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beehive of oranges on a base five feet square, all covered with the same 

 fruit; below the hive, on the floor, is a five-pointed star of oranges, the 

 five letters BUTTE are in each point, and around them are various 

 vegetable and cereal products. The walk to the hive is represented by- 

 minerals. The whole display is inclosed by a circle, with a gate four by 

 five feet, covered with oranges like all the rest. Over five thousand oranges 

 are in this one design, which is presumably a rebus. The answer to the 

 puzzle is that Oroville is in the heart of the citrus belt, that orange culture 

 is the important industry, and that Butte is the star county inside of the 

 Golden Gate. 



The " Marysville Democrat" said of the fair: All the products of semi- 

 tropic and temperate climes blend in harmony, yet abound in profusion, 

 pagodas, temples, crosses, forts, parterres, and banks of oranges. Apples, 

 lemons, limes, olives, ripe fresh strawberries, dried fruits, raisins, vegetables, 

 mingled with ferns, flowers, and shrubbery, abound on every hand. 



The " San Francisco Chronicle" thus aptly sets forth the chief designs 

 and emblems in the fair: In novelty and originality of designs this fair 

 excels any previous display of citrus fruits ever held on the Pacific Coast. 

 The designs for exhibiting fruit are marvelous and grand. They include 

 mammoth emblems, taking thousands of oranges to form a single model, 

 and every shape and form of design that seems suitable for display has 

 been brought into use in this magnificent exhibit of the products of a 

 single county. One of the grandest of these is under the name of " Rock 

 of Ages," and the execution of this design took ten persons four or five 

 days to complete. Upon it alone six thousand oranges have been used. 

 Another splendid exhibit is a Japanese pagoda, in which nearly five thou- 

 sand oranges and lemons are handsomely displayed. A wire summer 

 house, ornamented with citrus fruits and filled with the choicest products 

 of this clime, is a magnificent spectacle. Another lovely design is a lattice 

 work building covered with ivy and oranges, and in which are a myriad of 

 products, while two fountains add to the beauty and attractiveness of the 

 scene. An immense golden heart, covered with thousands of oranges, a 

 grand monument on which are displayed thirteen thousand samples of 

 the same luscious fruit, and a huge basket in which are piled up fully as 

 many oranges as on the monument just named, are among the most strik- 

 ing features in the pavilion. 



There are many lovely and striking designs of smaller dimensions dis- 

 played by the Parlors of the Native Sons and Daughters, by the Lodges of 

 Rebekahs, and by the Grand Army Post. In the latter display is a fort, 

 from which protrude a number of cannon, and these are filled with oranges 

 clear to their muzzles. 



While the oranges predominate in this grand exhibit, yet the olive, fig, 

 pomegranate, apple, lemon, shaddock, lime, grape, and other fruits are hand- 

 somely displayed, and there is a grand showing of lovely flowers and potted 

 plants. 



The Chico " Enterprise," in speaking of one feature, says : Against a 

 dark background towers a huge cross, composed entirely of oranges, six 

 thousand being used in this display alone. This cross stands on a rocky 

 mound, mineral specimens of this section, calla lilies, and ferns growing 

 between the rocks. A bank of oranges slopes from this down to an ever- 

 green opening, the whole occupying the entire end of this wonderful pavil- 

 ion. Over the cross is a large star, and in large fancy letters of oranges the 

 words "Rock of Ages." 



A lady correspondent wrote: The daintiest little nook in the fair pavil- 

 ion is the Parlor of Golden Fleece Lodge, N. D. G. W. Symbolic of the 



