The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-09-04
FRUIT AT THE FAIR
Suggestions Regarding It's
Preservation.
One Way to Raise r1oney-Funting
Around Niles-A Great Place
for PruneS.
Correspondence of THE MORNING CALL

If any fruit display is to be made in the
Mdwinter Fair the work should be pretty
well under way. No work of any kind
has been done in this section and probably
none will be done.
a short article appeared some little time
ago In the city papers, saying that if any
grower wished TO make a display, that
jars con tanning preserving fluid would
De sent upon application to thu Board of
horticulture. The remark appeared as a
line or so only in an article upon fruit dis
plays. 1t is very doubtful if it was seen
by any number of growers 10 speak Of
In every single town half dozen COM
mitteemen have been appointed. Now,
why can't certain number of These Jars
be sent 10 this committee, any member of
which can take charge of them and distri-
bute them If necessary. or at least see
that they are given to responsible growers
AS far as growers, however, are con-
cerOed, tile looks of the fruit which they
donated for the Chicago lair was such a
failure that they have now no interest in
the matter. and no faith i n the success OF
the preserving fluid. Last year those in
ieresied in displaying fruit spent so cents
worth OF time aud % cents worth of fruit
Tor every jar they filled, and jar after Jar
was totally spoiled and the WORK had TO be
done sometimes a third time before the
fruit even kept. Again. the color of the
fruit vas ruined; brilliant peaches and
nectarlnes became a slckly green, and
golden aprIcots or lemons or oranges
pale, straw color. The color was incUr-
rect, Tie size magnified by the bottles and
liquids, and The fruit will be total loss
when tile fair Is over.
How much better it would be to supply
IN fhea or !ui cino oil
or two quarts and request that they pre-
serve In these jars their best fruit in the
most tempting manner for the table.
Any farmers wife would gladly put III
two or three, donating time anu fruit, and
expect no return.
Another advantage would be this /:
When the fair is over every jar cnuld be
sold for at least enough to cover the cost
OF the jars and the expense incurred in
shipping TO and from the growers, and a
further advantage would be that the ylsi-
tors would see the fruit as it is to be eaten,
not In a magnified. cOiorleSs condition.
SO many suggestions have been given for
raising funds for this Midwinter Fair that
perhaps one more may not be out of place.
Let each Committee in every town or city
place in some public place a box Suitably
marked into which the general public can
drop It's quarters, dimes or even nickrlS
Ia Eastern cities when any public improve
mem Is going on. especially when it is for
the purpose of helping the unimployed,
such boxes are placed in suita bic places
and prove 10 small assistance in collecting
funds for such work
Niles s-Quite Il csnter for good hunters
A least dozen deer have been shot since
the middle OF August. The ouai law is
just out ana any number of polhun tiers are
out securing The hills for them. Duck
hunters, too, are anticipating a good
season. 1t Is known that tho great flight
of ducks from north to south each season
is by one OF TWO great pathways, down by
the Russian and Japanese shores or by the
western shores of the Americas. For two
seasons the bulk of the travel has been by
tie Russian route. and our shores have
only had the scattered flocks. il precedent
has anything to DO with the matter then
the bulk of travel will come our way this
coming season. and hunters are looking
forward tn splendid season.
The weather this last ten days has been
extremely dull and cool, and fruit as been
very slow indeed in drying. The country
In fact is full of prunes. Almost every
orchardst has an acre or so of prunes. ana
there are besides several large prune
orchards, and il is safe to say that there
are now at least ten acres covered with
trays If prunes in thp near neigh Dor hood
Of Niles, and not an empty tray to be found
In fact one or two urchardsts have shpt
down work for n day or two to give them
time tn eaten ur. Mrs. j. E. THANE.
Niles, Sept. q 1898.