Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-01-20
Orange culture-The North vs.. the sout

Orange Culture-The North VS.. the South.
EDS. RECORD UNION: notice commu
nication in this mornings RECORD UNION.
signed by G. w. Hancock, which. must
say, surprises me, although | am getting
used to being misquoted and seeing mis-
statements III the papers of northern CAL
ifornia regarding me, my exhibit of River
side fruits at the late Northern Citrus Fair,
and Riverside in general Such misrepre
sensations and Interpretations NAV paw for
little while, but it will react and do your
section more harm than good. l had a
right to expect good. fair treatment from
the papers published at the State Capital.
and | must say that the RECORD UNION has
treated me fairly from an editorial stand
point. Sacramento is the capital of ours
and not otnerthen California alone II has
an interest in Riverside as well as Oroyille
We vote for State officers down there. and
pay State taxes. 1t does not become the
papers of the Capital City to pull down one
section of the State for the sake of building
up another. II does not paw for news
papers i'll any section to do so, although
many of them, both north and south take
that course. ! have tried to treat this SUBJ
lect in broad light, and the fruit-growers
and business men of northern California
AT least those with whomI have come in
contact-knOw that ! have conceded to
this end of the State all that they
can honestly claim-that northen
California has simply advertised its
possibilities. Its oranges and lemons have
thus far been raised in door-var1s. On trees
that have received little or no cultivation.
and have not, with rare exceptions, been
raised in orchards. Can such fruit. which
Is mostly seeding, excel in quality that
raised under the highest rules of cultiva-
ton, most of which Is composed of the
very best budded varieties? Let those who
think so promulgate this belief But when
your correspondent states this morning
that l said that the Seeding fruit from
northern California excelled ANYTHING of
the kind that southern California has ever
produced, he states that which is not true
and everyone who has heard me express
my opinions here in Sacramento. including
the editors OF the RECORD UNION. knows
cannot be true. If | should thus misrepre-
sent this portion of the State and the ex
preSsions of the people here. in nv paner
they would justly be veiy INDIGNANT
L do not propose to report Mr.. Hancock as
saying that this Sacramento citrus fair was
Oh Out little account as compared with the
riverside citrus fairs. for no matter what
he may have thought. he has not said so
IN my presence; and yet if | should so re-
port HIM should be doing him no more
injustice than he has me.
Mr. Hancock also makes another mis-
statement. He says that the Riverside fruit
was all frozen in 1888, and that if we shin
ped any oranges TO market that year we got
them from the warm hooks adjacent tn
riverside. This is incorrect. All the
oranges were not frosted-onlva small nor
tlon OF them, and these were grown on the
very lowest lands.
1t may be that Riverside does not raise
oranges NJ 10 eat, but must in closing re-
mark few facts. The Riverside fr,5;t i
quoted at top prices in the market. This
indicates superiority, and the decision l. Inv
the Court OF last appeal. When the ones
ton OF sending the Northern Citrus Fair tn
San Francisco was raised, Vim. t. Coleman
d 20. wrote me, urging that the Riverside
exhibit be taken there also. The exhibitors
and management at Sacramento said no
they would not go with their exhibits If
riverside was allowed TO show her fruit.
Hence IN arranging with the Mechanics
institute for having the citrus fair sent to !
San Francisco, the Sacramento manage
ment specifically provided that no oranges
or other citrus fruits from any county south !
of San Francisco should be allowed aduis- |
sion to the fair ia the Mechanics Pavilion. |
l his was satisfactory TO the writer. II ac- |
knowledged the superiority of our fruit. /
and with this we were content. If our fr1if
was inferior. why rule il out at San Fran
cisco? Ii IL IS superior il is right TO rule il I
out. Consistency, thou art jewell but !
some people don wear that kind of jewelry. /,
L. II. HoLT