Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-12-09


ING.
10 so in the matter of prunes, raisins.
figs and the other dried fruits. but the
perishable nature of most of the mate-
rails, even with the advantage of cold
storage which will be accorded them.
will necessarily restrict the competition
to localities from which the displays can
be replenishcd as occasion requires. This
will give tine California counties mani
fest advantages which they will not be
slow 10 act upon, for they are never slow
in anything.
In the showing of dried and canned
fruits, however, they realize that they
must do their best in competition with
the older. though less favored. localities
in which the different varieties have
been made specialties. and in these lines
they have devised some surprising
things. Fresno county. the greatest
raisin district in the world, for instance,
is to have n model Of her beautiful court
house, the body Of the building to he
constructed OF raisins and the dome az
oranges. The dimensions of the model
will be 30 10y 10 feet and the dome will
be 45 feet in height. There will be plcn-
~ of room inside for visitors. and the
structure will have to be watchfully
guarded lest visiting vandals actually
eat it up.
There has been an orange war i'll Cali.
fornia for several years. Outsiders dc
not know much about it unless they have
visited the coast or take some California
paper, for Californians never mention
it when they go away from home. In
fact, Californians or their travels forget
al about sectional jralousies and neigh.
borhood quarrels and speak of the entire
big state rs if il were their parental
homestead. i'll every acre OF which they
have reversionary interest. But the
orange war has been waging ncverthc-
less, though il may be considered a fra
ternal rather than fratricidal strife,
and mention Of it Is made here, not for
the sake of calling outside attention 10
it, but 10 show how it is to benefit the
whole state.
II is like this: There are in Californis
two separate and distinct citrus belts
meaning tiers Of counties in which or
anGes. lemons ana other semitropical
fruits can be grown. One of these is in
the northern half Of the state and en-
braces the counties of Colusa, Yuba
Butte, Solano, Placer, Sacramento and
Napa The other is in the extreme south
ern part of the state and includes the
counties of San Luis Obispo, Santa Bar
bara, Ventura, Orange and San Diego or
the coast and Kern and San Bernardinc
in the interior. Between these two sec
tons the greatest rivalry exists as K
which raises the best fruits and offers tht
most inducements to intending settlers
! Strange to say. oranges sometimes ripeI
earlier in the northern belt. and mucl
has been made of this fact.
! 1t has been the custom for each O
these belts to have every year Il citrui
| fair of its own, and the displays therea
have seemed simply marvellous TO people
/ who live where oranges, lemons. figs
raisins and such things don't grow. Thii
/ year, however. melted by the genera
! enthusiasm for the Milwinter fair which
/ pervades the state. both belts have agreeG
| TO hold their citrus fairs i'll the Sunse
! City, and each has been assigned q loca
ton near the Agricultural building
| Their displays, combined with those O
| other localities and with the transcenden
floral possibilities Of the entire state, will
| give eastern visitors newer and NOR,
adequate idea of what the Californian
means when he calls his state the lant
of sunshine, fruit and flowers"
Altogether it looks as if the entir'
Golden State We're out for a good time,
as the Native Sons jovially express it, fol
much is being made of the amusement
features of the exposition. and the Sar
Francisco papers devote great deal O
space TO informing the world at larg,
what fun AS we'll as instruction can b,
had at the Sunset City.
H. T. WHITE