Coffee production in Hawaii 1

The only state in the United States of America able to grow coffee plants commercially is Hawaii. However, it is not the only coffee grown on U.S. soil; for example, Puerto Rico has had a coffee industry for some time, although it is not a state but a U.S. territory.Ramiro L. Colon worked in the coffee industry of Puerto Rico since 1925, for example.

History
Don Francisco de Paula y Marin recorded in his diary on January 21, 1813, that he coffee seedlings planted on the island of Oahu, but not much is known about the fate of this plantation. John Wilkinson, a gardener who was on HMS Blonde in 1825 under Captain Lord Byron, brought coffee plants in Brazil. Governor Boki a piece of land in the Manoa Valley on Oahu. However, Wilkinson deceased in March 1827, and the trees do not thrive. Some cuttings are taken in other areas around Honolulu. Some plants are also grown from Manila by Richard Charlton, the British consul.

Other trees were placed in the Kalihi and Niu Valleys near Honolulu, in 1828 or 1829th On the island of Hawaii Rev. Joseph Goodrich tried to coffee plants, to make the Hilo mission autonomously. Goodrich gardens planted on his 12 years at Hilo, and taught classes for native Hawaiians to both grow for money at the mission, but also vegetables and tropical fruits for their own meals to support.

Ds. Samuel Ruggles (1795-1871) carried out a number of cuttings of coffee from the Kona district, as he of Hilo on the eastern side of the island of Hawaii transferred to the church on the west side of Kealakekua in July 1828th Although it might be time to take root , would be most successful in this area