The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-10-13

OF the southern racine company , tN-
hibit at the Exposition. IL is remark
able for two reasons, first, as evidence
of the great interest which is every
where manifested in that wonderful
State; also for the valuable informa-
ton it contains, and for which it is here
reproduced:
Paris. July 10Th, 1900.
The panorama picture of the Mariposa
Grove is admitted by all, including pho
tographers, to be the most wonderful pho
Geographic reproduction that has ever been
made. Only yesterday Committee rep
resenting the greatest Fruit-Growing AS
teen, visited the office. They were in
charge of their President. who is the
largest individual fruit grower In the
Republic. They came here TO get an illus
tration of the Industrial and climatic con-
ditions under which our fruit is grown.
/ explained to them fully the prolific char,
Illustrations showed them that we had a
full crop every year; that our danger was
from over-bearing; that in no instance
from any cause, You will scarcely UNI
derstand the intense interest OF this In
terview until 1t is explained that this
culture in two ways, wall-culture and
cutivating under glass q forego French
designations). The outdoor cultivation OF
fruit in France is extra hazardous and Is
fast being superseded by the artificial
means of wall and glass.
The gentlemen who were here yester-
day explained that the most profltable
cultivation was that wherein all the rae
tors of success were In the hands OF the
many times for the promotion of the policy
of irrigation. have said that when the
moisture can be controlled, both with ref.
erence to moisture and drainage. civilized
culture will have been. achieved that at
that point only II becomes an art! but
where natural conditions are depended
upon and are not under the control of
man, the cultivation has not risen to the
dignity of an art. Its main factors are at
the hazard OF chance.
When l explained, however. the condi-
lions under which fruit was grown in
California, it became apparent both to my.
self and my auditors. that the natural
conditions in California are as nearly per-
feet for the production of fruit as it is
possible to be, and that at all events
there are. economies with us which will
give US the fruit markets, of the world.
You may accept this conclusion as dem
onstrated by our exhibit and observation
here. California is hereafter to be the
orchard OF the world. for reasons which
will be more easily made apparent in
personal interview.
The reason for the foregoing narration
], will now present: We had exhausted
the interest of the exhibit in showing the
fruits. the pineapples, the dates. the
prunes; the peaches; the pears. the APP
pies, the vegetables In all their varieties,
etc
The day was extremely hot and the in
terVlew mad become mOnOtOnOuS. Calleu
the company into an attitude in which
they could get a good view of the pam
Drama of the great tree grove. / have
surprise and admiration. The President
of the Association. n man of fine mentality
and dignity of character. said. through the
interpreter to me. that the picture was
the most beautiful presentation of for
est he had ever seen and the forest was
the most beautiful of any that had ever
been shown abroad The forest as ex-
pressed in that picture is Infinitely SUI
perior to any forestry expression possible
here. The largest pine tree l saw In Ger
many was less than twenty-four inches
in diameter, and not to exceed seventy-five
or eighty feet high. After what we had
told them of the favoring conditions of
climate and SOIL we introduced them into
the heart of one of our greatest forests
by the best representation which can be
placed upon paper. You can have no
adequate conception of how II broadened
and dignified and ennobled our State. We
had shown them panorama pictures, pic
lures OF orchards, one of which is a most
marvellous presentation. the panorama
itself being six feet by fourteen inches
high. and representing five hundred acres
of prune orchard We had shown them
twenty-one square miles in one panorama
Of fruit orchard in Vaca Valley. We had
shown. them large fruits and large veg
etables, and all these things had appealed
to them as exceptional. The panorama OF
the great forests of California including
the greatest trees that grow in the State.
confNred upon the entire exhibit proba-
bility and confirmation.