Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-02-09
The Fair.

The Southern California Citrus Fair
opened Tuesday evening with grand
reception at the Pavilion. At an early
hour the hall was crowded, and at 8
P. NJ. there was almost a jam. The
scene at this time, as viewed from the
gallery, was grand and beautiful. The
electric lights breaking through the
cloud of gauze and unique grotto
decorations overhead fell upon the
gilded shields, stars and other designs,
while beneath, amid the crowd,
ranged long tables filled high with
pyramids of oranges. lines, lemons
and other fruits. Here and there
loomed up in some curious design a
display of the golden fruits wrought
into shape by the ingenious hands of
the exhibitor. Everywhere was
world of the rich deep
golden-hued fruit with pro-
fusion of elaborate decorations
The hall is too small, painfully so,
and such an exhibition should never be
attempted with so little space, but the
exhibition is pronounced to far excel
any previous fair ever held in Cali
fornia by all who have SO far visited
it. In making round of the exhibits
the visitor at first stands perplexed at
the hall entrance, knowing not whittier
to 60 first, but the crowd surging
around 10 the right decides fer him,
and with the stream Of humanity the
scribe drifted to the right by narrow
aisle. The first booth which attracts
the attention is that in which is ex-
hibited fine display of fruits from
East San Bernardino Valley, embrac-
ing Old San Bernardino, Redlande
and Lugonia. 1t is one Of the eight
large booths occupying the sides Of
the pavilion. In this booth there
seems to have been no aim at show
in the arrangements, the fruit being
simpl placed in platters, boxes, jars
and small pyramids constructed o1
some of the citrus fruits. 1t is
in charge Of Mr.. G. r. Payne
of San Bernardino. The exhibit en-
braces fine display of dried fruits
contributed by VIM. Craig; specimen
Of English walnuts from 200 trees,
which produced $4,000 worth of wal
nuts last year by ]. w. Doran; fine
line of Washington Navel Paper Rind
and st. Michael oranges, also the Cal.
ifornia orange, Wilson's Favorite. E.
p. Morrison contributed Lisbon anG
Eureka lemons; E. J. Wall and j. B
Glover some suberb specimens of The
va r;o,,o x,o r;ot;ou ~,f ooodl;uOo of Mod
iterranean Sweets and other fruits; D
A. Shaw, Joseph Hale, J. B. Glover
VIM. Lunnenberg, H. H. Sinclair
Webber & Dresser, Jas Allen and DR.
F. Bently, of Lugonia, also added t
the exhibit with fine specimens from
their orchards.
| From Redlands the fruit was fur
nished by 7. W. Ladd, John Hooking
| +. P. Morrison, Hugh Marshall, T. B
Inch and D. Morey and was fine dis
play Of the varieties heretofore men
toned. Opposite on a table Mrs. ]. w
Pierson exhibited an elegant line Q
delicious jellies and marmalades mad
from grapes, oranges, strawberries an
blackberries.
Just opposite the San Bernardin
booth, on the extreme side Of the hal
was that of
Il 8. C. EVANS RANcHos.
/ In this booth are three large pyra
mids of oranges. The first consist
Of Konah Seedlings, the second an
third, Riverside Navels. Betwee
the pyramids are those of Pape
Rind st. Michaels, Austrian Navel
Mediterrean Sweets, Seedlings, an
Lisbon lemons. The Riverside Nave
|, pyramids are each three and ha
feet in height.
Il Opposite the Evans booth is th
! exhibit made by h. B. Barney, ,
the Riverside Sunnyside Washing
ton Navel Grove. The noteworth
characteristics of this exhibit is
! large pramid of Washington Nave
climaxed BY a magnificent golde
crown of Navels. In juxtaposition
I the inscription, "The Riverside Wasl
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