The San Francisco call., 1904-07-19

ING, WORLDS FAIR, July 1s.-Ex-
position visitors, who were fortunate
enough to drop into the San Diego
booth in California's main display. this
week, have learned something about
the golden orange that is instructive
to them. Thev have learned that the
beautiful fruit has a genealogy that
extends far back through the cycles Of
time into the Veiled years that hold the
beginning of China in mystery and
that its ancestor was as rough as the
savage races of men that preceded the
present day civilized humanity. Not
only the orange, but the lemon and
other citrus fruits owe their origin to
this common ancestor, evolution and
the science of horticulture having i'm
proved their flavor and given them
the pretty coats with which they cut
such a dash in the world of fruits.
The humble shaddock with its rough,
thick rind and its tough interior is the
ancestor of the orange. One of these,
Of enormous size. arrived for Frank
Kimball, the commissioner from San
Diego, and it was by Kimban and
were enlightened as to the family his
tory Of the golden fruits that so de-
light the eye and the palate, and
which every one firmly believed came
with all their golden glow and nectar
flavor direct from the garden of Eden.
The father of all citrus fruits" said
Kimball. as he gazed affectionately at
the homely shaddock, almost as big
as his head, that had made the trip to
St Louis from the yard of w. H. Put
nam in the city of San Diego.
THE SHADDOCK'S CHILDREN.
BY grating and hybridizing," said
Commissioner Kimball, the horticul-
tural scientists have evolved the
orange and other citrus fruits from
the shaddock. The Chinese did part Of
this, and the shaddock's better favored
children, finding their way across
Tibet and Russia to the Mediterranean,
were still further improved until we
have TODAY the perfected fruit grown
in California and other favored parts
of the world"
The grape fruit, or pomelo, so gen
orally used as a breakfast dish, is but
a civilized shaddock-a citrus hybrid
struggling on it's way to the upper
tendon Of the aristocratic orange and
lemon.
The new arrival from San Diego has
been given place of honor in the Cal
ifornia display in the Palace of Horti-
culture, and, as the venerable father
Of the proud citrus family, it is gazed
upon with respect by all the other
fruits from their jars and dishes
Mr.. Kimball says that in the early
sixties Chinaman brought from his
native country to Oakland some shad-
dock seed, which he planted in the yard
of the home where he was employed,
and that there must be some shaddocks
standing there to-day.
The Sacramento Valley is going to
secure total of more advertising out
Of this fair than it has obtained during
almost all its previous existence 1t has
awakened to the fact that advertising
is necessary to draw homeseekers, and
IT is entering into this fair with a de-
termination to win. 1t viii win. Re-
suits are coming already. and the ex-
position is not half over; neither have
the big crowds passed through it's
gates. The three closing months will
in all likelihood make new record for
attendance at worlds fairs, and every
locality properly represented will reap
the benefit.
DISPLAYING GREAT ENERGY.
Not only is the Sacramento Valley
making a great and successful effort
to show its resources, but the city OF
Sacramento-the central city of this
rich section-is doing something on it's
own account. 1t has three paid repre-
sentatives in st. Louis working for the
good of the whole valley during the
fair. The leader of these is General ].
G.. MARITIME, and he is assisted by j.
II. Devine and II. p. Rowley. They
have headquarters and an Office at the
Hamilton Hotel, and work there and
at the other large hotels Of the city
the Southern, Planters and jefferson
particularly. Their efforts are confined
to meeting visitors of means and inter-
esting them in the Sacramento Valley.
They talk with many of these, and
their work should bring good results.
They also assist in giving information
to visitors at the Sacramento Valley
displays at the palaces of Agriculture
and Horticulture.
Sacramento, Butte, -Colusa, Ell Do,
rado, Glenn, Placer, Shasta, Sutter,
Tehama, Yuba and Yolo are the coun-
ties embraced in the association.
Equally effective work is being done
for each Of them by the representatives
here.
The nut industry Of California is re-
ceiving full exemplification at this ex-
position and the result will probably
be the sale of many small tracts of
land to homeseekers who see possibili-
ties in this branch Of horticulture. The
nuts of California find a good sale in
the East, but the finer and selected
ones do not usually reach the aver
age person and the masses Of visitors
are surprised at the great size of some
Of the walnuts and almonds shown.
1t is the almond of which the greatest
display is made and the English wal
nut is a close second. There are also
filberts or hazelnuts, peanuts and
some other varieties, San Joaquin
County even showing pecans, which
are grown on an island ranch below