The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-04-21
FRUIT BY WEEKS.
One Way to Teach Chicago
Our Fertility.
A CoGENT OBJECT LESSON.
The Worlds Fair Commissioners Ar
ranging for Unique Exhibit for
BlazoniBg Our Productions.

California leads the world in fruit, and
the world is going to be informed of the
fact in a unique way.
According to the present plans of the
Worlds Fair Commission IN this city Cali
forna may exhibit its fruit at Chicago, 80
that every one will acknowledge our SUI
premacy in horticulture.
The plan consists in exhibiting varieties
of fruit by weeks.
One week would be strawberry week."
the next apricot week." the next cherry
week." and so on. As California can grow
any fruit in the market, the plan. if prose-
cuted through cooperation of fruit-growers
all over the State, may be continued in
definitely.
Speaking of this subject yesterday. Secre-
tary Markley of the Worlds Fair Commits
sion said sit has been suggested to The
Commissioners, who hope to carry the sug-
gestion out. to hold a cherry week. 'npri-
cot week. etc, at the fair as each fruit is
al its height.
The exhibit would he striking fea iure
in both the California and horticultural
buildings, and the commission proposes To
put ii in both buildings If they can get Suffi-
cicnt fruit from this people OF the State.
my own idea would be 20 make all ar
engagements for a constant supply, advertise
the fact freely in Chicago, and have Calitor-
MAS extraordinary fruit possibilities in every
ones mouth. Pretty soon every one would
want to have the fruit itself in his mouth,
and the result could not but be beneficial to
the demand for one of cur most character
istic products.
'In a heterogeneous collection of fruits
there would be nothing to stand out prOmi-
nentlY or emphasize the little-known fact
that California can grow anything better
than any other State. But this plan at once
promises an object lesson Of peculiar vivid
ness and force which there would he no pos
sibility OF overlooking. The newspapers,
for instance would hail any such plan of
specialization with relief and would send
word of 'Culiforna's cherries or 'Callior-
MAS nectarnes' TO the four quarters of the
world.
"Of course. however. the success Of the
idea will depend on the amount of eo-opera-
ton received by the Commissioners from the
frult-groWers of the State.
In this connection il would be very
timely II THE CALL viii announce that it
is the earnest desire of the Worlds Fair
Commissioners that the agricultural ex-
hbit. which includes every kind of fresh veg
etables, and the horticultural exhibit, es-
pecially its department of fresh fruit in sea-
son, should be kept up to a state OF absolute
perfection during the fair
ut Is to the interest of every fruit-grOwer
in the State TO lend his earnest assistance
to the desired end by contributing whenever
lie has very fine sample of fruit All that
growers Will have TO do Is to inform the
commission when the different varieties
will be ready and offer them for exhibition,
so that they can be accepted and shipped.
"Ail such contributions will be exhibited
by the Commissioners in the various clasS-
fed exhibits aud each exhibit will be given
credit on labels attached thereto"
Secretary LeloEg of the State Horticul-
tural Commission was quite enthusiastic
over the idea, which he has been consider
ing for some time.
almost every other fruit State, beside
California" said he, "can produce ode or
two varieties. One State has peaches. an
other aprcotS, another apples, or perhaps
two or three varieties together. But Cali
fornia can grow every kind of fruit,
vegetable and plant.
''Why, we can raise tea here, cotton.
tobacco, besides other things supposed TO
be indigenous 10 The tropics or more south
eTy ATTITUDES.
LAS for small fruits, citrus fruits and the
ordinary varieties. such as peaches, april
cots, cherrisS, etc, California simply beats
the world. There is no end to her produc-
tiyeness. In grapes alone there is no known
variety which cannot be produced here as
fue in flavor aud as much TO the acre as
anywhere else in the world. Indeed, with
our soil in its unimp0verished state, we can
grow more fruit to the acre than anywhere
! else.
These things being so, it would be easy
! to carry out this idea of exhibiting fruit by
| weeks in Chicago, and the Worlds Fair
Commission may doubtless rely upon the
| cordial cooperation of this commission.
LAS | understand it, the details Of the
| plan have not yet been worked out; but, no
| dOubI, either by circulars or by taking ad-
| vantage of some Opportuue meeting of
| frut-gro wers, the idea can be further ma
! tured and put in practical form"
| The Worlds Fair Commission IS winding
! up the loose ends of its multifarious labors
! 10 be consummated at Chicago, before leaY-
! ing for that iair city.
| Commissioner Phean leaves for Chicago
! tomorrow; Commissioner Rose, who is
! spending some time in San Francisco, leaves
| on the 26th inst, and Commissioner Nc
| Murray VIII depart tor The same destina-
! ton on the 29th.
But before they 20 there are lots OF
| things 10 sec to. People continue to bring
| in exhibits, although the limit OF time set
| for their reception has been passed. Still
! the Commissioners receive what they can,
! and if any urGifered exhibits fall within the
| lines OF existing exhibits and are exception
| ally fine they are still accepted ana shipped
| Exhibits OF singular character, however
! of bulky kind. or which viii not fit in at
| any existing department, stand rather "a
| poor show OF being accepted at this late
| day. The last curiosity received yesterday
| was in the form Of big German Bible
| 1SX12XS inches, printed at Nuremb berg in
| 1T25. 1t is In a remarkably good state If
| preservation, although the original brass
| clasps have nearly disappeared from the
| thick soleleather covers, which are some
what delaced and blaekened by age.