Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-01-21

Stockton Mail, January 10th
No special thanks are due to Stockton
and San Joaquin county for the grand sue
cess of the citrus fair now being held at
Sacramento. The exhibition is a very ex-
cellent illustration of what is possible of
accomplishment in comparatively new
industry in northern California What we
mean in this instance by northern Califor-
MIA is all that portion of the State east of
! the Coast Range mountains and north OF
Los Angeles county, which has long made
orange, lime and lemon culture specially,
and which has attracted large immigra-
ton from the Eastern States chiefly on that
account.
The fair at the Capital shows most con-
clGsively that in the counties Of Sacra-
mento, Butte, Yolo, Placer, Shasta, Tehama.
Yuba, S6nOma, Calayeras, Amador, Napa
Colusa, Nevada, Sutter, Lake FL Dorado
and Tulare may be found large areas
wherein citrus fruits may be raised of n
quality equal to any and far superior to a
I large portion of what is produced in any
part of the State The citrus products Of
these counties are on exhibition and
speak for themselves" and it is really to
| be regretted that San joaquin, and other
counties in and adjacent 70 the great valley
of the San Joaquin, have not taken a hand
in an exhibition which is not merely a
credit 20 those who devised and arranged
it, but one Of the best means that could
have been adopted to draw the worlds
attention to the industrial possibilities ot
the central and northern counties of the
State.
In point of soil and temperature Kern.
San Joaquin and Sacramento valleys are
even preferable for the growth of Citrus
fruits, if We take tile atmospheric condi-
tons of the respective localities during the
present winter as a criterion. The mercury
has marked 26o in Los Angeles this winter.
and at no time during the season thus far
has it been lower than 32o in Stockton and
vicinity. There is quite large number of
orange trees in this city and county laden
with fruits at the present time, and it is
certainly to be regretted that the owners
neglected to make an exhibition of their
products at the Capital
But it is not too late. IL has been def
nitely decided to rem owe the citrus fruit
exhibition from the Capital to the CONNER
cial metropolis, and suggestion has been
made to eventually remove the exhibition
to New York, where it would probably at
tract more attention than either an annual
fair or display of the richest minerals
would receive. Thereis not time now for
samples of oranges to b. sent from this city
to the Sacramento fairb but why not send
forward samples of orlr citrus products to
San Francisco, where the exhibition is to
be opened early next week?
]. H. Tone, who resifies near the village
Of Waterloo, . few ND es north of Stock
ton, has some excellen orange tlees, the
number of ripe oranges on one of which is
computed at about L000. Dr. Stockton
and other residents OF tlis city have orange
trees in full bearing, and it would be an
easy matter for these gentlemen to send
few boxes of the fruit to be placed on ex-
hibitionin San Francisco. The fruit can
be sent by express free of charge a box
of thoroughly ripe and very sweet oranges
could be picked from trees planted in the
garden in front OF the parsonage of st.
Mary's Church by the pastor, Rev. W. B.
O'Connor, number Of years ago. Nearly
300 good-sized ripe oranges were picked
from one small tree one day last week, and
there is stlll sufficient fruit hanging on the
trees to make fine exhibit at citrus fair.
Let the city and county be represented
by all means at the exhibition next week,
and thereby make partial amends for neg
lect to share in the glory achieved at Sac
ramento.