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of the Islands amounts to over 100,000 bunches per annum, valued at over
$100,000, and the quantity might be very easily quadrupled. The banana
industry may be regarded as in its infancy. The export of the fruit is
only from the Island of Oahu, but there are thousands of acres on the
other Islands of the group which could be profitably used for this
cultivation and for nothing else. The whole question of the banana
industry hinges on the market. At present the market is limited.

Limes and oranges can be cultivated and the fruit can be easily packed
for export; at present the production does not meet the local market.
The fruits can be raised to perfection. The Hawaiian orange has a fine
flavor and the Hawaiian lime has an aroma and flavor far superior to
that cultivated in Mexico and Central America. In the uplands of Hawaii
and Maui potatoes can be and are raised. Their quality is good. Corn is
also raised. In these industries many Portuguese, Norwegians and others
have embarked. Both these products find an ample local market. The corn
is used largely for feed on the plantations. The corn is ground with the
cob and makes an excellent feed for working cattle, horses and mules.

In the uplands, where the climate is temperate, as at Waimea, Hawaii,
vegetables of all kinds can be raised; excellent cauliflowers, cabbages
and every product of the temperate zone can be grown to perfection.

Cattle raising in so small a place as the Hawaiian Islands does not
present great opportunities except for local consumption. Pigs are
profitable to the small farmer. In the Kula district of Maui pigs are
fattened upon the corn and potatoes raised in the district. The price of
pork, dressed, is 25 cents per pound in Honolulu and about 15 cents per
pound in the outside districts. The Chinese, of whom there are some
15,000 resident on the various Islands, are extremely fond of pork, so
that there is a large local market, which has to be supplemented by
importations from California.

Attention has lately been given to fiber plants, for which there are
many suitable locations. Ramie grows luxuriantly, but the lack of proper
decorticating and cleaning machinery has prevented any advance in this
cultivation.

Sisal hemp and Sansevieria have been experimented with, but without any
distinct influence upon the trade output.

The cultivation of pineapples is a very growing industry. In 1895 pines
were exported from the Islands to San Franci