Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-02-13
THE CITRUS FAIR.
Description Of Many of the
Exhibits.
ORANGES, LEMONS AND APPLES
What the Thousands Of Visitors
View in the Pavilion at
Riverside.

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of the delegates of the horticulture
Association left Riverside for SaI
Diego Friday morning, and this
together with the weariness caused by
the long and frequent sessions hel(
by the hardy grangers, who, by theil
energetic and jealous work, showed
themselves to be as earnest in debate
as in the tilling Of gardens and cul
ture Of fruit, probably accounted fol
the small attendance at the citrus
fair. However, Saturday there was 9
better attendance, and during the
middle Of the day and evening there
was the usual throng in the hall, islet
and gallery. The HERALD represent
ative making the usual evening toul
of the pavilion found the displays af
bright and fresh as at the formal
opening, with the exception of the
flowers, which were showing decided
symptoms of disposition to close
their part of the exhibition. The first
display to provoke the scribe to take q
defensive atti' ude with his pencil was
the first booth on the south of it being
the arlington" exhibit, represented
by the elegant fruits of J. D. McNarr,
8. and H. Kearne, T. and G. Craw.
ford and w. E. West, all of Riverside.
On one side of the booth is a large
two layer deep bank Of superb Wash.
ington navels, on the o.her seedlings
which would be readily mistaken fol
the most choice budded varieties. The
banks are bounded by border of ever
green's, pepper berries and lime
branches, filed with green fruit. Be
tween the two orange displays are
platters and small pyramids Of or.
anges, large olive branch loaded
with ripening fruit and collection oi
Lisbon lemons of a superior quality
which were picked ten weeks previous
to the opening of the fair
Several boxes of dried figs of the
the White Ischia variety, raised and
prepared by s. and H. Kearne, ere.
ated quite good deal of comment as
they were pronounced by all to be
equal and by many
SUPERIOR TO THE SMYRNA
And the Fig of Commerce. They GER
tainly clearly demonstrate that the fig
can be successfully grown in Califor-
MIA and as proftably as in Europe
wserc the industry yields an annual
incoino ,,f over $40, 900, 900.
VI Il A
named was that represented by
Thacker Bros. and Mann, OF Riverside
In the center is large half-pyramid
seven feet high, of Washington navels
seedlings, and paper-rind St. Michael
oranges, surmounted by mounted
eagle with outstretched wings, bearing
aa its beak the national celors. The
docs 'His mammoth mass Of fruit
were we're tastefully trimn..sA .Ad with strands
Of Tangerine oranges and everssreens
To the right of this a tripod, elabor-
ately decorated, supports a basket oi
very superior lemons, the texture oi
the rind almost as fine as oilskin, and
very thin. Surrounding it stood nu-
merous platters of various varieties OF
citrus fruits. On the left side of the
pyramid are three framed certificates,
issued by the Directors OF the New
Orleans Exposition-one awarding to
the Riverside Fruit Company the first
decree of merit for the best collection
of twenty oranges from the United
States or foreign countries; one award
ing to W. N. Mann the first decree OF
merit for the best five varieties oi
lemons from any country, and another
awarding the first degree OF merit to
the Riverside Fruit Company for the
best exhibit of twenty varieties o.
oranges from the United States. A
number of boxes Of fruit, wrapped
and packed ready for shipment, were
also noted.
"a. D. Haight, Rancho" in large
letters marks the next booth. 1t i;
one of the most tastefully arranged
exhibits. In the center is construct
ed a miniature pavilion some five OF
six feet high, with beautiful roo1
composed entirely of st. Michael
oranges, with verdant border oil
ivy vines, the structure supported by
columns twined with ever green's
ivy vines and flowers and branches
of Mandarine oranges. Within the
little structure a collection of Cali
fornia curiosities was displayed for
sale. On either side large trian-
gular pyramid, one of fine Seedlings
oranges, Eureka lemons and lines
the other, very large, fine colored
Washington Navels; strewn about
these promiscuously, were variously
arranged specimens of paper rind,
st. Michael, Washington Navels and
Chinese King oranges. Taking the
exhibits
in THE CENTRAL PART
OF the pavilion, perhaps the most
striking and elaborately arranged
display is that of Boyd & DeVine,
fruit packers and shippers of River
side, which occupies long platform
near the entrance. In the center a
staff 10 feet high, handsomely dec
Grated, supports the firms initials,
''B. & d." each letter 2 feet high
and constructed Of oranges; also four
strands Of paper rind St. Michael
oranges, each 18 feet long, swaying
from the four corners of the table to
It's top. At either end were several
boxes of fruit, of different sizes, with
oranges wrapped in fine tinted tissue
paper with paper covers, prepared
Tor shipment. On the table were tin
boxes tastefully arranged, half of each
box containing loose oranges, the
other side wrapped and packed
They represented the following mer
chantable size boxes: 96, 1913, 146
176, 200, $50 and 800 oranges to the
box, the two latter being used fol
lemons. Wilson's Best, Paper Rind
St. Michael, Mediterranean Sweet
Malta Blood, Washington Navals and
seeding oranges were represented in
the different displays; also Eureka
and Lisbon lemons. Fine specimen
boxes of Muscat raisins, sundries,
pea]ed and unpealed pears completed