  and  sorted  leaf  a cost  not  exceeding  65  to  70  cents  per 
pound. 
PINEAPPLE  SHIPPING  EXPERIMENTS. 
The  enormous  expansion  of  the  Hawaiian  pineapple  industry 
during  the  last  few  years  and  the  rapidity  with  which  new  land 
is  still  being  brought  under  cultivation  for  this  purpose  has 
brought  with  it  the  fear  that  the  immense  production  would  soon 
exceed  demand  and  thus  result  in  depression  in  this  now  pros- 
perous industry.  With  the  conviction  that  the  best  preventative 
of  overproduction  is  to  be  found  in  perfecting  and  extending  the 
means  of  distribution,  and  that  the  best  advertisement  for  the 
Hawaiian  pineapple  is  to  bring  the  actual  fruit  before  the  con- 
summers  of  cities  hitherto  inaccessible  to  our  product,  the  Hawaii 
Agricultural. Experiment  .Station  has  continued  its  investigations 
in  pineapple  shipping  during  the  past  season. 
The  experiments  were  on  a cooperative  basis,  being  entered 
into  by  the  Wahiawa  Consolidated  Pineapple  Company,  the  Ha- 
waiian Pineapple  Company,  the  Thomas  Pineapple  Company,  the 
Matson  Navigation  Company  and  the  Hawaii  Experiment  Sta- 
tion. The  shipment  was  made  on  the  steamship  “Hilonian”  which 
sailed  from  Honolulu  August  n,  1908. 
The  results  of  the  above  experiments  are  embodied  in  Press 
Bulletin  No.  22  of  the  Hawaii  Agricultural  Experiment  Station, 
written  by  Mr.  J.  E.  Higgins,  who  has  been  in  charge  of  this 
work.  Bulletin  14  and  Press  Bulletin  No.  21  of  the  Station  also 
contain  much  data  relative  to  the  shipping  and  marketing  of  Ha- 
waiian pineapples  and  should  be  studied  by  all  growers. 
