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side toward the center, and will be six feet and one-half in 

 width, with six shelves on either side. Additional shelves will 

 be erected against the walls above the side tables and over the 

 center of the interior tables, for fruits preserved in solutions, 

 etc. Fruits of ordinary size, as the apple and pear, will be 

 exhibited on plates seven inches in diameter. Those of 

 unusual size and irregular form will be exhibited on appropri- 

 ate plates or stands, according to their special requirements." 



This arrangement was not carried out uniformly, and the 

 exhibitors were allowed some freedom in design of tables and 

 cupboards, but the terraced shelves were employed in the main. 



The Amount of Specimen Fruit demanded by the rules 

 was as follows : 



" Fruits and other articles in this group [No. 21, Pomology] 

 will be displayed in not less than the following numbers and 

 quantities : Grapes, three bunches of any one variety ; apples, 

 quinces, shaddocks, pomegranates, and cocoanuts, four each; 

 pears, oranges, and lemons, five each; peaches, mangoes, Japan 

 persimmons, sapodillas, avacadoes, and star apples, six each; 

 apricots, nectarines, plums, limes, guavas, and figs, ten each ; 

 bananas, one hand ; dates, one bunch ; cherries, olives, coffee, 

 strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, gooseberries, cranberries, 

 and other small fruits, one pint each ; citrons, pineapples, pa- 

 paws (Carica Papaya), and cherimoyers, three each; tamarinds, 

 almonds, pecans, Madeira nuts, chestnuts, Brazil nuts, filberts 

 and other nuts, one pound each; glaced fruits, figs, raisins, 

 prunes, apricots, peaches, dates, pears, apples, and other dried 

 fruits, not less than one nor more than twenty pounds each, 

 and, when possible, in commercial packages. Fruit casts, 

 models and imitations in wax, from one to four each ; fruits in 

 glass preserved in solutions, one jar each ; jellies, jams and mar- 

 malades, one sample each ; cider, perry and expressed juices of 

 berries, and other fruits, one bottle each ; machinery, apparatus, 

 mills, presses, implements, tools, etc., one sample of each 

 design." 



''Grapes [Group 20] must be exhibited in quantities of not 

 less than three bunches of any one variety; raisins, not less 

 than one pound of each brand, and as far as possible in com- 

 mercial packages." The awards to fruits were as follows: 

 GROUP 21. 



California.— Fruits in solution— Lusk & Co., San Francisco, two 

 awards; State of California. 



Fruits in syrup in tin and glass — J. H. Flickinger Co., San Jose. 

 Canned fruits — Southern California Packing Co., Los Angeles. 

 Orange marmalade — State of California. 

 Jams, jellies, etc. — San Jose Fruit Packing Company. 

 Orange wine — Bishop & Co., Los Angeles. 



Glaced fruits and fruit pulps apples, crop of 1892— John Rock, Niles; 

 Lompoc valley, Lompoc ; State of California. 



