The San Francisco call., 1897-02-18
SONOMA'S RICHES
IN VAST ARRAY
Cloverdale's Annual Citrus
Fair Thrown Open TO
Visitors.
Judge Burnett of Santa Rosa
Addresses the First Nights
Gathering.
Wealth of the Valley Displayed in a
Building Crowded With Unique
Exhibits.

sweet Cloverdale is proud of her citrus fair.
In this instance she has good reason to be
somewhat vain. In originating and con-
tinuing these citrus fairs Cloverdale not
only displays herself as the most enter
prising little city Of the Sonoma Valley
but puts on exhibition to the world what
ths county can do in the way of citrus
fruits as well as III wines. Everybody
knows that Sonoma County wine in the
battalions of bottles that are stood u like
so many soldiers all over the United
States, ranks as a commander-in-ch ch ief
but it is only in late years that Clover
dale and her lovely environment of cli-
mate, soil and hills has had the ambition
to place before the people of the earth
as spectators or as newspaper readers
what the sun, the moon and the soil en-
ables her to do in the way of oranges
lemons, lines, figs, prunes, olives and
almonds. No one who beheId the mag
nlticent display of these fruits and nuts as
finally arranged yesterday at the pavilion
could doubt that the Sonoma Valley could
vie with Southern California in the growth
OF lemons, oranges, olives and nuts.
The new pavilion recently erected by
the Cloverdale Citrus Society is now occu-
&
1t is better than two and bali stories
high and 125 feet long, with galleries, and
is one of the most imposing public build
ings in the valley.
The entire lower floor is stacked with
citrus fruits. The crowded display of
oranges, lemons, canned and dried fruits
and picked olives leaves only compare
lively narrow aisles for spectators. All
the oranges and lemons are OF fine qual-
ity, and some, which show in the fneness
of the skin on their face evidence of
extra careful cultivation, equal the best
that are grown in Southern California or
the San Joaquin Valley. The citrus fair
pavilion was erected under the promoting
enterprise of the Citrus Fair Association
at cost OF about $500. 1t is a perma-
nent building, on solid foundation, and
Will stand for decades OF citrus fairs TO
come. The stock in the pavilion is held
all over SOnoma County.
The exhibits and exhibitors already oc-
cupying space amidst the wealth of carni-
val colors-green, yellow and white-are:
u. l.. Shepard, oranges and lemons; G.
luchetii, oranges, lemons and asparagus;
John GeoiZelman, oranges II. NJ. Haney
oranges and lemons; d. NJ. VAN boldt
oranges; 4. c. Leger, oranges and lemons !;
q. HunZiker, preserved figs, prunes, etc. !;
a. Sbarboro, oranges, lemons and Japanese
mandarins; William Caldwell, oranges: ::
Mrs. J. W. Gallagher, oranges; w. H.
McCray, oranges; Mrs. W. h. McCray,
canned fruits; Mrs. L. a. Domino hand
some and attractive model of the Clover
dale Episcopal church in oranges, one OF
the unique features OF the fair; II. p Bel
ford, oranges: Mrs. A. NJ. Coomes. olives;
DR.. R. S. Markell, oranges; Captain John
Field, facsimile OF the pavilion IL oranges
and lemons. This is one of the most
original and conspicuous exh bits.
Confronting the entrance to the pavilion
Is pretty Little orange grove, fruit and
all, representing H.. J. Crocker's ranch
near Cloyerdale- Brush, Williams & 90.
have beautiful exhibit of oranges in
pyramidical form, the whole overtopped
by large cage of singing canarles. Then
there are James A. Shaw, oranges and
lines; Sheriff s. l. Allen. oranges; Guv
b. Crosse, olives and olive oil; w. 7.
Brush, Italian Nesple; Mouluon Hill
Vineyard, wine exhibit, f. Albertz pro-
prletor-this is one of the largest and
most noticeable exhibits in the pavilion;
ID. NJ. Hayward, oranges; S. Pipsch-
over, oranges; l. B. Armstrong, the
first president OF the Citrus Fair Associa-
ton, oranges; ]. E. Chalfant. oranges !;
State Senator J. C. Holloway, oranges and
lemons; Parker Vineyard, Gilbert and
John Winters, fine display of wines,
olive oil and olives; John Eden. vegeta-
tles. oranges and canned fruits; G. Hage-
mayer, oranges; elaborate and hand dsome e
design OF the old oaken bucket and well
IN lemons, by Mrs. +. K. Merritt; Anna
r. Bourden, silkworm co coons and Ha-
wallan oranges; Granville Pullen, fine
exhibit OF oranges from a mountain
side 1900 feet above sea level, orna-
mented with almond blossoms; Paul Bor-
den, oranges; James Gardner, oranges
Cloverdale Wine Company, pyramid of
Suyis Co Hpa
OF oranges, lemons, olives and dried
prunes; Henry Hubbard, oranges and
Lemons; Mrs. Preston, prunes, oranges
lemons and almonds; Mrs. McConnathy,
Lemons and canned fruit; Henry
Meyer, lemons; Mrs. H. F. Gerk-
Fred Whitaker, oranges; J. : A. KIeiser,
olives, olive oil and prunes; NJ
Mcmillan, oranges and iemons-prize
table entered in mpetition for prizes;
Mrs. F. X. Merritt, lemons; H. NJ. Hay-
ward, lemons; H. NJ. Haney, lemons; W.
I. Brush, lemons; Henry Hubbard, lem
ons; II. J. Crocker, lemons; 6. Hage-
meyer, oranges; ]. Menihan, oranges ::
John Field, oranges; Henry Hubbard
oranges; Mrs. 2. McKenna, oranges: Mrs.
i. J. Cooke, oranges; L. J. CottIe, oranges
Among the miscellaneous exhibits are:
Mrs. P. II. Ludwig, Miss Mollie Haee-
meyer and Mrs. II. NJ Whitney, hand
carved chairs, easels, footstools, tables
picture frames, ETC.; hand painted china.
Miss Lena Brush; hand painted china
Mrs. Q. E. Farmer of Santa Rosa and Miss
Clarice Town of Petaluma.
In addition to the foregoing exhibits
there is very creditable art gallery and a
taxidermist's exhibit by Charles Muller
and Will Adams. Not long ago coal was
discovered about five miles from Clover
dale, on the ranch of John Caldwell. He
has some of the coal on exhibition Mrs.
Il. NJ. Whitney displays fancy needle.
work.
This was the opening night of the citrus
fair and it was a success in every way.
The new pavilion was crowded with the
loyal and enterprising people of Clover
dale and the immediate vicinity. The
orange carnival colors with which the
pavilion is draped, the many lights, the
pyramids of golden fruit and the moving
throng formed a scene that would do
credit TO a city many times the population
of Cloverdale.
But, like the Hellenic race, which is
now Haunting heroic defiance in the face
of the Sultan, the people of the North
Sonoma Valley are not lacking in spirit
when they undertake anything, they do
not do it in half-hearted manner Thew
are proud of their fair, and visitors from
the valley and other localities agree in the
opinion that in citrus fruits and enter
prise the Sonoma Valley is among the
most fertile in the State
Tomorrow Will be a great day. II is
Sonoma County's day. Even the Oldest