Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-01-13
THE CITRUS FAIR.
SECOND DAY OF THE NORTHERN
CITRUS EXHIBIT.
Nothing Succeeds Like Success
The Formal Opening
Speeches-Etc.

SpeecneS-Etc.
Some skeptical people, and there are a
few in the world, are 10th to believe the
story of the fall of man in the garden OF
Eden. If, however, instead of the apple.
Eve was tempted by a golden -colored
orange, similar to those grown in northern
California, the most skeptical will have to
pardon her for her infraction of the law
and when we imagine her holding up be-
fore Adani's paralyzed gaze one of the
golden spheres of the navel variety, and
expatiating upon its delicate taste and Juicy
richness, the most determined disbelieyer
will have TO admit that Adams mouth
watered, that he did take, and did eat; foI
who would not? Adam, no doubt, was
well pleased with the fruit, for he set about
purchasing for his wife a new dress, which
was the first case on record of d husband
doing thing of that kind. The orange on
that occasion, however, was hardly up tC
those on exhibition at the citrus fair
for, if they had been, instead of clothing
Eve with a fig leaf, he would have
adorned her with a seal-skin sacque.
The exhibits are all in place, arranged
tastefully, and all who visit the pavilion
are loud in their praise as well as astonish.
ment at its immensely. That such things
grew in such variety and abundance in a
section CT country unknown to fame as &
producer of citrus fruits, astonishes not
only the stranger within our gates, but the
Oldest inhabitant as well. There is some
thing about all fruit that is pleasing to the
eye, either in shape, size or color, in some
much more than others. The orange
seems to combine all the elements o.
beauty, and ripening as it does here at 6
season, apparently out of season, it has nc
competitor and its charms claim the ado.
ration of all The tree is ornamental in
the highest degree; its blossoms. sweet
scented, fair TO behold, typical of purity
the most appropriate wreath for the fan
bride. Its fruit, golden in color, sweet in
flavor, ripens in our winterieSs climate
months before it does in the so-called
citrus California, and during the months
when one-half the Union is covered with q
weary waste of snow.
The number of visitors that called YES
terday and last evening was large. and the
success of the fair is assured beyond q Der.
adventure.
To attempt description of each exhibit
either as individuals. counties or sec.
tions-would be an undertaking beyond
the scope of newspaper paragrapher and
the columns of an ordinary daily pape,
could be filed for many months, to the
exclusion of all other matters, We're the at
tempt made TO do each justice Even the
, ladies, who, it is said, have a vastly supe-
rior command of the language over the
sterner SEX when things of beauty are II
Hacn h.Al fl,at tba,- =
plimentary adjectlves is inadequate to dc
the subject justice.
l.. ID. Freer, of Oroville, who makes one
of the finest exhibits in the fair, has ont
plate OF small, richly-colored, lemon
shaped oranges, upon which he placed the
| following card: This is citrus fruit
without a name as yet, and wants one
These specimens are from one tree and The
growth of one year. They represent {
spring, July, September and Noyembel
crops, and the tree is now in bloom anC
all the crops, from the blossom to the ript
| fruit, are now on the tree. a more beauti
full sight was never beheld What is it y
DR.. Latham has written on the opposit,
side of the card the following: at is tn,
Mikado-a common variety of orange il
| Japan"
L. N Eyler, of OroviIle, has an orang,
-
| ton. They are large and luscious, but tha
| is not what draws the attention. The foil
| age is tull of holes-some of the leave
! nearly gone, others quite so-and the rag
ged leaves form singular contrast TO tn,
| perfect ones on all sides. The card ex
plains all. 1t says: This sample is from
| the second crop of this year, the first croI
having been entirely destroyed by grass
hoppers. Note the condition of the leave.
and you can then form some idea how tn,
hopper-grass got in his work in ou
| section last season.
L. NJ Holt, of Riverside and editor O
| the Press and Horticalt,rist. who is visitin.
| the citrus fair and exhibiting fruit from
| Riverside, was asked yesterday as to hi
| impressions about the display, when he re
Piled The collection of citrus fruits a
| the Northern Citrus Fair is very creditable
considering the fact that with few excep
| tions, no attempt has been made in thi
| section of the State to raise oranges an(
lemons for commercial purposes. Some o
the fruit is very choice, and as fine as car
| be raised in any portion of the State. As:
whole the collection is not as fine as thos,
| to be found annually at the southern Cali
| fornia citrus exhibitions at Riverside
| from the fact that most of the frui
here on exhibition is Seeding an,
| lie oeieCtlOlS Hldue Dy men VINO nave on "
few trees and q small amount of fruit t,
select from, while the Riverside collection
are mostly of budded fruit taken from
large orchards where it is possible to selec
more carefully. The oranges III northern
| California ripen earlier than in Riverside
but not so much earlier as is claimed. Th,
| fruit on exhibition is not really ripe to-day
| il would be much sweeter and better on,
| or even two months hence than it is now
| | shall visit some of the best orange sec
tions before going home, and will give tn.
public my impressions regarding the same
There need be no jealousy, or even com
| petition between the two sections of til,
State relative to citrus fruits. Norther,
California seeks an early market and south
ern California will depend on late Eas,
ern market: hence, there is no conhie
| between the two sections. | am glad to Sc,
| the industry doing so well in this portion
of the State. Your people should not con
found Riverside oranges with Los Angelo
| oranges in referring to fruit produced il
southern California. There is more simi
larity between Riverside fruit and northern
California fruit than there is between Riy
erside and Los Angeles fruit"