See also: - [[Early Retail, Grocery, and Supermarket]] - [[imported food]] - [[Pumpkin in Hawaii - Research Notes]] ## 1850s "The first Boston ice brought to these islands" arrived September 14, 1850, by way of San Francisco aboard the brig Fortunio. On June 22, 1852, "a few tons of ice were brought to this port from San Francisco by the bark Harriet T. Bartlet" and were partly sold at auction; this was hailed as "the first importation of the kind, in any quantity, to this market." The first full cargo of ice came from Sitka aboard the brig Noble in the latter part of 1853. (Schmitt, 1980, p. 16) ## 1870s Locally manufactured ice was put on sale December 2, 1871, but the firm providing it went out of business a month later. Local production of ice was eventually resumed in 1875.10” (Schmitt, 1980, p. 16) ## 1900s “The modern pineapple industry dates from 1900, when some farmers from California formed a colony at Wahiawa, Oahu, and on homestead land, under the leadership of Byron O. Clark, began raising a number of crops, including pineapples. In 1901 James D. Dole organized the Hawaiian Pineapple Company. The first crop, canned in 1903, amounted to 1,893 cases.52” (Schmitt, 1980, p. 7) ## 1910s "The first Boston ice brought to these islands" arrived September 14, 1850, by way of San Francisco aboard the brig Fortunio. On June 22, 1852, "a few tons of ice were brought to this port from San Francisco by the bark Harriet T. Bartlet" and were partly sold at auction; this was hailed as "the first importation of the kind, in any quantity, to this market." The first full cargo of ice came from Sitka aboard the brig Noble in the latter part of 1853. (Schmitt, 1980, p. 16)