The herald., 1895-03-05

like it. don t know; may settle here.
The next gentleman seen was W. X:
Kimymon OF Owatona, MINI. In part
he said:
This is a magnificent display. Yes, |
have seen others both In this state, in
Florida and your own at the World Fair,
but this is superior to anything ever
gazed upon. Mrs. Kimymon and myself
were up in the south end of the gallery just
now, and looking down upon that ex-
hibit-and here the gentleman pointed
out the Duarte- Monrovia display re-
marked how very like a carpet it looked
as to the shading of coors. 1t is won.
derful the delicate standings that in skilled
hands is produced. From lightest lemon
to the deep orange red Of the tangerine
and the ruby red Of the Malta and other
blood oranges gives plenty OF room for
the exercise OF taste and the man that
planned and executed that display is an
artist. One should visit the gallery in or.
der to get the best effects, In the size OF
the fruit exhibits and in the artistic taste
with which they are arranged this is per-
feet. Judge Newell of thel Pomona ex-
hibit I know quite well. Both he and
myself came from the same district. 1t is
difficult to beat Pomona.
Another visitor to the Citrus Fair in the
person of Reverend H. NJ. Loud of. De-
troit, Michigan, was seen, The gentle
man did not state it, but it may here be
said that he was married to sister of the
late Jay Gould and is consequently an
uncle to the Countess Castellane. The
gentleman said:
number of occasions. l have seen other
citrus fairs and l have no hesitancy in
stating to you that this one excels any
thing of the kind have ever seen, any
where. The artistic taste displayed in
these exhibits is superior to that at Cali
fornia's exhibit at the Worlds Fair. The
Ma Ill o,< In
improved upon. 1t is too bad, but Flor
ida and the coast country around and be-
low New Orleans is knocked out. own
400 or 500 acres in Florida, about hun
dred miles north from Tampa, but it is
now worthless. Well, it is hard to say;
don't know whether the orange trees in
that state are killed or not They GER
tainly look like it, but one cannot tell
YET. The peach trees in Western Michi-
gan are always killed at nineteen de-
grees. That seems to be that trees limit.
The bark splits open and they never re-
vlve. The orange tree has its limit OF cold
beyond which it cannot revive, but
Florida, l cannot say. / was in a florists
store this morning, and seeing a large lot
of flowers being boxed as if for shipment:
asked where they were going. l was told
they were being shipped to New Orleans
Quite recently l was in Washington, d.
VI anu ehC uOIiotS tHSlC WClC ohiPpihS
flowers to Florida. The cold has been
very severe in the East | was snow
bound for three days in Virginia. Yes,
California is all right and the Fair is all
right also.
P. l.. Budinger granted an interview.
This gentleman owns u ranch at San Fer
nando, twenty miles north of Los Angeles
on the line of the Southern Pacific, just
through the pass. In reply to a series OF
questions he said:
We have one of the finest citrus, decid
uous and olive fruit lands in the world.
Walnuts also do finely there. This is the
result of soil, water and climate. l have
never known damaging freeze at San
Fernando. Our water supply is derived
from artesian wells located two or three
miles away, from which place it is piped
to the Mission. Bare lands sell at from
$l25 to 5000 per acre. The place is rapidly
growing. In 1894 the town shipped away
ten or twelve carloads of oranges, and this
spring will ship about thirty cars.
Mr.. Budinger is in charge of the Semi.
Tropics exhibit.