The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-06-18
THE BUFFALO EXPOSITION
Finishing Touches Put Upon tie
Los Angeles Exhibit.
One of the Most Wonderful Fruit
Displays Ever Seen-IIIinois and
Missouri and the Great Corn They
Observation-Disclosures Cob Pipes.

Displays Ever Seen-IIIinois and
Missouri and the Great Corn They
Eroduce-OIsI-Fash Cob Pipes
BUFFALO. n Y. June 1S.-The fin
| ishing touches have been put on the
| Los Angeles county exhibit showing
part of CaIifornia's products at the
( Pan-American Exposition which was
provided under the auspices Of one
thousand business men of Southern
California comprising the Los Angeles
Chamber of Comm g -ce. This exhibit
consists of citrus fruits, oranges, lem
ons, etc. tangerine and other fruit sup
piled by the Southern California Fruit
Exchange while the olive oils, canned
goods, and crystaIIzed fruits are sup
piled by the Board Of Manufacture.
Nuts OF various kinds: English wal
nuts, almonds. etc. are supplied by the
Association of Growers formed for the
purpose Of disposing of their crop
Fruits in glass are represented by sam
pies Of every product raised in the
. State; they consist of grapes, some
punches weighing as much as twelve
pounds and measuring one foot in,
length. Sweet potatoes. very white that
measure sixteen inches in length that
/ look like selected samples of overgrown
carrots associate on equal terms with
delicious peaches and oranges measur-
/ ing from seven to nine inches in cir
/ conference. and pears and ounces
weighing two and one-haIf pounds each.
/ Loquotser Japanese PLUMP, KUmquot
Japanese orange), BIonstera Deliciosa
! delicious monastery, and papau are
among the novelties in the fruit line
that take the attention Of the visitor
as he passes through the exhibit.
Dried fruits in artisticaHy arranged
! packages show another method of
preserving immense peaches. pears. and
clusters Of raisins- In this line are ex-
hibited two figures. a man and wo-
man made OF all the various kinds of
fruits that are ordinarily evaporated,
representative of the Mexican native
! Of California a hundred years ago The
J exhibits are installed back Of a facade
made expressly to represent the old
California adobe mission construction
/ h ways are lined with oranges and
supported on pillars ornamented with
fan palms, stems, and California BAN
. boo Mounted on one Of these arches
/ Is an elephant made entirely of En-
/ gsIish waInuts- This important industry
/ Of growing English waluUts was built
/ up IN the short space of fourteen years.
/ The growers in this line have always
kept the organization in their own
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sold long before it is ripe.
/ The oranges used in the decorative
| features are replaced every day with
| fresh ones brought from the coast, as
/ improved methods Of propagation and
| cultivation now render the crop con
/ tinuoUs throughout the year The total
/ crop Of oranges of Southern California
/ last year was about ., 900 cars of which
L 900 ears only We're shipped; leaving
| 5000 cars Of fruit to spoil because Of in
/ sufficient transportation facilities
There are on an average about 81, 300
/ oranges TO the car. sufficient to supply
one dozen and one-haIf of oranges for
each man. woman. and child in the
United States
While this exhibit IS supposed to rep
resent the horticultural products of the
county, the displays Of the fish products
have not been neglected as mounted
specimens are exhibited showing fish
| that have been caught on the western
coast weighing from 10 to $50 pounds
each. These are from the Island OF San
! Ia Catalina that Is situated fifty miles
from Los Angeles PhOtOgTap hs OF the
homes. ranches. summer resorts etc
are exhibited in large numbers.
Illinois produces annually 253 600 900
bushels of corn" This IS a motto work
ed on blue background with sections
Of c0TncObs IN the handsome booth
which this important State has erected
at the exposition Another motto reads: