The San Francisco call., 1896-03-06

der it pleasant to the taste is soaking and
sailing it.
The oil of the olive is equal to meat, and
the pulp is as good as bread.
1.-The idea O: drying olives originatedin
Europe" said Mr.. Filcher yesterday, "and
frugal people have lived on this d ried
fruit in the countries of Spain and Italy
from time imm emorial.
This is the first time however, that the
industry has been introduced into this
State. rhe pickli ng of ripe olives origin
ated in California, and the superiority oil
the ripe in preference to the green olive
plckled is conceded by all who have eaten
them. People were highly surprised to
find the ripe fruit finely favored afte,
being treated in the usual way.
Three or four years ago there were
only 300 or 400 gallons picked IN this
State. Now you can safely assert that
there are tens of thousands of gallons.
The demand has ever grown in rapid
increase over the supply, and to this time
the supply has not been large enough to
warrant sending to the Eastern m arkets.
Picked olives sent there have met with a
warm reception. There is, in fact an un-
limited demand for the ripe picked
olives"
olive orchard of 280 acres, and in Southern
California one grove of 300 acres is bel ng
set out.
w. s. Manning is the pioneer of the dried
olive IN this country. He has large
orchard down in Santa Barbara.
He says he finds that nickePs worth a
day seasoned with other fruit amply suf-
ficient to nourish man for a hard DAVIS
work. He finds people not fond of them
at first, but after eating them awhile
they acquire taste which prompts them
to prefer dried olives to any other diet.
The fruit resem bles dried prunes, but has
peculiar flavor.
The Board of Trade in installing its ex-
hibit in its new quarters is preparing one
feature heretofore lacking by proposing to
make strong and attractive exhibit of
California wines independent of the regu-
lar county exhibit. The idea is Mr.. Fill
cher's.
"No exhibit of California products in
my Estimation said he, lis complete
without wine being a chief feature. This
State produces go per cent of all the wine
produced in the United States. The inten
tion is to make this very prominent and
attractive exhibit.
"Along the entire length of the rear end
of the room I have caused to be made
eleven large frames with plush on the
bevel and FURNISHED gilt holdings. These
are feet by feet. In each one of these
frames one producer is given space to ex-
hibit his bottled wines.
"Above the row of frames series of
electric lights will reflect down on the
wines. A card on each frame will give
the name of the producer.
1.-The California Viticultural College has
promised to furnish us abundant aid in
the perfecting of this idea"
dispatch was received by Mr.. Filcher
yesterday afternoon from Charles J :.
Brooks OF New York City, which reads as
follows:
A. Filcher. State Board of Trade: Mark
Stone states proposed California State EXPOSE
tion closed its doors. Your article was effect
i've. Sent letter to-day. Full particulars.
CHARLES J. BROOKS.
"I sent statement through Jeffreys,
A. d. Montague" said Mr.. Filcher,
(which was published in the New York
Sun. | said in that article that no reputa-
BILE person and certainly no representative
body had any connection with this under
taking and knew nothing whatever about
it. The originators advertised that their
headquarters were at the Mills building
and that their agent was Wells, Fargo &
Co., but | made inquiries and found that
neither the Mills building people nor the
express company knew anything about
them.
Letters have been flooding the State
about this thing and many people have
subscribed for space. Their whole scheme
was to sell space and they cared not a
whit whether there was an exposition held
or not. have telegraphed to w. II. Mills