Ka Leo o ka Lahui, Volume II, Number 342, 10 December 1891 — New Fruit Fields [ARTICLE]

New Fruit Fields

The Americnn agriculturist of a recent *date has an interesting articleontheßepublic of Honduras giving an account of the movoments of enterprising Americans developing the resources of that country. The fruit products are the same as those that grow here, and already produced and traded in with profit, and further production is to be prosecuted with vigor. The enterprise o£ Honduras is a sermon to the people of Hawaii, capitalists aud states men worthy of deep consideration in tbu present depressed condition of our one staple industry. It is part of the doctrine whieh the National Party is preaching. The agricultumt says : " A schooner is now voyaging among the West īndia islands, eolieeting valuable plants anp seeds for the botanic agricultural experiinent stations and nurseries whieh are to be established, almost immediately on the Perry land purchase in the Republic of Honduras. These establishments, having the encouragement of the nstionāl government of that country, are to be owned and managed by Wm. R. King, of the U, S. Department of Agriculture. member of the Anierican Association for the Advancement of Science, and of other scien tilic bodies, an.(l by Mr, R. D. Hoyt of the Anienean Exotic nurseries, of Seven Oaks. F!orida.

These er.terprises are t6 be established in th£ newly created department or state of Mosquitia. in the northeastern corner of the Republic of Honduras, and will be about 920 miles from New Orleans, Mohile and Pensacola, and 1.800 miles from New York by sea. vSteamers make the voyage īn three dayß from the Gulf points named to the Rio lMtuca, whieh will be tlie port of entry of Mosquitia. Severa 1 steamship lines run vessels of good class to the Handuras Coast, whenee millions of cocoanuts, pineapples and bananas are biought to the United States eaeh year. Theae fruits forni the most important sources of revenue Honduranians have. (To he