Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-02-11
rna Clerua Rair.

The CAeRuo EotR.
| Once more In the gorgeous Citrus Fair, -
scribe takes up the strain:
IaYes. sing the cong Of the orange tree,
With leaves Of violet green;
With itD luscious frutes OF sunset hue,
The fairest that ever were seem;
The grape may have its beccnanal verse,
But homage 1 pay to the queen OF all,
Tho glorious orange tree."
All dsy Thursday and Friday there wa
the same stream OF visitors pouring In anc
out Of the pavilion. At intervals the Lol
Angeles Seventh Infantry Band broke 0ul
with sweetest strains of music, causing tnt
halt, rest their optics and feast their ears
| the during the interim, while the musicians
munched mammoth oranges, (they mus
surely have been paid with them) the afore
said sight-seers toiled on inspecting oranges
to the right, oranges to the left, oranges IN
front-but silent-we with laudations vol
lied and thundered."
Taking up the exhibits where dropped In
yesterday q issue, the HERALD representative
the north side af the hail. it being occupied
| BY the fruits Of Ventura county. The dls
play II in charge of n. W. Blanchard, o.
Santa Paula, and consists OF very nne io'
Of Seeding oranges OF very Hne quanty
H.. G. cummings Of the same place contribu
| ted some very fne seedlings. E. 9. Thackel
| of uordh0ff contributed Q variety Of lemons
and navel ana seeding oranges. They were
somewhat smaller than the Riverside orange
but Of fine color and exquisite flavor.
In the corner next to the stage, and just
west of the Ventura booth, was small dis
play from San Diego and Santa Barbars
counties. The latter consisted simply OF 9
group Of unarrenged oranges, lemons ano
and was collected BY T. J. Swayne OF Para
disc Valley. 1t consisted Of q very credit
able display of rare Washington and Austin
Navals, . variety Of seedlings and Medite-
sanean Sweet oranges: fine variety q
Gibson lemons and Mexican lines. spec
linen Of the famous South American cheri
molla, said to be the most delicious and pc
clliar fruit known was exhibited, being
DSrs nf hal. LONDON sdo Layer RAISING
One Of the most attractive and interesting
exhibits in the Pavilion, especially to those
interested in grape culture. Is the one to the
right of the stage In the north end OF the
insysla DnSn and Ggns houses os
F. 4. Hall, Of Riverside. Having Wis:
citrus fairs held at different places in
California, the HERALD representative
more choice exhibit was never made on the
Pacific slope. Nearly thirty boxes of fine
lucious commercial and fancy packed raj
sins are here exhibited, among which are
choice Muscatel loose and London layers,
Eeedless Sultanas which will compare with
the best raisins Of France, Italy or any other
country In the center Of this exhibit is an
octagon box with gold beaded frame, filed
| with large loose Muscatels, packed In such
| a manner as to bring out a beautiful cres-
| cent in the center, on either side heart,
above the initials IF. r. H." and at the bot
tom an anchor separating the to letters
| RS" In front and on the left OF
the stage and south of the W. q. T. o.
| the Cold Storage Company of Riversi ie. On
one side pyramid Of oranges and lemons
placed in storage December Is, 1887, as
| fresh as when picked from the tree; on the
other, three large srtifcially CONCEALED
blocks of ice, in the ceEter of which were
| frozen oranges, lemoIs and rosebuds. In the
center is glass case containing grapes ol
the Princess, Emperor and Black Morocco
vsrieties, placed in storage August IA, 1887
/ aid spperently as fresh as when picked
from the vine.
Naval oranges by Mrs. NJ. Wright.
| In the extreme southwest corner of thu
| pavilion q very pretty ornamental exhibit
\ by E, G. Galbirlandt, of Washington Navels
| Seedlings and st. Michael Oranges encaset
in q large blue plush, gold-beaded frame
which rested on tall easel, tastefully ant
elaborstely decorated with date palm leaves
Gala lilies, evergreen branches, pepper tre'
berries, pampas plumes. olive boughs ant
old gold ribbons Beneath was suspended
rustic basket Alled with calla lilies ant
scarlet geraniums, in all making one OF tn
Il most artistic of exhibits. The further de
scription OF the fair, together with the paper
read at the horticultural meeting, will b
found In tO-morrow's issue OF the HEKALD