Los Angeles herald., 1892-08-25
FRUITS OF THE EARTH.
FINE SPECIMENS AT THE CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE.
Recent Additions to the Varied Show.
worlds Fair Matters Making Great
Progress = Donations
Received.

The exhibit of neighborhood product
under charge of the chamber OF com
merce has been kept fairly we'll supple,
! with fruits and vegetables OF late, bu
the replenishments seemed not alto
gether satisfactory to Superintendent
Virgins. in view of the fact that thu
present is the harvest time of larg
proportion of Southern California pro
ducts. The superintendent, therefore
took little rustling tour to several o
| the neighboring towns the other day
| reminding fruit growers that small
portion of the firstlings of the horticul
tural flock might we'll be dedicated tx
increasing the attractiveness OF tn,
| chambers exhibit. AS q result, The
customary offerings have been supple
mented by many others, and stream
of specimens has been pouring into the
exhibit hall during the past two days.
Among the noticeable donations re-
cived yesterday were the following:
The Rosecrans ranch sends an exhibit
of Bartlett pears, Kelsey plums, Hunga.
rian prunes, orange cling and Muir
peaches, all raised without irrigation, OF
good size and unusually fine flavor.
DR.. B. B. Briggs, of La Crescenta,
sends clusters of Bartlett, Flemish beau
ty and russell pears.
]. w. Cook, of Tropico, sends an ex-
hibit of white winter Pearmain apples.
Peter Mullen, South New Main street,
sends number of lemon cling and
Crawford peaches, weighing three. quar-
ters of pound each.
L. s. Ottman, Fruitland, sends some
Crawford peaches weighing pound
each.
These specimens have been put into
preserving fluid for exhibition at the
worlds fair.
w. w. Bin, Duarte, sends in clusters
of French prunes and Kelsey plums,
which will also be preserved for exhi-
bition at Chicago.
w. @. Andrus, Mr.. Dole and Sheurman
Bros, Pomona, send plums, pears and
prunes.
= G. N. Lewis, Azuss, orange cling
peaches for worlds fair.
j. F. Edwards provides the chamber
exhibit with the first large squash of the
season, his specimen measuring feet
inches in circumference, and weighing
1876 pounds.
J.F. Jenkins, city, Ponderosa tomatoes
Of unusual solidity and regularity of
shape.
s. j. Coleman, Glendale, sends num-
ber of the finest Flemish Beauty pears
which have graced the exhibit tables
this season, each pear weighing three
fourths of pound or more, and being as
smooth as wax.
Mrs. A. L. Hooper sends Crawford
peaches.
@. @. Thompson, Pasadena, sends
some branches loaded with Hungarian
prunes as sample OF the crop raised in
his orchard. Mr.. Thompson yesterday
shipped east five tons of these prunes,
and Messrs. Earl & Co., through whom
the shipment was made, assert that
they were the finest fruit their firm had
shipped this season, excelling in size
and quality the best produce Of the
northern section.
pie pumpkin weighing about 80 pounds.
fB. F. Boone, Ramona, sends black
berries. The berries are few in number,
but every one is two inches long.
The chamber is now receiving appli-
cations for space at the horticultural
fair, to be held under the auspices OF
to the Sth OF October.
WORLDS FAIR NOTES.
The committee having in charge the
matter of securing material for the local
exhibit at the worlds fair, reports that
dried fruit is coming in in satisfactory
quantity, and of unexcelled quality.
Bliss brothers, of Duarte, send four
sacks; Becker brothers, of Lamanda,
one sack, and III. P. Phelps, of San Ga
briel, two sacks. This fruit will be re-
sorted and placed in display boxes. IA.
Fancy display boxes for dried fruit
were yesterday sent TO Redlands, Pasa-
dena and Sierra Madre, and two cases of
glassware, to be filled with fruit for .ex-
hibition at the worlds fair, were for
warded to Piru city, Ventura county.
The Pomona board of trade has al
ready prepared handsome display of
fruit in glass jars. The exhibit includes
pears and peaches weighing from one to
one and one quarter pounds each.
The demand for jelly and jam jars is
very much greater than the supply, the
secretary now having orders for thirty
five dozen oriental jars which have been
ordered. One case of glassware was re-
celved yesterday consisting OF Jars Tor
the jelly palace, which will,be distributed
as soon as orders are received from the
jelly palace committee.
One of the attractions of the orange
grove at the worlds fair will be an or
ange tree three feet high and three feet
across the head, bearing fifty-six or
anges. The tree comes from the orchard
of A. O. Thomson, at Duarte.
The work of setting out a hundred
ornamental and shade trees, was yester-
day completed at the state forestry sta
ton, at Santa Monica. The trees are
planted in boxes preparatory to ship
ment to Chicago, next spring.
The committee is anxious to obtain
samples of orange, lemon, olive and
almond wood, cut in sections four feet
long and six to eight inches in diameter.
Parties able to do so are requested to
send wood of this character to the
chamber OF commerce. The committee
also requests samples of grains, which
will be properly prepared for exhibition,
and due credit given to donors.