New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-05-07
PICTURES OF CALIFORNIA.
SHOWN IN THE COUNTY EXHIBITS AT
MIDWINTER FAIR.
ORANGES GROWN IN THE SHADOW OF SNOW
COVERED MoUNTAINs-GREAT VARIETY OF
FRUIT PRODUCED IN ALL SECTIONS
MANY HISTORICAL RELICS

FRUIT PRODUCED IN ALL sECIloNS
MANY HISTORICAL RELICS.
San Francisco. April 21-To any one VINO Is hol
familiar with all parts Of California 'he "'
,,nros,,,,. oxbibits al the Midwinter Fair are the
lisplavs made by the various counties. Upon sumo
of these displays large sums have Deen spent an"
special buildings have been erected 10 nus
them In these have been Installed the ch"i
t,c nroducts Of each county, with many cu'ios"e'
to,h natural and historical that are worth careiui
study For instance. the history OF the eli'"'O0
=. california into the Union may be found PraC
.icalIv illustrated in Monterey's BUILDING VIM. -
San Dero's display will be seen many souvenir Va 1
old Spanish occupation Of the territory ui"' We
,hor REGARDED as valuable only for its hdes anu
.ouovv In the Southern California Euiia'nE u a"
a.h,r,. NJ oranges lemons. lines and cih'r Sei-
.o,,coI er,,,ts that carries the visitor IN nldNHd
,ion 70 Sicily and the Italian shores oil the
ranean: in Humboldt Countys space thr pe''
Indian wars is revived. and in Humpoiu' N't'
large building built entirely Of redwood one may
soc nractical demonstration of the score Vi "''
N which this valuable wood is placed as wen ~
ho.utie,l Illustrations OF numbering. that Is carrie
on as scientifically as in the great pine i0
Northern Wisconsin and Michigan -
Again in the exhibits Of Nevada anu 60
counties the visitor may the methods oil pi"oe'
and hydraulic mining. with a large numper Vi 80
,,f,l snaci,ens of gold ore and in the NeNada "ao
Tuilding he may see silver and gold ore iioi" Wv
lower levels OF the Comstock MINES 'ne % -
mines in this country. Incidentally ne W." s'
fruit in such profusion as was rot SHOWN a '"e US
Worlds Fair r. Chicago. for each county mas p'V'
ambitious % mako the best display ana 'he 'e'
a. ro,rarLaba FOR II demonstrates that oranges anu
lemons arc grown and matured without "i'''V'
aid from shasta IN the shadow Of the etcrhai so"'
clear down 10 San Diego. 100 miles away tha' 10
warmed bv the hot breath OF the Coiorauo uesei'
.,d thu, has not over dozen days in the year
when rain falls. Al the fruits OF temperate %oi,e'
flourish in this chain OF counties that lrhees "''
Sierra Nevada and enjoys a climate that l. O''S
,araleled by the famous Riviera Apples pea.''
neacbes p,ums FIGS apricots nectarines almoh0S.
xvalnuts-thcsc are few of the common ir"'S "'''
mis- which grow vigorously and yield abundah'N
in more than forty counties. while such rare i'u''9
as the loouat. japanese persmmon ana oI"ise'
alligator pear and mango apple are seen IN the eN-
hibits of several Southern counties anu j" ''e
dispav of Sacramento County
The feature Of these county exhibits that eX-
cites the arlazement Of all Eastern visitors Is Ine
variety Of products that can be grown naturanE
nv each county You can produce the orange III
a conservatory in New-York. but it Is dihicut 10
convince any ore that in certain favored localities
On shasta County which has snOw-capped noun
tains and enjoys a climate that resembles tha'
of MARYLAND. the orange ana lemon may We
grown in the open air So. too. 1t seems lhcreupie
that in the old mining county of Placer from Lop
TO 1000 feet above level. not only oranges ana
lemons but the very choicest figs. apricots grapes
and Bartlett pears are produced. Not only nave 'he
scars of she old surface mining been covered by
masses of green foliage in summer. but the MN
ing bitches which were abandoned for ten years
are now used by the fruit-grower TO bring water
upon his orchards. What these displays snow con-
cIusively is that one may have the fruits OF the
tropics and the temperate zones in California
orchard and If YOU care TO have some unique feat
ure YOU may grow tea coffee. or have itte
silk farm rs a side issue and n recreation
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mention Of any county buildings. II is a fine
structure of imposing appearance ana includes the
displays Of Los Angeles. San Bernardino. River
side Ventura and San Diego counties. The frst
three are the great orangeproducing counties OF
California. sending seven-eighths of this fruit that
Is shipped 70 the East II is natural. therefore that
the orange and the lemon should occupy con-
spicuous place. The most striking object In the
building is a walnut elephant, standing upon fine
Roman arch of navel oranges. This is the central
figure Of exhibit OF Los Angeles. II is far more
perfect as a work Of art than the clumsy prune
horse which attracted so much attention in the
California Building at Chicago The elephant Is
beautifully proportional and with a howdah, In
which is an Oriental beauty. II forms what is the
finest figure Of this kind in the fair. The English
walnut prominent place in the productso of
Los Angeles. for many large orchards planted ten
years ago just coming into bearing. The men
who planted these trees were looked upon cranks
by their neighbors. but the walnut yields from
$50 TO $3.50 acre the men who were laughed at
can the In the undertakings
The finest oranges in the fair far size
cearness OF skin and beauty of color concerned
may be in the Riverside County display. The
feature of this exhibit is a miniature Ferris wheel
in the cages Of which are exhibited the finest
oranges and lemons. San Bernardino which adjons
Riverside. Is close second in beautiful citrus
fruits. Above its display is a large black bear
Ventura County has a pavilion of beans. Of scores
of different varieties and colors, and its preserved
he N he fair II &c in
this county that is located the old ranch which
the scene OF the early incidents IN Helen Hunt
Jackson's Ramona" San Diego shows a remark
able display Of fresh and canned fruits. It is only
within the last years that the capacity Of the
mountain valleys for producing choice fruit has
been demonstrated. Among its historical curostes
is another reminder of "Ramona"-the old gun
with which James Farrar shot the real Alessandro
as the poor Indian was trying to reach his home
in Timecula- There many relics Of the con-
quest of the territory. chief among which Is a
cannon cast in 1888. and taken when San Diego
This Southern California Building is a centre OF
attraction for strangers. 1t is splendid advertise
Inent Tor the me rich counties. as here is actual,
tangible proof OF what any one may do in the grow
exhibit what they have done in education and col
ony enterprises, an exhibit which it would be diff
New-1ork to equal. A community like Pasadena,
near Los Angeles, in which nearly every owns
his home, approaches very nearly 10 the ideal of
Bellamy There society is like large family.
social and literary meetings are constantly held,
and the culture Of the greater part of the commun-
ity makes these gatherings resemble those held at
Brook Farm N the palmy days of that historical
experiment in plain living and high thinking. AS
proof OF what can be done-under the colony sys-
TEN to rob country life of all its loneliness and
hardships and TO make II stimulating in real in
tellectual activity these exhibits great value
Near by Is the Santa Barbara Building. which is
unique in form and contents 1t is built like an
Egyptian pyramid. and the apartments arc so ar
ranged that they present of the angularities
of the ordinary room. The walls are hung with
the neutral tinted burlap. made from East Indian
tue, and the portieres Of the same material
An unusual variety Of fruits and other products
is neatly arranged. In one room found many
curios of the old mission period, with relics Of
the Civil War that would do credit to any museum
at the East.
Not far from this place is the Humboldt County
Building made entirely OF the redwood which in
California takes the place OF pine or hemlock for
all building purposes. Inside this one gets