Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1885-05-26
TROPICAL FRUITS.
TIE LARGE AND INTERESTING DIS
PLAY At NEW ORLEANS
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-Csltforalas Display.



II. display % citrus AMI other tropical
.ruits at Sss Orlsan, has len very ARG
.nA interesting TAs ooastriss eoniributinx
iut.iis q thu United stats are hsrioo,
Hoaiaras ani jamaica Msr.oo has CO.
tribaisl In a great many says - Ne sacoess
q The etpositina She -snt . very lArgs
namtsr q piants enough q have formed .
very interesting festurs Il tbsy had not Ten
- poorly haniisi In ransp1rtat.on a. 70
pr,--sni very shabby and untbrsfty ap-
p.ArAn,s A. u "a. hsr orchhiA agsysA AM
cscti have Attrartsd q great deal ~ atisn-
tia Ter fruit. have trsn offered In Gu
siderable VARSITY. and AZ umss shs has
.ao~a som, very hns tab.es
So has -snt ~ many things with the
nance ~ which ws are NJ, very familiar.
such a. macroEtmls.. tunas rAPots< coro-
49, oaishAshes. chsyotss gransiitAs. AMI
sspsill0s sas also furnishes very nns
- .cim~ul ~ the familiar cccosnue-. TIE
tAnaaA. Inns, lemons In VARSITY, svsrd
kinds u beautifully culorei. s~sst hut no.
very hgh.nsvcrei orang-s and very nns
tins-avplss She al.o displays several kinds
% nut, AMI snormoa. vans AM s~-t po-
tAtl~a
HONDURAS rRuTrS
Honduras "a. 0ffsrsi very ans ooooanue-.
prunss. hanAnas ami oranges. and aids -
th.--s enormous specimens q sugar-oans
JamAics has . mors distinctly tropaoai linz
% prciue,ions In Der sshiblt One feature
Of her display u hsr sugn-o.ns~ Which
number about eighty varieties whieh have
t.~n collectei from al parts % the ~orid
aad ts.t.i BY Dr. Morn. director % the
xovsrnmsnt botanical garden, % hat id-
ami In fruit. he has q tine display u The
citrus family. embracing many varisiiss q
lemons. lines oranges citroas ami shad-
doks Shs also has bsnsnss. Pho apples
AMI cocoanuts AMI In addition mango,
vanilla leans cofes berries the fruit Which
yislls our macs and nuimsg. cashsa nut,
several kini, Of syransii,ss fruits bo.os By
ssveral sF-clss q the pAsiOn vinsl. guavas
avoca losS sapoilllos ami q ioag linz u
oann>i novelties
FLORIDA ORASGEA
rhsrs has ben q god display % Florida
fruit from the opening day until the pre-
snt tina IL va howsvsr. upon Feb 10
that sns male her grand competitive srhi-
bitioa % about 400 plates OF frui, largely
Of the citrus family. but incluiing has sp>ci.
mons q tho pine apple. banana, eoooAnut.
AMI guayA The exhibit Of immenss citrus
fruit vas quite astonishing rnsrs wsrv
eltrons tan inches In their longest diameter,
ami weighing from eight b slsvsn pounds
There we're Immense rose shaddocks. pala.
xobular, smooth skinned fruit. ssven 90
eight inches On diameter. and grAps fruits q
smaller slr, but stiil very wonderful OF
cour.s ths-s novelties ercit~f great deal Of
Ia Al. -. -
lemon display, which Is commercially I'm
portAnt
Florida has shown On her tables about
ssventy-hve distinct varieties 81 the orange
This fac, alone vas . matter of s<tonishment
o. many at the north. who -ssm % b en-
tirsly unscquaint.d with the fact that there
Il a. great . range Of differences IN siss. sp
pearanoe and favor among oranges - thsrs
10 with spple-l
CALIFORNIA; DISPLAY.
To thoss who had Known California
oranges only by The coarss sssdlings which
have thus far formed Ne bulk Of her export
the ercsllsncs Of much Of this fruit vss
quite surpris~ 30 nns IN tmprssion vas
male by this magnificent slowing that a.
though Florida took the grand svespstAkss
p<irs for her general oollection q citrus
fruits, and had thirty-thres prsmiums On
special srhibat bssidss shvsa silver snd
thres gold meiAl. the Rivsrsids oranges
took frst prsmism - bsst collection. en-.
brscins a. u did the largest number % va
rietiss, which oountsf IN her favor In the
plan adopted by the joigss Bus IN justsos
70 Florida it should 10 statsd that vhsrs ths
.asss OF an equal numbsr Of VARIETIES we're
pittsd against each othsr The points were
almost universally In her favor.
ORANGE GROWING.
Oranges In California are usually from
ths Tahits ss>d. which {. the b>st ths mArkss
Affords. bsinx fres from sdmixturs WITH
othsr ciuus fruin Ths ssst % The orasgs
4 long In vegstAtinx. often remaining svsrsl
weeks In the se~d-bsd, where u must not b
Allowed % tscSms dry before 10 sppssrs
above ground Bsing planted IN April about
,ig ht inches Of grovtA IL made IL nrst 80
on TIE plants are thsn transplantsd In
nurssry row., 10 b removed In the nsld ats
rsar Of age unlsss they are boddsd. IN
which cass they remain In murray on OF
Iwo year. longer. Not until Ne eighth o.
ninth year does the sssdiing become product
We Tut from the buddsd fruit spscinsn
,an b obtained earlier.
Mshamms1 % Clvn - viso.