Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-02-15
Hor iicuIluraI Branch Fair at River
side.

in California has just closed at Riv-
erside. 1t was not the intention oi
the Horticultural Society to make
this a grand rally such as was wit
nessed last October in the Pavilion
in this city, but simply branch
movement which should be partly
a fair and partly meeting of the
society for the discussion of horti.
cultural questions. The gathering
assumed q local character TO O great
extent, although large number of
prominent horticulturists were
present from different parts of
Southern California. About thirty
took the train on Tuesday for Col
ton, where they were met by car
riages and conveyed TO that place.
On Wednesday morning pro-
cession of carriages took visitors
and others through the settlement,
examining the orchards of not only
Riverside proper but also the lower
settlement of Arlington. The day
was lovely and the guests were
highly pleased with the system of
canals and bitches, the high state
of cultivation and tho beautiful
homes to be found on every hand.
AT 2 o'clock p. NJ. q business
meeting of the society was held in
the parlor of the Riverside House
for the appointment of committees
and the perfecting of arrangeme nts
for the meetings and fair. j. de
Barth Shorb, President of tine So
ciety, took the Chair, and l.. M.
Holt acted as Secretary. The fol.
lowing committees were appointed:
On Seeding Orapges-Ansen Van
Leuven, of Old San Bernardino, N.
w. Blanchard, of Ventura county,
and III. X. w. Bent, of Los Ange-
les.
Budded Oranges-A. S. White, of
Riverside, G.. II. Richardson, OF
Los Angeles, ,and j. de Barth Shorb,
of San Gabriel.
Comparison of Seeding and Bud
ded Oranges-Louis Cram, of San
Bernardino, Mrs. Jeanne g. Carr, of
Pasadena, II. M. Higgins, of San
Diego, J. H. Shields, of Florence,
and P. S. Russell, of Riverside.
Stock for Budding Purposes-L.
z. Waite, of Riverside, w. R.Olden,
of Anaheim, and DR.. y. II. Cougar,
of Pasadena.
Seeding Lemons-Thos. w. Cow
er, of Riverside, S. Richardson, of
Pasadena, and j. Il. Crank, Of Fair
Oaks.
Budded Lemons-Geo. d. Carle.
ton, of Riverside, II. G. Severance,
of Los Angeles, and Col. j. Ban
bury, of Pasadena.
Limes-Dr. J. 2. Greeves and d.
G. Twogood, of Riverside, and Jas.
Smith, of Pasadena.
Dried Fruts-Mrs. G. M. Sever
ance, of Los Angeles, and Mrs. s.
G. Evans and Mrs. James Betner,
of Riverside.
Raisins-Gen. Geo. Stoneman, of
San Gabriel, James Betner, of Riv-
erside, and r. Melrose, of Ana
helm.
Olives and Olive Pickles-James
Boyd and ). G. Evans, of River
side, and b. e. Moore, of Tulare.
Other Semi-Tropcal Fruits-J.D.
Crank, of Fair Oaks, Il. Conway, of
Riverside, and l.. NJ. Holt, of Los
Angeles.
Deciduous Fruits-T. ]. Wood, A.
J. Twogood and e. G. Brown, of
Riverside, w. S. Chapman, OF San
Gabriel, and VIM. Niles, of Los
Angeles.
Transportation and Market-J.
de Barth Shorb and Gen. Geo.
Stoneman, of San Gabriel, DR.. 0.
II. Cougar, of Pasadena, H. M. Hig.
gins, of San Diego, and b. d. Burt
and S. G. Evans, of Riverside.
A rule was adopted that all en-
tries of fruits for premiums should
be made by numbers, so that COM
mittees should not be able to tell
where or by whom the various
samples of fruits were produced.
During the remainder of the af-
tefnoon the public hall was
thronged with visitors, who ad-
mired the display and discussed pro
and con the quality and various
other points of the thousands of
samples of fruit before them.
The Seeding orange and lemon
were freely represented, as were also
nearly a dozen varieties of budded
orange and half II dozen varieties of
budded lemon. There were also to
be found bananas from Orange and
San Diego olives from San Ber-
nardino county, olive oil from
Santa Barbara and Los Angeles
counties, dried fruits from River
side, two branches of dates from
the fruit ranch of S. G. Wolfskill
in Solano county, forwarded by
Strong & Co., of Sacramento and
other items Of interest such as nuts,
raisins, etc. A box containing
picked olives and other fruits from
Frank A. Kimball, of San Diego
county, arrived too late for exhib-
ition.
The evening session was devoted
to the work Of the committees, as
was also a large portion of Thurs
day morning, during all of which
time the hall was thronged with
visitors. AT 10:30 A. M. of Thurs
day the people in the hall
having been seated, the So
ciety's meeting opened to re-
ceive reports of committees. The
Navel orange raised by II. w.
Cover, of Riverside, took the pre-.
MUM as the best budded orange,
and the Du Roi, raised by e. J.
Davis, of Riverside, took the sec
ond premium. Capt. Pishon, of old
San Bernardino, took the first pre-
MUM for size and flavor, on the
Seeding orange. II. w. Water
man, of Hot Springs, San Ber-
nardino county, took the second