New-York tribune., 1886-02-01
ciTrrs rRrIr ~ NoETHERN CiGIForNIA

CTTETS FETIT ~ NORTHERN CILiFOENii.
genuine sensation has been caused IN California
by the holding Of fair al Sacramento fol tie eX-
hibton Of the growth, Of citru, fruit produced BY
the northern countic, OF the Golden state. lhIs
fair IA, been a marked success, and 1t has proved
that the southern counties have no monopoly OF
orange culture. as was formerly believed. lhe
beauty and hncnes- OF the fruit sent 10 Sacramento
even from a, far north ~ Shasta. has astOnIshed
every one and tho fair ha, attracted thousands ot
visitor, from all part, of the state. The exhibit
embraced oranges lemons. olives, Japanese per-
simmons or loquat-. pomcgrnnates and various
other ,tru, fruits. and all the specimens were
healthy and we'll Favored. IL is estimated that
oraug trees are now growing and bearing IN more
than thousand places in Northern California, and
the statistics gathered for this occasion are such as
TO make it surprising that tho alaptability OF the
rccon for citrus fruit was not recognized many
years ago.
The suitability of the foot-hill lands for small
fruits has indeed been long known, and If those
lands have not been settled more quickly It Is
partly owing to the absence of transportation
facilities. A belt line to tap all that country has
long been talked of. and will have to be built
before long. and when that is done the California
foot hills will become the most pro luctyc fruit
belt in the country. In tho opening address at the
C,trus Fair il was shown that Sacramento Auburn.
Marysvillc. Chico. Red Bluff and Reddng are all
in what n called the 60 belt and that they possess
n more equablc and genial temperature than Eoino,
Madrid Marsciles and Alglcrs. Certainly the
citrus iruits appear to have found this bolt tror-
oughly congensl. for the oranges Just exhibited are
said 10 have been cleaner and freer from defects
than the average Southern California growth. or
course at such time some eNagseratIon Is sure TO
be INDUCED in, and 1t seems evident that enough
emphasis has not been pat upon the increased
danger of killing froSts in the more northerly
COMMITTEES After the recent experience in Florida
mast records of climate will be regarded with
suspicion and investors will say that they afford
no sufficient guarantees And that California IL not
exempt from meteorological caprcos has just been
shown by the occurrence of damaging hurricane
at san Francisco.
For all this the encouragement given to citrus
culture by tho exhibits of the Sacramento FAIR
must he considerable 1t may be doubtful whether
tie orange will ever become staple AZ far north
Shasta but there is no reason why it should not in
Sacramento. Yoo, Yuba. Placer, Colusa, Tehamn.
FL Dorado. NeTada, Amador aud Calayeras
counties Specimens of healthy oranges grown
2 900 feet above the sca-lovel were shown at sac
ramcnto 1t is claimed that in tho Sacramento
Valley tho Temperatures may fall belov the
freezing point without ice forming or the vegeta-
tion being bitten. Just now tho people of the
valley and the foothills are hugging themselves
over the discovery that they occupy the same belt
which includes the great citrus region of the world
Presently they will face the practical considera-
tions involved and will moro carefully weigh the
fncts which make against them Ii is probable
that there will be tendency of capital toward the
northern counties for investment in citrus culture.
though tho southern counties are not yet half
developed But all such exhibits seem to show
o,,I ant nna ,f
California arc not in her mnes,-which, indeed.
have entailod serious injury we'll as benefit upon
her-but III her soil and climate which can never
be worked out and the products of which will
Increase in value and quantity with the growth OF
poDulatOn,