The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1885-06-12
TROPICAL FRUITS.
THE LARGE AND INTERESTING DIS
PLAY At NEW ORLEANS.
New Fruits from Mexico-Honduras' Va
rieties or sugar-Cane-seventy-F Five
Kind. of Oranges from Florida
CALIFORNIA; Display.
New Orleans Cor. Inter.ocean.,,

New Orleans Cor. Inter-ocean.l
The display Of citrus and other tropical
fruits at New Orleans has been very large
and interesting. The countries contributing
outside of tn, United States are Mexico,
triGnssd HaGSasdi"f in Sns srsat anHaliy Haly ghaf
of the exposition. She sent a very largo
number OF plants--enough to have formed
very interesting feature If they had not been
so poorly handled in transportation as to
present very shabby and unthrfty ap-
pearance As it is, her orchids, agaves, and
cacti have attracted a great deal OF atten-
tion. Her fruits have been offered in con-
siderable variety, and at times she has
shown some very fine tables
Sue has sent Us many things with the
names Of which we are not very familiar,
such as macrozamiaS, tunas, zapotes, coro-
COS, calabashes, chayotes, granaditas, AMI
sapodilIos She also furnishes very fine
specimen; Of the familiar cocoanuts, the
banana, lims', lemons in variety, several
kinds of beautifully colored, sweet but no.
very high. favored oranges, and very fine
pine apple. She also displays several kinds
of nuts, and enormous yams and sweet po-
tat tles.
HONDURAS FRUITS.
Honduras has offered very fine cocoanuts,
prunes, bananas and oranges, and adds to
these enormous specimens OF sugar-cane.
Jamaica has more distinctly tropical line
of productions in her exhibit One feature
OF her display is her sugar-canes. which
number about eighty varieties, which have
been collected from all parts Of the world
and tested by DR.. Morris, director of the
government botanic Al garlen' of that ISL
In ~ ha In Iianlay a
citrus family, embracing many varieties OF
lemons, lines, oranges, ctrons and shad-
docks. She also has bananas, pine-appls'
and cocoanuti, AMI in addition maugoe',
vanilla beans, coffee berries the fruit which
yields oar mace and nutmeg, cashen nut,
several kind. OF granaditas fruitS borne by
several species OF the passion vinel, guavas,
avocaioei, sapoIillos, and a long line Of
canned novelties.
FLORIDA ORANGES
There has been good display OF Florida
fruits from the opening day until the pres
ent tim, 1t was, however, upon Feb. IA
that she made her grand competitive exbi-
bition of about 1000 plates of fruit, largely
Of the citrus family, but including fine speci-
mems OF the pine apple, banana, cocoanut,
and guava. The exhibit Of immense citrus
fruits was quite astonishing. There were
citrons ten inches in their longest diameter,
and weighing from eight to eleven pounds
There were immense 70 % shaddocks, pale,
gobular, smo oth-skinned fruits, seven or
eight inches in diameter, AMI grape fruits OF
smaller sizs but still very wonderful or
course these novelties excited a great deal Of
surprise, but after all 1t Is the orange AMI
lemon display. which Is commercially i'm.
portant
Florida has shown on her tables about
seven ty five distinct varieties Of the orange.
This fact alone was a matter of astonishment
TO many at the north, who seem to he en-
irely unacquainted with the fact that there
is as great n range OF difference In sizc, aP
pearance, and flavor among oranges as there
is with apples.
CALIFORNIA; DISPLAY.
To those who had known California
oranges only by tie coarse seedlings which
have thus far formed the bulk OF her export
the excellence Of much OF this fruit was
quite q surprise. So fine an impression was
made by this magnificent showing that al
though Florida took the grand sweepstakes
prize for her general collection OF citrus
fruits, and had thirty-three premiums on
special exhibit, besides eleven silver AMI
three goll medals, the Riverside oranges
TOOK urSt premium as Dsst coiiecbioh, ch-
bracng rs it did the largest number OF va
rieties. which counted in her favor in the
plan adopted by the judges. But in justica
u Florida it should be stated that where the
same or an equal number Of varieties were
pitteJ against each other the points were
almost universally in her favor.
ORANGE GROWING.
Oranges in California are usually from
the Tahite seed, which l. the best the market
afford. being free from admixture with
other citrus fruits. Th, see OF the orange
is long in vegetating, often remaining several
weeks in the seed bed where it must not be
allowed to bec Jlne dry before 1t appears
above ground. Being planted in April about
eight inches Of growth IL made the first sea-
son. The plants are then tran;pianted IN
| nursery rows, to be removed in the held at3
years Of age unless they are budied, in
which case they remain in nursery ons or
two years longer. Not until the eighth or
nintl, year does the Seeding become product
i've, Int from the budded fruit specimens
car Le obtained earlier