New-York tribune., 1914-10-18

growers EACAdhEt. AftiNiiNi nus N'
cd the California fruit crop.
AT THE FRUIT EXCHANGE GESTURES ARE
PASSIONATE AND EMOTIONS FLOURISH.
Never in the history of crops has there been
such great harvest in California and never
before have prices been SO low Any one re-
GREETING that he is living in peaceful country
in time when there is much war to be had
everywhere else may so TO the California Fr"t
Exchange and listen to as exciting conflict sec
ms passionate gestures and marvel at the spon-
tsneous activity of muscles under the influence
Of as strong emotions as can be discovered out
side the territory ruled by any censor
Buying fruit from California at auction is war.
Through the courtesy Of D. d. Black division
manager Of the California Fruit Growers TX
change the Sunkist organization, the writer and
War Artist Weed were taken through the lines
bv guards familiar with the dangers to non-con-
batants.
We know what the human lung can do no"
when owned by infatuated with conslsn-
,nent Of grapes from California. We have been
shaken by sounds that were as enthusiast: rs
they were unconventional. We have seen t"o
hundred men in a high state of vitality, amount
ing to something like madness, the cause being
q few crates Of pears.
The matter of a cent box was enough-mOre
than enough-to influence the bidders to perform
sudden leaps and violent turns that one could
not help from thinking must result in eXhausting
the muscular powers Of the whole body. And
vet when We left the conflict not man had sue
cumbed to anything more fatal than the siren
song Of the auctiOneer.
PIER 20 IS VERY LONG. But SO is CALL
FORNIA
II is little difficult to grasp the idea that al
the fruit that reaches New York from California
is handled at Pier 20 The pier is 900 feet long
but think Of the length of California! San Ber-
nardino County alone is twice as large as Massa-
chusetts, and the county of Los Angeles nearly
the size Of Connecticut
Citrus fruits. which take their descriptive ad-
:ective from the citron include also the orange
lemon. lime and pomeo, or grapefruit. The oldest
Of all cultivated fruits is the grape. For six thou
sand years it has furnished the human race with
food and drink Tokays, Cornichons, Malsgas, En-
perors and Muscats are among the well known
brands that California sends and all arrive at
Pier 90 and arc sold amid scenes that arc nothing
at all like the fertile regions whence they came
II costs nothing TO see these on exhibition
nothing more than the energy required to get to
the pier as soon after o'clock in the morning as
ones love for the beautiful in decduous anC
other fruits may prompt. There were more thar
two million oranges on view last Monday morn
ing They had been picked ripe. Their miniature
globes of gold had been suspended against TIT
California sky only twelve days before.
THE ORANGE AND THE OSTRICH-NUMER
Gus AND GOOD sELF-ADvERTISERS.
That is habit oranges have out there. The!
arc always ripenng and keeping themselves II
the minds Of the population, along with the eli
mate and the ostrich The orange needs inteli
gent care. and gets it, The demand for orange
is large in the Uaited States, and California sup
plies the larger percentage Of them. The orang
in California has made profound Impression OF
the markets Of Europe as well.
The California ostrich S. a numerous product