Hawaiian Plants
Plants to Hawaii
The first potatoes were planted in Hawaii.
It turns out, the American brig, the Thaddeus, brought more than the first missionaries to the island.
Four years later, the mango tree would be introduced. By 1828, the first coffee plant would be grown in Kona. It marked the beginning of the Kona Coffee Industry.
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Hawaiian Plants
