Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-03-31
THE LATE CITRUS ExR1B1TIoN.
Pasadena Fruit-Gr0wers' Association "A
Sketch in a Speech.

Pasadena Fruit-Growers' Association A
Sketch in a Speech
The recent Citrus Fair of the Pasadena
Fruit-growers' Association, held on March
oath, has already been noticed as graft
flying success. a correspondent of the
REcoRD-UYIoY at that place, referring
again to the exhibition and sending us
samples of the exhibits for critical exam.
nation. speaks of the fair as an "unex-
ampled success, and there is every reason
to believe this enthusiastic verdict to be
Justified. The harvest feast astonished
even the residents, and showed what the
remarkable results of five years of good
work are in California. One of the
! pleasing features of the affair was
the graceful speech of Mr. Berry,
in which he detailed the origin
and plan Of operations of the colony
of Pasadena. The severe winter of 1873
in Indiana led a number of citizens of that
State to resolve to seek climate where
hay fever was less known and quinine not
a requisite diet, The majority decided on
coming to Southern California, and Mr..
Berry was sent on to spy out the land, who,
IN the name of Thomas Croft, purchased
| the half interest of DR.. John S. Griffin in
the Rancho San Pascual. Mr.. Croft con-
veyed in turn to the San Gabriel Orange
Grove Association. The location of the
land is 500 feet above the sea level, and is
sheltered on the north by the Sierra
Madres, ON the west by the Verduga noun
tains and on the south by the Mission
range. The soil was found to- be
porous, warm and generously reten-
tive, OF moisture, with sunny exposure
and good drainage, and well adapted to the
cultivation of grain and all northern and
semi tropical fruits. 1.-THE sea breeze"
said Mr.. Berry, (which flows from west to
east for five months in the year, leaves the
ocean in Ventura county and passes over40
miles of low, bushy mountains before
reaching Pasadena, where it arrives full of
soft odors from evergreen shrubs, and laden
with ethereal balsam and animating oxygen
for the invalid, and with comfort and cheer
for those in robust health" The
name Pasadena is derived from the
peculiar situation of the lands which
command view OF the valley of San
Gabriel, and is hence called Pasadena,
which, in the Algonquin language, means
Grown of the Valley" By iudicious de-
velopment the springs of water on the
tract were made the common property of
the colonists. A stock company was
formed, with capital stock of 200 shares,
each share representing an ownership of
one two-hundredth part of all the land and
water. This principle has been faithfully
carried out, and by it each stakeholder has
been enabled to obtain his proportionate
share of water without submitting to theex-
actions of water company. "This colony"
added the speaker, sis the only
one where a landowner is also
water owner" The colony, he went
free from speculation or favoritism, every
shareholder getting land at the same price
and without premium or competition. The
officers have served without fee or salary,
and the Associations expenses have thus
been kept at the minimum, and honesty
and efficiency have been secured. Mr..
Berry added that the successful manage
ment is to be largely credited to the
excellent judgment of Messrs. Calvin
Fletcher, Fl. o. Porter, r. S. Eaton,
Colonel Banbury and W. T. Clapp. To
their clear judgment, thoughtful and care
full consideration and disinterested ser
vices, Pasadena to-day owes much of its
prominence. The speaker concluded with
this peroration "When struggling with
suffering and disease in the Atlantic
States, with every step burden and every
breath pain, there sometimes came to
your humble servant a vision of fair land
of song-birds and sunshine, where winds
were temperate. and rare, and tornadoes
and typhoons unknown where flowers
and fruits were perpetual, and the sweet
air brought color to the faded cheeks,
light to the hungry eyes, and strength to
the wasted frame; while the deep, rich
soil responded to the endearments of cult.
Walton with bountiful blessing The
vision strengthened to hope, hut hardly
became as substantial as an expectation.
But to-day the vision and the hope are
transmitted into reality, and before me
stands peerless Pasadena, with orchards
blushing at the smile of the sun, vineyards
more rich than those of Eschol, clad in
emerald robes and decked with bridal
blossoms which the golden orange has.
brought to her coronation, and the vision
is rounded and completed.
" know not how in other lands
Tie changing seasons come and go,
What splendor falls on Syrian sands,
What purple lights on Alpine snow,
Nor how the pomp Of sunrise waits
On Venice at her watery gates.
A dream TO me il Amos vale
And the Alhambra's halls are but travellers tale.
'fYet on life's current, he who drifts
Is one with him who rows sails;
And he who wanders widest. lifts
No more Of beauty's JEALOUS wells
Than he who from his doorway sees
This miracle of flowers and trees
The eye may well be glad that looks
Where Pharpar's fountains rise and fall;
But he who sees these native brooks
Laugh in the sun, has seen them ALL"