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That  apples,  pears,  cherries,  plums,  etc.,  could  be  successfully 
grown  on  these  Islands,  was  a point  of  which  I was  never  con- 
vinced. Last  week,  however,  I changed  my  mind.  At  a place 
called  Keanakolu,  on  the  slope  of  Mouna  Kea,  at  an  elevation  of 
6,000  feet,  I saw  an  orchard  of  these  fruits.  The  branches  were 
actually  bending  to  the  ground  under  the  loads  they  carried. 
Apples  and  pears  were  especially  fine,  though  not  yet  fully  ripe. 
Cherries  and  some  other  fruits  were  already  out  of  season.  It 
was  a beautiful  sight,  and  reminded  one  of  a California  orchard. 
Considering  that  the  trees  are  left  to  take  care  of  themselves  it  is 
surprising  that  there  should  be  so  much  fruit.  The  trees  were 
planted  twenty  years  ago,  I was  told,  but  are  still  in  healthy  condi- 
tion. The  only  care  taken  is,  to  have  the  place  fenced.  Though 
I gave  the  fruit  a careful  examination,  not  a single  wormy  fruit 
could  be  found. 
The  mynah  bird  seems  to  be  the  only  enemy  of  the  fruit  up 
there,  but  this  pest  could  be  easily  and  effectually  inoculated  with 
a good  shotgun. 
As  previously  reported,  algaroba  beans,  if  allowed  to  remain 
in  storage  any  length  of  time,  deteriorate  owing  to  the  activity 
of  two  or  three  species  of  bean  weevils.  One  of  these,  the 
largest,  with  very  much  thickened  hind  legs,  was  supposed  to 
be  a new  arrival.  I am  informed  by  a careful  observer,  Mr. 
G.  A.  Jordan,  that  it  is  not,  that  he  has  known  it  for  years, 
though  it  may  not  yet  have  been  distributed  to  all  the  islands. 
To  help  keep  it  confined  to  Oahu  as  long  as  possible  we  fumigated 
225  sacks  of  these  beans  with  carbon  bisulfide  (“high  life”) 
before  shipment  to  the  Bishop  Estate  in  Kona.  We  also  fumi- 
gated a lot  of  ornamental  and  fruit  plants  shipped  to  Tahiti.  It 
is  my  belief  that  the  uniform  practice  of  fumigating  everything 
shipped  from  the  government  nursery  would  be  a wise  institution. 
Quite  a series  of  insects  now  known  to  be  on  Oahu  only,  would 
thus  perhaps  remain  indefinitely  confined  to  this  island. 
From  Mr.  Koebele  we  received  a large  lot  of  boxes  with  horn 
fly  enemies.  Mr.  Fullaway,  entomologist  at  the  Federal  Station, 
received  a parcel  of  parasitized  bean  weevils  which  that  station 
is  importing  for  the  sake  of  the  parasites.  The  senders  of  these 
cio  not  apparently  realize  the  great  responsibility  involved  when 
they  do  not  take  the  utmost  precaution  against  breakage  en  route. 
With  the  departure  of  Mr.  Van  Dine  the  inspection  of  imported 
bees  devolved  upon  me.  Fortunately  the  two  lots  that  came  un- 
der our  observation  were  consigned  to  men  that  could  be  relied 
upon  to  carry  out  instructions.  Accordingly,  after  consulting 
Mr.  Waterhouse,  they  were  turned  over  to  them  with  instruc- 
tions to  burn  all  but  the  queen  bee.  In  one  instance  this  was 
done  under  our  direct  observation. 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Much  of  my  own  time  during  the  month  was  taken  with  the 
