Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-05-12
A HANDSOME TRIBUTE.
southern California I'm q
Garden CITY.

southern ChAhoNnA1 an INV
Garden CITY.
The Chicago Inter.0eean has this
graceful mention Of this section of the
State;
In the rigorous spring climate of Chi.
caRo, oar people are excited 10 degree
of activity unknown in gentler, more
eauable climes. And yet with all the
push and energy, born of rain and snow
and variable temperature, we have a
quiet or only half acknowledged longing
to escape from our lakeside home at this
unpropitious season and seek the mild,
warm atmosphere Of some more favored
region. Among the multitude of resorts
which have been thrust upon our atten.
tion, whittier shall we turn for rest and
quiet and the sedative balm furnished
by natures perpetual verdure aud un.
broken sunshine? One Wanted santa.
rum after another has been worn
threadbare, or its extravagant claims,
lacking substantiation, have caused the
world Of trav elers to revolt.
Whittier, then, shall we GO! South.
ern California has for several yeas
modestly requested hearing upon the
merits OF her case. Many times, when
on the point of gaining the floor, she has
been pronounced by the speaker of the
house, out of order. We will not stop
to discuss the merits or dement's of this
obsolete phase of the matter, but may
be pardoned for remarking that co.
temporary with this issue Of The Inter
Ocean Southern California is upon the
floor, engaged in addressing the world
upon matters of no uncertain meaning
She ia discoursiBg Of her green and dried
fruits, canned goods, wines, brandie',
ores, and ostriches, and the floor on
which she stands is that Of Battery D
Armory, where Chicago's first Citrus
Fair is just now closing.
THE CITRUS FAIR.
What is the meaning of CitrusY The
encyclopedias say; An important genus
OF trees, containing the orange, lemon
citron, and other we'll known fruits of a
similar kind. All these fruits seem to
have been indigenous to the Orient, and
to have been priced highly in ancient
times. The citron, according to Theo'
phrastus was abundant in Media. The
lemon is thought to have been a native
ly Greeks and Romans. The orange was
a native of Persia, and unknown in
Europe up to the eleventh century, al
though shortly afterward introduced
there by the Moors. Both oranges and
lemons, as well as other citrus fruit, have
perfectly naturslized themselves on the
Mediterranean coast. in the West In
dies, and in our own southern states.
But nowhere have they found more
congenial soil and climate than in South.
eru California. Orange trees live to al
very advanced age. In the orangery at
Versailles, France, is tree which was
sown in All, and is still healthy and
vigorous. The productiveness of the
orange Tree is astonishing There is a
plant ina the quinta or orange garden of
Barao des Laranjeiras (Azoresl which, 1t
is said, has produced 10000 oranges.
While Southern California, being COM
paratively young in the business Of
citrus culture, has nothing yet to show
of such advanced age and marvellous
produotiveness as the trees mentioned,
yet the citrus fair now in progress here
has abundantly satisfied its visitors that
the fruit product of the Pacific slope ex-
GELS in quality all others in the world.