Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-02-07
THE EXPOSITION.
MADE BY CALIF0R.
MA FRUITS.
A Glance into the Worlds Fair in
Progress at the Crescent
City-Etc.

The correspondent of the Chicago Inter
Ocean has the following to say about the
Worlds Exposition at New Orleans, in
which Californias exhibit bears a conspic-
uous part:
Horticultural Hall as seen from the river
landing, or as you approach 1t through the
oak avenue, is by far the most beautiful struc-
ture on the grounds. 1t is building Of
which the architect may justly feel proud.
1t was designed and erected by Arthur E.
Revelle, of New York He is a well-known
horticultural builder, whose system of
acme glazing is fast superseding the use
of putty in the glass roofing Of conserva-
tories. Beautiful as this hall is at all times,
under the magic of the electric light this
crystal palace of the South CLEANS through
the dusk like the fairy ice palaces of the
North 1t is pleasant to think that its
beauty will not dissolve, like Cleopatras
pearl, in the breath of spring. Approach
ing it in the evening, from the river side,
where long lines of light are cast over one
of the little lakes, it glows like a vision of
the New Jerusalem rising out of the Jasper
sea- If ever the whole plan for illuminat
ing these grounds comes into complete
! working order, and the lovely light mingles
with the warmth and fragrance of South
ern spring evening, nothing more fascinat-
ing could be desired.
CITRUS FRUITS.
| Inside the hall, on the evening of my
visit, quantity of citrus fruits were being
arranged for exhibition. Although the
season for competitive exhibits, as planned
by the premium lists does not commence
| until the second week in January, there
| are at present about eighty tables, covered
with products from Maine to Oregon from
Minnesota to Nicaragua. These tables
extend in long rows in either direction
| from the grand central fountain; on the
one hand the citrus and other seml-trop-
| zeal fruits, on the other the products OF
northern ATTITUDES are arranged. The most
! considerable display Of semi-tropicai fruits
| is from Florida 1t embraces oranges in
considerable variety, lemons Of great size
and beauty, lines, shaddocks, orange and
lemon citrons, and grape fruit. This lat
ter is beautiful specimen Of the citron
! family, with the shape of an orange, the
color of lemon, and the size of a shad
dock The pale yellow globes are very
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for its refreshing juice and supposed sani-
tary qualities by the people of Florida
The tree on which it grows is perhaps the
finest representative of the citron family.
1t resembles the orange, but the leaves are
more glossy and beautiful The great
globes of pale, yellow fruit are borne in
clusters of five or six, hanging throughout
the middle of the tree, quite hidden by
the luxuriant foliage.
Besides the citrus fruits, Florida pre-
sents Others not so well known, among
which are sappodillos, sugar apples, sour
saps, mamie apples, and egg fruit. In the
! Mexican exhibit I was attracted by the
oddness of
THE LITTLE sQUARE-CORNERED APPLES,
The curious fruit of the opuntia, called the
tuna, and the dainty little myrtle oranges.
| Cocoanuts from Central America, in their
huge, green husks, or with the young plants
I just sprouting from the eyes, attract much
attention. To many people an orange is an
orange, and although it may be sweet or
! sour, they do not dream that there are very
many varieties, with distinct, well marked
| characteristics. There are at least seventy
which have received names. There are
| quite a number on exhibition, and many
more will appear with the arrival of the
competitive exhibits from California and
/ Florida. The specimens Of Mandarin and
| Tangerine oranges now on the table are
very fine One table Of the citron fruits
was very noticeable for the range of color
! in the different species, from the brilliant
reddish orangine Of the Tangerine down
to the lemon, and estill paler grape fruit,
Most Northern people are much interested
in and aStonished at the japanese pcrsin-
mons, which are shown from California,
Mississippi, Louisiana and Georgia. 1t is
amusing to watch the perpleyed looks with
which these unfamiliar fruits are greeted.
There are several distinct varieties shown
some closely resemble tomato in form and
color, while others are acorn-shaped and
about the size Of medium Bartlett pear.
These fruits
WILL CERTAINLY BEAR TRANSPORTATION,
As those from California have already been
in the city a month. In the opinion of
many these persimmons surpass all other
fruits of the temperate zone in their rich
ness Of favor and deicacy of texture.
As far as apples are concerned, Nebraska
at present leads all the States Of the North
and East in the extent, variety, and per-
lection Of her exhibit. This must be very
gratifying 70 her energetic and able Com
missioner Ex-Governor Furnas, whose ele-
CANT exhibit Of fruit and trees is an ample
fuillment OF prophecies made by him
when Nebraska was vet a Territory, and
hut an arid, treeless plain. In the great
interstate and international competitive
exhibit to come off in January, Nebraska
will have many rivals but with his usual
sagacitv her Commissioner reaps much ad-
vantage from being early in the field.
CALIFORNIA; exhibit covers fourteen ia
bles, embracing products Of vineyard and
orchard, from San Diego to the northern
counties, and from the foothills of the
Sierra Nevadas TO the valleys Of the sea.
This excellent exhibit embraces oranges,
lemons, lines, pomegranates, apples, pears,
grapes, ounces, almonds, walnuts, chest
| nuts, and last, though not least, japanese
persimmons. Some OF the pears are said
TO WEIGH THREE POUNDS APIECE,
But it is to be regretted that the season Of
the year does not permit an exhibit of nu-
| merous varieties of this fruit
The grapes are very handsome, covering
about three tables and embracing some
twenty varieties, all of the European class,
or, as we on this side of the mountains
would say, hot-house grapes.
The apples exhibited in the California
| display are in good variety, Of wonderful
size, and they have richness Of color en-
tirely unequaled by the products of our
Eastern orchards. The display as whole
is regarded by all the fruit men who have
seen it as magnificent, and the more i'm
pressive as Pacific coast apples have never
been exhibited in quantity east Of the
Rocky Mountains before 1t is to be re-
GREETED that the long period during which