Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-03-01
CITRUS FAIR.
Heaps Of Golden Oranges
Displayed.
AN EXTRAORDINARY EXHIBIT.
The Most Attractive Collection ef
Fruit Ever Seen in this
City.

Notwithstanding the inclement t
weather last night, there was a much
better attendance at the Citrus Fair
than either Of the previous evenings.
Many improvements had been made,
as promised by the managers, and the
Fair can now be said to be at its best.
1t certainly can not be possible to add
anything more to the beauty and
quality of what is pronounced to be
the finest fruit exhibition ever given
on the Pacific slope. Continuing the
rounds of the hall the
SAN DIEGO COUNTY
Exhibit is first noted, it being that of
the "Agua Tebia Rancho" in charge
of Mr.. Clarence A. Baines, he being
the sole representative of that county.
OF green fruits there are an extraord-
inarily fine lot Of Seedlings, Mediter-
ranean Sweets and large Lisbon
lemons. A platter of lines were
generally mistaken for lemons. A
fine specimen of English paper1she1l
walnuts demonstrated the adapta-
bility of both climate and soil to the
growth of that valuable nut. Among
dried fruits were noticed a box Of fine
sun-dried German prunes and several
boxes of very superior Muscatel
raisins. These were packed both
loose and in London layers.
E. W. HOLMES
OF Riverside, makes fine display o +
Lisbon lemons in pyramids, beauti-
fully decorated with smilax, vines
and maidenhair ferns. Promiscu-
ously arranged about the central
are large and small platters
Of Washington Navels, Malta Bloods,
Paper Rind, and st. Michael
oranges and Lisbon and Eureka lem
ons, all of which can only be de-
scribed in point OF excellence by
saying they are Riversides' best,
which has come to mean great deal.
in Eastern markets.
HIGHLANDS
Is represented by Sterling & Ingham,
and includes very fine collection of
fruit tastefully arranged, having the
usual quota Of fine Washington Ma
vels, Mediterranean Sweets, Seed
lings and Paper Rind st. Michaels.
The decorations are noticeably unique,
being of California palm leaves, date
palm plantlets and English ivy.
COTTON.
The visitor is attracted by no dis
play in the hall more than BY that of
Cotton, and almost without an excep-
ton the stranger stops before the
table or platform occupied by that To-
cality's exhit its and exclaims:
Really, does this all come from.
Cotton, the town on the desert 2" The
fruit here 30 generously laid out, con-
sisting of Washington Ma
wells Mediterranean Sweets, Paper
Rind st. Michaels varieties of
choice Seedlings and lemons,
will compare favorably with that of
any locality but in addition to this
the citizens OF this thrifty little city
show that they have exercised wis
dom and plenty Of business push by
their manufactured articles, including
a large display Of canned goods, put
up by the Cotton Packing Company,
and numerous fine specimens of mar
BILE, granite and onyx from the Col
ton Marble and Lime Company'a
works. Among the latter were mo-
ticed specimens of eight different
shades and colors of exceeding beau
ty. Undoubtedly Cotton Intends
that the world shall recognize her
worth, not only through her fruits,
but her minerals and manufacturing,
establishments.
THE RUBIDox.
This lovely Riverside suburb is
by goodly show of gold
en- fruit, ripened early by the first
rays of the "desert" sun. The display
occupies booth near the entrance,
and yesterday was marked by large
slab Of woven evergreens into which
the words, "The Rubidox, were con-
spicuously wrought in st. Michael
Among the choice coll
lection were the varieties 80
popular in Riverside, contrib
uted by o. T. Dyer, A. S. White
and Thomas Bakewell 4 Sons. An
of raisins commercially
packed, Muscatels in London layers
and loose, were examined with inter-
est by many, being very fine.
A. ]. & D. c. TwoGooD,
Fruit packers and shippers, Of River
side, are represented by the greatest
quantity of fruit of any exhibit, hav-
ing in the space allotted them over
thirty boxes of fruit, representing
all the varieties mentioned in other
descriptions. The purpose of this
display is to show the manner of
packing and shipping the famous,
orange crops OF Southern California.
All the different sizes and grades Of
boxes are represented from that with
92 oranges to one able to hold 320,
which latter are for shipping lemons,
so small an orange being unmarked
able. The different modes of wrap
ping is shown from the plain to the
fancy colored tissues. Raisins in
plain and fancy packing boxes are
also exhibited, and few fine sample
bottles of olive oil. es
BAKEwELL, 4 SONS sds
Also fruit packers and shippers of
Riverside have a fine exhibit in the
northeast corner of the hall. It con-
sists of beautifully arranged bank
of the various varieties of oranges
some fifteen feet square. In large
letters on the face Of this immense
bulwark of fruit, formed with layer
of St. Michael oranges are the
words, "Bakewell's Best" This dis
play being from Riverside can not
be said to reach the impossible, viz
excel itself, which it must do to rival
oranges in the same locality.
Opposite this fine display, on long
platform, is the exhibit Of Washing
ton Navels and large Seedlings by p.
Rosenthal; Navel and Mediterranean
Sweets by DR.. J. Jarvis very large