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Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-03-13
w. r. STRONG COMPANY EXHIBIT
A Display of Packed Fruit by q
Prominent Firm.

A Display of Packed Fruit by a
Prominent Firm.
Among the exhibits made by dealers
and shippers, is very interesting one
Oh the upper floor, directly over the main
entrance, made by w. R. Strong Com
pany, fruit shippers, whose main office
10 at No. 229 West First street, in this
city. The display occupies space Of
thirty-five feet in length and is very
interesting one. IL contains oranges
lemons. etc., packed in regular Eastern
shipping boxes, showing the method OF
packing used by the firm in their East
ern work. There is also a display of
fruit from all the different districts in
which the firm is operating, and they are
enumerated by a card as follows: River
side, Los Angeles, Duarte, San Diego,
Pomona, Santa Paula, Alhambra, Tus-
tin, Anaheim, Ontario, San Bernardino,
Azusa, Rivera, Camulos aud Capistrano
Ths house stands in the foremost rank
of fruit shippers on this Coast, including
in their business, not only orange ship
ments, but deciduous fruits as we'll. w.
r, Strong Company are also very heavily
engaged in the nursery business withia
this State and Florida.
In handling the vast amount of our
products the firm frequently sends out
full special trains OF It's own. A large
photograph Of one of their fruit trains
leaving San Fernando-street depot, in
this city, is displayed. The house in it's
various departments employs some 200
men and uses white help almost exclu-
sively, which is certainly to it's credit.
The following suggestive figures are
displayed on card attached to the ex-
hibit, which sre well worth the earnest
consideration of our producers:
ORANGE DIPORTATIoNs.
Oranges have been brought from for
eign countries to the United States as
follows: 1887, 1884, 1000 boxes; 1888,
l ,45S,0 900 boxes; 1889. 1,460,0o boxes !;
1890, 2 900. 900 boxes, (estimated).
With a reasonable import duty and
competing freight rate to the Atlantic
seaboard, California could supply all thia
trade, in addition to what she now pro-
ducee.
CALIFORNIA CROP.
1SSS.1SS9, 100000 boxes; 1889 1890
800, 900 boxes, (estimated).
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THE BEAN SPRAY PUMP.
Valuable Piece of Apparatus fa
the Fruit Grower.

A Valuable Piece of Apparatus for
the Fruit Grower.
In the gallery of the Pavilion at the
northeastern corner, there is an exhibit
OF the Bean spray pump, to which fruit
growers are generally attracted. Several
gentlemen are in attendance who are
ready to show it's operation, and it is
noticeable that they generally have a
fair audience of fruit growers who are
the wor kings of this successful piece o.
mech anism.
Spraying is the almost universal
method for handling the fruit pest. The
question which interests every fruit man
is, what pump will throw the steadiest
and strongest spray with the least exer-
ton of labor. The answer is that the
Bean spray pump is the most economical,
the most convenient and the most dur
able in existence.
The apparatus consists of pump and
charge receptacle. Part of the latter
is filed with compressed air, forced in
by the pump, and the rest with the fluid
which is to be sprayed. When the air
tank is filled with compressed air the
spray will operate without any assistance
from the pump for thirty minutes. This
makes the pump convenient one for
one man to handle. 1t is durable, for
the reason that it's valves are made of
rubber and the inside of the cylinder is
lined with porcelain, so that corrosive
liquids can pass through without injury
to the pump. In this respect it is supe-
rior to all competitors.
This pump throws spray at press.
ure of 20 to 140 pounds a square inch,
Every part of the tree can be reached
with such force as this. The company
which manufactures il has receivsd
countless letters of Recommendation, and
Shs numx, has takan tha s,van,;us..at Z
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THE QUARTZ DISPLAY.
An Elegan Arrangement of Mag
nificent Fruit.

An ElCk tInk Clucnt VI uhd& =
nificent Fruit.
The Duarte people deserve special
credit for the really artistic way in which
their display is arranged. The commit
tee consists of William Chittendale, pres
ident; Ernest Watson, secretary and
general manager w. III. Young, T.
Glenny and A. l. Hall. The exhibit is
on the main floor, near the eastern wing
of the stage. 1t is piled up in
pyramidal form and surmounted by
splendid cluster of tangerine trees
The latter are from the Cabana
ranch of w. S. Newhall and A. 1. Hall
The display contains every variety Of
budded orange, among which are some
superior Malta bloods of thin rind and
delicious flavor, as well as number of
varieties of seedlings. Mr.. Watson dis
plays some seedlings which rival fine
navsls in uniformity of size and color
and in the delicacy of their texture. The
whole exhibit is one over which Los An
geles county people can linger with very
justiiable pride.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-03-13
Los Angeles County.

At the left of the Orange county ex-
hibit is part of the Los Angeles collec-
tion. Alham6ra is the first town repre-
sented. Like the exhibits of other places
the name appears in letters of fruit
Washington navels being selected for the
purpose. Lemons are used as back
ground, and the border is composed OF
mandarins. w. 2. johnson, A. E. Put
ney and Hoyle Bros. are among
the exhibitors Of citrus fruits. E.
J. Baldwin, of Santa Anita. dis
plays some fine-looking "orange nee.
tar" and G. o. Monroe, of Mon
rovia, some choice specimens of Malta
bloods. San Gabriel is represented on
this table by j. r. Dobbins, with Valen-
Gle lemons and a rare variety of orange,
and o. w. Longdon, with Eureka lem
ons. Sand cured lemons from Glendale,
by Edward Ayers, Strawberries, from
Monrovia, by George T. Hall, a display
from the Baldwin ranch, and preserved
and crystallzed fruits from Hoyle Broth
ers occupy the remainder OF the exhibit.
Duarte's section of the exhibition, near
the pavilion, is surmounted by an en-
tire Mandarin orange tree, which towers
up thirty feet above the floor. This ex-
IlIDlb 10 dITduRcu Will 6POClhl bhob0 dhO
is one of the finest in the hall. Besides
immense piles of oranges and lemons
arranged in heaps and pyramids upon
several shelves, there is an excellent ex-
hibit of one and two-year-old orange
wine entered by Geo. Merriell. Glen
dora has a very prettily arranged table
decorated with callas and hung with
bananas. Cahuenga's display also con-
tains several lunches of bananas, be.
sides the citrus fruits, and is profusely
decorated with callas.
Pasadena's display is spread out on an
inclined nerising ten feet above the
floor. The specimens of navels an
seedlings are very fine. The exhibit
contains a number of open boxes of the
fruit, and some rare floral specimens at
tract good deal tf feminine attention.
A piece OF mescal root, used by the In
disns as food, is a curiosity entered by
FL. N. Rust. There are also some large
citrons aud shaddocks.
DR.. Conger, Abbot Kinney, @. II.
Richardson, w. r. Baker. A. s. Chalhn
and Captain j. T. Carbon, of Azusa, are
exhibitors of choice specimens of citrus
fruit.
The Pomona display, along the east
wall, is perhaps the finest exhibit
entered by any town in Los Angeles
county. 1t is under the management o.
j. H. Todd. assisted by Elmo and Harry
Meserve. The display is in two parts,
consisting of shelves inclined against the
wall. Four-pointed stars and Maltese
crosses grace the exhibit, and large
pyramid of navels has been placed be-
tween the two sections. Smaller .pyra
mids of oranges stand at the end OF each
set of shelves, and urns, intended fol
wine, but filled with fine specimens o.
the citrus fruit gown in the Pomons
valley, give no hint of the original inten-
ton as to their use. H. II. Wheeler,
Mr.. Muir, @. P. Parsons, Elmo and
Harry Meserve, 9. E. White and j. o.
McComas are exhibitors. Pomona also
spreads over on to Downey's table, With
a fine display of canned and preserved
fruit and pickles.
Downey occupies the corner OF the
building with small but choice display
lot navels, Mediterranean sweets anc
Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-03-13
bright lemons. James Stewart has some
large shaddocks in this collection.
SAN Diego County.

San Diego covers two immense tables
near the stage-end of the hall, and part
of third, which it divides into Alham-
bra and Duarte. The table in front oi
the stage contains the private exhibits,
comprising oranges, lemons, tsngarines
apples, raisins, pomalos, olive oil and
Coronado mineral water. The apples
are of particularly fine color, probably
the best ever exhibited ia Los Angeles.
J. @. Frsbie has an entire table to him
self, and makes the best and largest dis
play Of citrus fruit from the county. In
the center of the table is large four
sided pyramid, with diferent.colored
oranges for each face. This is fanked on
the ends by smaller pyramids. Oranges
and lemons in plates and some fine olive
oil from Kimball Bros, for which they
have obtained a considerable repu-
tation. are displayed. The main
San Diego county table has the name
"San Diego" marked out in lemons on a
bed Of huge uavels. A maltese cross ia
also manufactured OF lemons, and occu-
pies the center of the upper plane OF this
section. J. @. Frisbie, w. G. and F. A.
Kimball, E. P. Fowler, Truman M.
Smith and Joseph Smith are among the
San Diego exhibitors. San Jacinto
makes varied display of cereals, cotton
bolls, oranges, lemons, peanuts and
raisins.
Alhambra had not room enough on
her own table for her display, and occu-
pies half of one of the San Diego tables
with Dusrte.
Amongst all the orange exhibits, there
is none more attractive or worthy of
attention than that of Mr.. Francis @.
Storey, of Alhambra. His Washington
navels are very beautiful, large and
superior fruit. Clear.skinned and richly
colored they show to the greatest advan-
tage. Thesa oranges are not surpassed
by any from the most celebrated citrus
districts on the higher. level, yet they
were grown within eight miles of this
city, and show that we need not go far
from here to procure fruit that will vie
with the best raised in the Wanted foot
hills and higher levels of the Upper
Santa Ana mesas. Mr.. Storey's exhibit
proves him to be an Intelligent and
painstaking orange grower.
Directly in front of Mr.. Storey's ex-
hibit is fine lot of Duarte oranges,
placed by direction of the managers at
this place to fill gap ia the San Diego
exhibit. These are not credited to the
individual growers.
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Ventura and santa barbara.

Ventura and Santa Barbara counties
have their displays on the eastern side
of the hall. Elwood Cooper displays his
celebrated olive oil, and branch from
an olive tree com pletsly filled with the
green fruit. Goodrich & johnson and
Mr.. Sawyer, of Montecito, make fine
displays of oranges and lemons, and
John Spence also exhibits lemons.
Joseph Sexton exhibits curiosity in the
shape of bunch of custard apples.
Ventura county's table has several
rows of oranges down its center from the
Topa Topa and Mupu ranches. 8. w.
Blanchard, of Santa Paula, and @. s.
Thatcher, of the Ojai valley, have fine
displays. N. B. Smith exhibits some
choice English walnuts.
w. R. Strong & Co., orange shippers,
display at the south end of the gallery,
fruit from Los Angeles, Riverside,
Duarte, San Diego, Pomona, Santa
Paula, Alhambra, Tustin, Anaheim, On
tario, San Bernardino, Azusa, Rivera,
Camulos and Capistrano. The fruit il
tastefully arranged in piles and boxes,
and is about the finest individual display
in the hall. The oranges are especially y
large, bright and choice. More OF this
enterprising firm may be found In
another column. J. A. Driffill is in
charge of the display.
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San BermardfnO County.


The western half Of the lower floor of
the hall is given up to the displays OF
San Bernardino and San Diego counties.
San Bernardino occupies four large
tables. and San Diego shares a portion
of her third with Los Angeles
county. Nearest the door to ths left
of the hall an immense table is entirely
filed with the fruit of @. E. Packard, of
Riverside, and his collection is one of
special merit. 1t comprises Washington
navel, Malta blood, st. Michael's, Medi-
terranean sweet and eeedling oranges ar
ranged in pyramidal shape, in diamonds
and triangles, piled high and surmounted
by flowers. The spaces between the piles
are filled in with Lisbon lemons as
background, and the entire exhibit is
bordered with Washington navel oranges
of exceptional size and color. The whole
is twined with ivy.
The table given up to the principal
display from Riverside on this floor is 10
feet by forty in size, and has the word
Riverside" worked out in piles of or.
anges of different varieties on bed of
lemons. The whole is surrounded by d
row of oranges in colored wrappers, and
tuO thUl0 CHo uOSb dtbTdCtIVo
section of the fair. The different letters
are made of various kinds of oranges.
and great taste has been used in their
arrangement. Most of the fruit was fur,
nished by the Griffin & Skeiley Com
pany and O. T. johnson, wholesale
shippers, of Riverside, and over fifty
boxes were required.
Redlands haj similar exhibit next to
the Riverside display, with the name of
the town worked out in heaps of oranges.
Governor Waterman Displays some fine
oranges on this table, and e. j. Waite
displays the only specimen of the HON.
osassa orange in the fair. Other Red
lands exhibitors are FL. H. Sinclair, o.
A. Worthing, D. Morey, =. L. Richard
son, Charles R. Payne. f. P. Morrison,
G. II. Burton, Mrs. Fl. H. Day, J. B.
Glover and T. W. Ladd.
The Ontario and Highlands portion of
the San Bernsrdino exhibit occupies
table next the wall in this portion of toe
hall. Both towns have fol-
lowed the custom of working out the
names of the sections in oranges
and lemons, and both displays are
exceedingly fine. In the Ontario portion
of tie table E. M. Hatch shows some ex
cellent Eureka lemons and Washington
navsls, and Q. R. Sykes, n. A. Darling
and J. B. Tays have some very choice
lemons. In the Highlands portion, on
p. Roberts displays orange stock over
two feet high only ten months from the
seed. Other matter in regard to this
favored portion of San Bernardino county
may be found elsewhere. Dried apricots,
prunes and raisins, and some choice
specimens of pomalos by J. w. Doran,
of Old San Bernardino, are among the
attractions of this table.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-03-13
Pullman Passengers.

The following, Pullman passengers de-
parted for the north yesterday: Mrs.
J. 8. Frischer, Mrs. Durbro, Mrs. Cam
Geld, D. Davis, Miss Pearson, Walter
Nswhsll, D. Heller, p. G. Frick, 81. l..
Douglas, s. G. Canfield and Mr.. Lyle.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-03-13
TIE EXHIBITS IN DETAIL.
What the VayiO Localities Have
Sent 10 the Fair.

AS one enters the hall he passes under
huge arch of orange boxes, filled with
fruit, and bearing the inscription on. the
keystone: Earl Fruit Co.," worked in
Japanese oranges on the surface of the
boxes. The pillars Of the arch are large
and massive, and all of the boxes are
filled with oranges. There are probably
seventy-ive boxes in the structure, and
the fruit, if spread out, would cover the
largest table in the hall.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-03-13
Earl Fruit Company,s Arch.

The most attractive and original ex-
hibit is the grand arch at the main en-
trance, built by the Earl Fruit Company
entirely of their packing boxes, which
are filed with oranges, illustr ating the
Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-03-13
Orange County.

Orange county's display, comprising
exhibits from Tustin, Santa Ana, Ana
helm and Fullerton, occupies table
about 15x30 feet directly in front Of the
maia entrance, and is in charge of Theo
piuJn.r, of Santa Ana. Amongst Ana
heim's and Fularton's contributions are
Washington navels hv F. III. Keith and
M F. Botsford; St. Micfiasl's, seedlings,
Mediterranean sweets and navels by r.
Fl. Neuman; navels and seedlings by
John Hunter, of Fullerton; seedlings by
~ T.. Potter. of Centralia; cluster of
Conah oranges by DR.. j. Pheninger, of
Fullerton; pomalos by L. Schorm, and
Mediterranean sweets by Leonard Par
ker. of Ansheim. f. Schaumberger is
in charge of this part of the display and
the arrangement is deserving of great
commentator. Theo Pinthar, of Santa
Ana, exhibits mandarins, lemons and
Washington navels. Down the center
of this table the words "Orange
County," have been arranged in Japan
ese oranges on a background of ever
green. A patent incubator, invented by
D. Edison Smith, is given place on the
table, and come of the finest English
walnuts and black walnuts grown in this
section are displayed by Mr.. Fort. A.
Snyder, of Santa Ana, exhibits orange
cider of his manufacture. and II. @,
Snow, OF Tustin, some fine lemons. The
oranges in the Santa Ana display are
remarkable for their fine color. Three
years ago this section was covered with
the red scale. but now the fruit is as
bright as sunbeam, and not a scale can
be found. This is all due to hard work
and eternal vigilance on the part OF the
growers of this section.
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The Gallery :

Riverside occupies the whole western
half OF the gallery with the largest guam
tity of oranges and lemons gathered in
one exhibit. They are heaped up in
piles, stars, anchors, pyramids and vases
and give the visitor an excellent idea Of
the extent of the orange groves of that
section. On one of these tables are
shown navel oranges from the original
tree sent to Mrs. Tiobets from Washing
ton, which was obtained from Brazil
This tree was the first of its kind planted
in this section. At the further end of
the gallery is huge inclined surface
10x10 feet, covered with oranges worked
into fanciful shapes. This part of San
Bernardipo county's exhibits is assisted
at frequent intervals by pertinent senti-
ments, such as "By their fruit shall ye
know them," and others of like char
acter made to convey the idea that the
Riversiders are the populace.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-03-13

countless letters Of recommendation, and
the pump has taken the premiuaat
Smyrna times., 1890-07-30

The point that strikes the laboring
man in the above statement is what is
to become of him ? He reasons
that with every such device the labor
ing man in greater or less numbers is
pushing to the rear. This steam plow,
which is run by two men, takes the
place in turning twenty acres in one
day, of ten or more men. The great
need of the masses is employment,-
work.
There are scores of men in all our
county towns who are driven because
of the lack of employment to the
crowded cities for subsistence. The
census shows that the agricultural dis
tricts are in many places losing in pop
ulaticn and if machinery in multiplied
power is increased, the labOring man
sees a still further displacement for
steam in the factory on the cars, in the
steamboat, is mighty agent of devel-
Opment. but when it is carried so far
as to pauperize labor, the man whose
only capital is his muscle, can hardly
be blamed for looking to the future
with some solitude.
Smyrna times., 1890-07-30

no hope for the peach. My faith in
them is about equal to this I would
be willing could all growers in the
upper part of this county and New
Castle be obtained to sign a compact
agreeing to pull out all peach trees
burn them and not set any more for
few years. This is very much as we
understand it after the plan adopted
in Michigan that is promising to work
well. The loss of few years now
would be gain in the end for we would
start again clean footed. 1t would be
one means of forcing Tom, Dick and
Harry out of the nursery business and
enable us to start anew with laws req
ulating and protecting us from nursery
stock that is not genuine. | never
have found nursery man yet who
did not claim his trees to be from
purely natural pits obtained from Ten.
nessee and have thought the resources
of that state must be wonderful even
if she produced nothing else but nat
ural peach pits. But we find that she
produces other crops largely if we look
the matter up. But this plan just pro.
posed Is impracticable because Won
know farmers never all unite upon one
thing. Without positive knowledge
that the plan is just the thing these
would be boilers, and thus defeat its oh
ject. This statement applies not only
to Delaware but also to many parts of
this country, we are told. Farming com
munities are apt to have a man in il
to whom the others look up to- TO
more or less extent. His opinion in
great matters is their guide. am not
prepared to say whether in case
this man were to decide to jump into
a chasm his neighbor farmers would
tumble in after him also. But | do
think we need more Independence of
thought and action upon the farm. 1t
would make us stronger as d Nation
happier as people and more inHuen-
tial as farmers"
The great problem of how to cult
vate the peach successfully has been
discussed and rediscussed until it is
useless and but time wasted in the
minds of growers. Our friend here
quoted is one Of those positive temper
ments and sure he is right. In all
events, he probably represents the
the views of a majority of growers in
this section.
John II. Bishop near this town has
four horses sick with something like
the EpyzoOty that swept through this
country in 1872. Accompanied with it
is strong tendency to Lung Fever.
Some of his neighbor,' horses are also
similarly affected and there are fears
the disease will spread STELLA.
Smyrna times., 1890-07-30
THE COMPANY.

The following are the members of
the Association and the guests who ac-
company them.
Charles S. Horn. Wilmington Home
Journal; Charles H. Vary, Wilmington
Sunday Republic; J. Miller Thomas
and Mrs. f. V. Thomas, Wilmington
Peninsula Methodist George Carter,
Wilmington Farm and Home; Harlow
H. Curtis and Mrs. M. c. Janvier, WI
mingtOn EUery Evening; c. w. Ed
wards, wife and daughter, WilwingtOn
EUening Journal; H. L. Hynson and
wife, Milford Ne,Os and Advertiser; L.
r. Paynter, Georgetown Democrat J.
B. Clark and wife, Susser Journal B.
Frank WagOman and wife, Georgetown
Republican F. M. Dunn, ]. L. VOL
colt, and wife, II. G. Carpenter, wife and
children, Dover Inder; H. w. Cannon
and wife and Miss May Cannon, Dover
Sentinel; r. II VanDyke and wife,
DoUer Delawarean Cove S. Harring-
ton, Odessa Herald; Rev. w. w. w.
Wilson and wife, Smyrna Methodist
r. d. Hoffecker and Miss Bertha Hof-
fecker, SMYRNA TIMES e. S. Haynes,
L.K. Bowen and J. M. Bowen, NeiO-
ark. DeLaware Ledger; McKendree
Downham and Miss Ida Davis, Laurel
Gazette G. ]. Freeman and Miss An
ME M. Freeman, MddletOtOn NeaO Era;
J. T. Todd and wife, EastOn Democrat;
A. F. Haddaway aud Mrs. @. E. Had.
daway, Easion Ledger; J. =. Tyler
and wife, Easton Gazette Rev. B. s.
Highley aud Miss Nellie V. Clark,
Trappe Times G. F. HinOhlitfe, EIktOa
Whig; ]. Z. Carroll and wife. Feder-
alsburg Coprier; Howard and Miss
Alice Melvin, Denton Journal; @. l..
Vincent and wife, SaOW Hill Messen-
ger Thos. Perry and J. H White
Salisbury 4dUertiser; L. w. Gunby
and Mrs. II. L. Brewington, Salisbury