Note 12 — PREFACE. (continued 6)

Planting time during a month is particularly chosen and not made at random. Hua12 is a planting day, and so are Akua, Mahealani, Kulu, the three Laaus and the three Oles. Here is an interpretation of the planting days. Hua: Every plant will bear, with one defect, the fruit will be small. Akua: The bearing will be unnatural, a continuous production. Mahealani: Bearing plentiful and large; the fruit of the day, however, questions,13 “Give me a place?” Kulu:14 Fruitful, and the bunch of bananas hang low in bearing, till it reaches the ground. Laau: The fruit is very much desired. Ole: Fruitful, it is true, for it means your banana has an abundant yield.15