Los Angeles herald., 1891-03-15
CALIFORNIA FRUITS.
Major Truman's Exhibit of the Pro-
ducts Of That State.

ducts of That State.
When one speaks OF California fruits
and vegetables one is at once understood
to be speaking Of the great things OF
earth. But when one mentions an ex-
hibit of such edibles-the pick of the
orchard and the garden; the Goliaths
among giants-it can be understood
what may be seen at the Southern
California exhibit in the Rialto build
ing.
The exhibit. in charge of Major B. G.
Truman, is a sort of an advance agent for
the big exhibit Californians intend max
ing at the worlds fair. Nothing is sold,
orders are not taken for anything, nor
are visitors asked to buy real estate.
The object is merely to show what
Southern California can produce, and to
look at the variety of the products one
would think Southern California lands
were working overtime.
When the exhibit was first opened it
was composed entirely of deciduous
fruits-apples, pears, etc. But the cute
little ,100-pound watermelons and the
stunted 300-pound squashes have gone,
and in their places are the citrus fruits.
A carload of these came last Wednes,
day, and with them an assortment of all
kinds of vegetables.
Among the attractive things of an at
tractive display are seedless lemons OF
an elliptical shape that grow nowhere
else in the world but in Southern Cali
fornia. They weigh about twice as
much as ordinary Sicily lemons, are
thin-skinned, and contain only juice,
there being neither seed nor pulp. 1t
will be interesting to know that this
lemon first made its appearance from a
seed planted by H. M. Higgins, formerly
music dealer of this city.
Some fine Sicily lemons, contributed
by w. w. Whitney, of San Diego coun-
ty, are also on exhibition, and Mr.. Whit
Washington and Australian navel or
anges, a number of which weigh nearly
two pounds each, as we'll as apples and
guavas.
Two-pound oranges are not bad. even
for San Diego county. But the same
county goes further. 1t brags of some
Irish potatoes, planted in October and
dug February 20, when they were nearly
foot long. Caulihower, three heads of
which average nineteen pounds each,
cabbages like pumpkins, turnips like
cabbages, green peas like marbles, cell
cry, parsnips, persimmons, lines and
honey also come from the same place.
One Of the cabbages tipped the scale at
twenty-eight pounds.
Among the new things from Orange
county are some seedless blood and
navel oranges and lines, lemons and
citrons, and box of honey from Nine.
Modieska's ranch near Santa Ana also
fine lot OF hard and soft shell English
walnuts, peanuts and pecans from the
board of trade of Orange county. This
county also sends a great many speci-
mems of dried fruits and raisins.
San Bernardino county contributes
largely in dried fruit, all Of which are
sun dried, the evaporating process be-
ing out of use in Southern California.
Several tables are covered with all the
varieties OF dried deciduous fruits from
the Redlands, Lugcnia and old San
Bernardino. Some splendid specimens
of the celebrated Riverside navel or
anges and Lisbon and Sicily lemons are
contributed by DR.. Jarvis. San Bernar-
good-sized community into tears. and
suficiency of turnips, potatoes and par
snips from Riverside that, with the
proper amount Of meat, would make
stew to feed the unemployed at Jackson
park.
Los Angeles county sends fine lot of
caulif1owers. bananas, Irish potatoes,
onions, cabbages, celery, tomatoes,
green peppers, string beans. lemons,
oranges and other citrus fruits.
The largest oranges come from F. 0.
Story OF Alhambra, Los Angeles county.
The ground on which these oranges are
grown was called a desert, unfit for cul-
tivation, eighteen years ago. A young
man named j. de Barth Shorb bought
the property from the government,
built reservoirs in the neighboring
mountains, and turned the "desert"
into one OF the prettiest spots in semi
tropical California. A large number OF
the oranges from this region weigh one
and one-fourth pounds each. A supe-
rior selection Of oranges comes from d.
Freeman Of Inglewood, at which place
Mrs. John G. Fremont has beautiful
home.
"A recent addition to the exhibit is a
collection Of all the varieties of wine
produced in Southern California, includ-
ing sherry, port, muscat, sweet musca-
tel, Riesling, angelica, Madeira, Bur-
gundy, and claret from the San Gabriel
Wine company, J. de Barth Shorb pres
ident. From Kohler and Fr0hling, the
oldest winemakers on the Pacific coast,
come Malaga, Zinfandel, Sauterne, Ma
deira, angelica, Riesling. Cabernet, Sau-
vignon, port, sherry, Burgundy, Gutar