. A Trip to the Hawaiian Islands with the Press Congress of the World . ctitribe? The fruit itself is covered with stubbybristles and the blade of the plant is like a twoedged sword. The men who work in the pine-apple fields wear mittens, or gloves to resistthe onslaughts of the pineapple spear. Yes itsa real cactus, but the most interesting speciesof them all. There is another wild cactus whichbears an edible fruit, too, but the pineapplecactus has all others beat for real food value. There is one unique feature in connectionwith the cultivation of pineapples here that oc-casions considerable
. A Trip to the Hawaiian Islands with the Press Congress of the World . ctitribe? The fruit itself is covered with stubbybristles and the blade of the plant is like a twoedged sword. The men who work in the pine-apple fields wear mittens, or gloves to resistthe onslaughts of the pineapple spear. Yes itsa real cactus, but the most interesting speciesof them all. There is another wild cactus whichbears an edible fruit, too, but the pineapplecactus has all others beat for real food value. There is one unique feature in connectionwith the cultivation of pineapples here that oc-casions considerable comment when it is firstobserved l)y visitors. The growers in some 214 A TRIP TO THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS instances paper their fields. EoUs of paperare s])read over tlie fields, holes cnt in it to letthe hdhy j^ineapple plants through and by thatmeans the pernicions forms of ve^etation aresmothered ont. Its a great idea, isnt it ? Whenthe naughty plants and the bugs get entirely thebest of old Mr. Man they are going some. Inthis country a happy comparison is frequently. A PINEAPPLE FIELD This is on the top of a mountain of lava; time havingmelted it into a soil fit to produce large quantities ofone of the most delicious fruits that nature has puton her versatile menu. made when the native says to his girl disport-ing her new grass skirt: It fits like tlie ])a-])er on dads pineapple patch. Some rather steep inclines are utilized inpineai)ple growing. Wherever the soil is rightl)inea])ples are ])lanted no difference how steepthe incline of the ])atch. They tell the story ofone Japanese meeting another, the latter all WITH WORLDS PRESS CONGRESS 215 loiii and ci-ippkd, and when in(|iiiry was made!)>• Ja}) No. 1 as to the cause of Jap Xo. 2s(lilai)idated condition, Jap No. 2 admitted tliatlie had fallen off his ))inea])))le ])atcli, and Jiestaled further that that was the iliii-d time hehad falleu off that summer. The Hawaiian PineaDule Co. took the pressdelegates out to their gr
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