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NEW PUBLICATIONS. 
FRUIT MARKETING. 
Fruit Marketing Investigations in by I. E. Higgins, 
Horticulturist, Hawaii Experiment Station, U. S. Department of 
Agriculture. 
The above publication contains in a brief space much valuable 
information to the fruit grower in this Territory, where the ship- 
ment of choice table fruit to the Coast is rapidly becoming one 
of the most important industries. The development of the export 
pineapple trade during the last few years has been enormous and 
there are now nearly three thousand acres of land throughout the 
islands devoted to successful pineapple cultivation. 
The success of this fruit only foreshadows the future develop- 
ment awaiting the mango, papaia and avocado industries, and 
indications are already present which show that within a com- 
paratively short time, the total output of fresh fruit from this 
Territory will rank the islands among the important fruit-pro- 
ducing countries of the world. 
To ascertain the best methods of marketing our rapidly in- 
creasing fruit crops is quite as important to the success of the 
industry as an enquiry into cultural methods. To determine some 
of the most important factors in marketing Hawaiian fruits, the 
Hawaii Experiment Station has conducted a series of actual ex- 
periments in shipments, now covering a period of about four 
years. The present bulletin contains the results of experiments 
in 1907 so far as they are of immediate practical application. 
During the summer a consignment of about twelve tons of pine- 
apples, and supplies also of avocados and papaias were shipped 
to San Francisco under the personal care of Mr. Higgins. An 
account of the condition of this fruit upon arrival at various mar- 
ket centers as far east as Chicago is given in the Bulletin referred 
to. Special and exact information is also furnished as to trans- 
portation rates upon our fruits to various points of destination, 
the manner of packing refrigeration cars, and many other matters. 
A particularly useful feature of the Bulletin is the chapter de- 
voted to the organization of growers and shippers into a coopera- 
tive marketing concern. The markets that may be reached by 
Hawaiian shippers, and their capacity of supply also receive con- 
sideration, together with the prospective competition which must 
be reckoned with. 
Altogether Mr. Higgins has gotten together a mass of infor- 
mation which marks his Bulletin as one of the most valuable 
and practical papers which have been compiled on this subject. 
'Fruit Marketing Investigation in 1907' comprises Press Bul- 
letin No. 21 of the Hawaii Agricultural Experiment Station, Ho- 
nolulu. 
