Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-01-16

terday and last evening was large, and the,
success OF the fair is assured beyond a per-
adventure.
L. NJ Holt, of Riverside, and editor of
the Press and Horticultural. who visited
the citrus fair and exhibiting fruit
from Riverside, was asked as to his
impressions about the display, when he re-
piled: The collection of citrus fruits at
the Northern Citrus Fair is very creditable.
considering the fact that, with few excep-
tons, no attempt has been made in this
section of the State to raise oranges and
lemons for commercial purposes Some of
the fruit is very choice, and as fine as can
be raised in any portion of the State As
whole the collection is not as fine as those
to be found annually at the southern Cali
fornia citrus exhibitions at Riverside.
from the fact that most of the fruit
here on exhibition is seeding and
the selections made by men who have only
few trees and small amount of fruit to
select from, while the Riverside collections
are mostly of budded fruit taken from
large orchards where it is possible to select
more carefully. The oranges in northern
California ripen earlier than in Riverside.
but not so much earlier as is claimed The
fruit on exhibition is not really ripe to-day:
1t would be much sweeter and better one
or even two months hence than il is now.
shall visit some of the best orange Sec
tons before going home, and will give the
pubic my impressions regarding the same.
There need be no jealousy, or even COM
petition between the two sections of the
state relative to citrus fruits. Northern
California seeks an early market and south
ern California will depend on late East
ern market: hence, there is no conflict
between the two sections. ! am glad to see
the industry doing SO well in this portion
OF the State. Your people should not con-
found Riverside oranges with Los Angeles
oranges in referring to fruit produced in
southern California There is more SINH
larlty between Riverside fruit and northern
California fruit than there is between Riy-
erside and Los Angeles fruit
FORMAL OPENING EXERCISES.
The formal opening exercises of the fair
took place in the old Wells Fargo build
ing, one door south of the Pavilion. on
Tuesday evening, Albert Gallatin presiding.
There was large attendance, and speeches
were made by Senator J. A. Filcher OF Au-
burn, General \. P. Chapman of Red Bluff,
Hon. n. D. Rideout of Marysville, and ex-
Senator Grove L. Johnson of Sacramento.
The speeches will be found in full else
where in this issue.
Third Day.
Wednesday was the busiest day, so far, of
the citrus fair, the pavilion being well pat
ronized by visitors throughout the day. and
many hundreds attending in the evening.
Over 5000 school children, attended by
their teachers, visited the pavilion between
the hours of II and 4 o'clock p. NJ. This
was pleasing feature, and it is safe to say
that the young eyes which gazed upon the
golden fruit with such admiration will not
soon forget this, the first citrus fair of north
ern California. While the people of Sacra-
mento have been admiring the fruitfulness
of YIba and Butte, the people from those
counties who gazed upon the many hun
dreds of bright, healthful and smiling
faces, returned the compliment by remark
ing: Productive Sacramento, she takes
the cake
TT. Sherwood, Of Marysville, in speak
ing of the Yuba exhibit, says The ex-
hibit of citrus fruit by the citizens of
Marysville and Yuba county amounts to
5000 pounds, by fifty contributors, and en-
braces oranges, lemons, lines, citron, per-
simmons, olives, etc. BY actual count in
canvass of the city of Marysville, occupy
| ing three days, by competent person, it is
ascertained that there are 1S6 residences
where bearing orange trees are now grow
| ing, ranging in number from four to one
| hundred each, in all ,SS1 trees. There are
also IS of them who have bearing lemon
| trees, in all 2l9. Seven who have lines 6
who have citron, % who have pomegra-
mates, 80 who have persimmons, who
| have olives, and 81 who have locquat and
| japanese plum trees, making total Of
bearing trees of all kinds named of ,. SIS.
| There are also of young trees not vet bear
| ing fruit, sc, $50 oranges, 1864 lemons, 420
| lines, 6S citron, 3Gl persimmons, 2l6
olives, and lS6 locouat and japanese plum
/ trees, making a total of growing trees of
| these varieties OF 81, 253 There are also
| large numbers of almond, English walnut,
! chestnut and other nut-bearing trees. There
are in this county, outside of the city of
Marysville. some 500 bearing orange trees,
and over 5000 almond trees, from which q
! tull carload of tine almonds were sent to
| Chicago, of the crop of 1885. The fruits
and nuts exhibited at the citrus fair is a
| fair sample OF what has been grown in this
county, and we take pride in calling atten-
| ton to their superior quality. And when this
| has all been accomplished in about twenty
| five years, i'll comparatively new county,
we think it is sufficient evidence of the fer
| tility of the soil and wonderful climate in
which we are located.
| DIR. c. E. Stone of Marysville whose ex-
hibit has attracted so much attention, says
My trees are seedlings, and commenced
bearing when seven years old. This is the
fourth year of bearing. The largest fruit
was picked before the idea of contributing
to the fair was conceived. L send both
small and large-a good average. The box
is at the disposal Of the Directors. and need
not be returned to me- | hope the propo-
siiion to send the exhibit to Washington
may be acceptable to Senator Stanford, and
free distribution made among the rulers
now assembled at the nations capitol In
this way the capabilities and possibilities
of this section of California when freed
| from the menace of hydraulic mining, viii
more generally be made known
NOTES OF THE FAIR
There was a general expression of aston
| ishment yesterday on the part of visitors at
| the citrus fair at the wonderfully fine exhib-
| its, bat it was stated last evening that the
| most astonished individual was prominent
| visitor from Los Angeles. After passing
part of the way back through the exhibit
| ton hall, and looking at the splendid
array of citrus fruits on either side, and
| then casting his eyes down the long tiers
of display for a distance of 100 feet further,
he stopped short, and asked the party by
whom he was accompanied, Is this all
from northern California? Being in
| formed that it was, he irreverently gave
vent to his surprise with the laconic re-
mark, Well, I'll be id -
The beautiful Garland range, Offered by
l.. L. Lewis Il Co, as a special premium,
has been placed in the front portion of the
exhibition hall, and is much admired. 1t
is fine piece of mechanical or art work
in the stove line, and took the worlds di-
ploma at the New Orleans Exhibition last
spring.
Sullivan & Ravekes have added new
prize to the long list of premiums offered,
in the form of beautiful framed mantel
mirror.
L. d. Freer, of Oroyille, who makes one
of the finest exhibits in the fair, has one
plate OF small, richly -colored, lemon
shaped oranges, upon which he placed the
following card This is citrus fruit,
without name as yet, and wants one