Macadamia Nuts in Hawaii: History and Production - ctahr ...

Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Shigeura, Gordon T. (Gordon Tokiyoshi),
Macadamia nuts in Hawaii, history and production.
(Research extension series, 0271-9916 ;
Bibliography: p.
1. Macadamia nut--Hawaii. 2. Macadamia nut industry
--Hawaii. 3. Macadamia nut--History. 1. Ooka,
Hiroshi. II. Title. III. Series.
SB401.M32S54 1983 634'.57 83-10795
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The authors gratefully acknowledge the many friends and co-workers on the staff of the College of
Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources who contributed greatly to the development of this treatise
with constructive criticisms and comments; the many lay friends whocontinued to encourage the authors
to finish the manuscript; Agnes Conrad of the State Archives, as well as several Australian connections
who were very helpful in developing the historical section; Sherwood R. H. Greenwell of Kona, Hawaii, a
distant relative of Purvis', for making it possible to obtain W. H. Purvis' picture from Scotland; Albert M.
Aoki of Hawaii and Australia, who sponsored the senior author's three study trips to Australia; Ralph H.
Moltzau, who generously supplied the many old pictures from his files to record for posterity; Harry F.
Clements, the senior author's major professor in college and lifelong friend and benefactor, who engendered
in him the basic concept of plant growth and how it can be manipulated to fit man's need; Richard
M. Bullock, who was always present to help, and in time of need; and last butnot least, Jan Everly Williams
of the Publications and Information Office, who diligently and professionally went over the manuscript
to make it more readable and more to the point.
To all of these friends, thanks.
THE AUTHORS
Gordon T. Shigeura was on the staff of the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources,
University of Hawaii, for a total of 22 years over two separated periods ofemployment. He helped with the
initial development of Castle & Cooke's first large-scale commercial macadamia nut orchard in Puna,
Hawaii, in 1949, and C. Brewer's Kau Macadamia (forerunner of Brewer Orchards) in Pahala, Hawaii, in
1956. After a IS-year period in industry, he returned to CTAHR as a horticulturist, retiring at the end of
1979.
Hiroshi Ooka, or "Porky" to his many friends throughout the macadamia world, began his professional
years as a vocational agriculture teacher in the high schools of Hawaii. During this 20-year period he
encouraged and developed many students who have gone on to become leaders in their fields. Ooka spent
his last 25 years before retirement as a horticulturist at both Keaau Orchard and Brewer Orchards. In his
spare time, he kept the Hawaii Macadamia Producers Association on an even keel by handling the macadamia
nut research program for CTAHR with state, county, and private funds.
Cover: An early picture of Keaau Orchard, looking toward Mauna Loa.