World of Bananas available at the Kapaa library

HTFG Kauai donates the book "World of Bananas" to the Kapaa Library.

Official press release:
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HTFG DONATES NEW BOOK TO SIX LIBRARIES

HAWAII— The statewide Hawaii Tropical Fruit Growers (HTFG) is donating the book, “The World of Bananas in Hawai‘i: Then and Now” to libraries on the four major islands. The 612-page tome, by HTFG members and Maui residents Dr. Angela Kepler and Francis Rust, is the result of 30-years of worldwide research.

“It is the first book about bananas in Hawaii chock full of original research. It traces the banana evolution around the Pacific,” explains Ken Love, HTFG president. “It is a banana bible.”  

Boasting 1,900 illustrations, the book contains pictorial descriptions for 140 living varieties and 22 kinship groups, plus illustrated keys separating similar cultivars. It also has information on pesticide-free care and maintenance, nutritional deficiencies, and troubleshooting pests and diseases.

Love adds that the $80 resource covers every banana in Hawaii, plus Polynesian and international varieties, including ornamentals and fei.

Recently published by Waipio-O-Pali Press, copies will be at the Hawaii State Library at 478 King St. in downtown Honolulu, at the Kahului Branch on Maui, the Kapaa Branch on Kauai and two branches on Hawaii Island: the Kealakekua Branch in Kona and the downtown Hilo Branch.

Hawaii Tropical Fruit Growers

Incorporated in 1989 to promote tropical fruit grown in Hawaii, HTFG is a statewide association of tropical fruit growers, packers, distributors and hobbyists dedicated to tropical fruit research, education, marketing and promotion; www.hawaiitropicalfruitgrowers.org.

Left to right Liz Ito, John Anderson, and Lani Kawahara (library branch manager)