The cacao-tree has been tried, but a blight kills it.

In the garden of Dr.
Hillebrandt, near Honolulu, I saw specimens of the cinnamon and allspice trees; but again I was told that the blight attacked them, and did not allow them to prosper.

Wheat and other cereals grow and mature, but they are subject to the attacks of weevil, so that they can not be stored or shipped; and if you feed your horse oats or barley in Honolulu, these have been imported from California.

Silk-worms have been tried but failed.

Rice does well, and its culture is increasing.
Moreover, there is but an inconsiderable local market.