SEMI-TROPIC CAUFOnyiA. 
at the Exposition of 1878 -a constantlyamounted to scvcnd bushels, rhi-ofied by [high Sierra Madre. The poet'a * opo-it* 
bloom in tree of which I (n year ngo) plains ami showily spread around n pyiu day dri mu Vaiii-ho* Is'fore Hu* in, .no >n of 
gave an account iu the Pactfir Ktiral mid built of HtUecrous rep 1 ' 1 nitativr* of energetic, matter of fact settler-, only to 
f'l'iw suggesting tbe value of tho B«.)qn«t I every kiint on exhibition To enter into j roturu ft batter poet’s daydream th^ver, 
R8 n producer of tlm raw material for Ihefthe detail* of tlo* magnificent display is | whoa the matter of fact wtiler hiuutelf, 
innmifncl ure of oraoge-blo»8oni perfumery, aimjily out of the quest uni. Let the best without directly working for it, intensifies 
An item lias been recently going the. specimen* of the treat varieties of apples in , the natural romance and por tic»l lr .uh .>f 
munds iif the newspapers to the effect Mid bent apple growing rvgiofl of the the secneiv a thou-and foi l, by the no r.i 
Mint, n Fri'iwdi i-iimpany, with a capital of llnited States be got together for lhn-< utiljt/ulan developin' ut of ),,premise-, 
half ft million dollar*, have chosen Hanta who would have a partial coluuption of the Nowhere in tin l nil. d S*i»ir 1 . ih> mih- 
J’iirbma county for plantations of Mu ever-1 extent mid other merits of this display , iu t.innn operations of the -oll-liUn v un id- 
blonming Hoqiiut orange tree, and fur n ' the snmtt lot were pnus, nehcliea, quince., j visedlv lend to the le notifying of It,. Uod- 
manufacture of orange blossom perfumery, and pumegrunnti •, and tlie entile diapliu scnpti, a. in Southern Eald uum, and 
• lose by the displays of citrus trees yva« was math by Milton Thomas, and grown flu whine iu Southern t'ulifnrr i > arc to be 
the following display of northern or de- in tile v icinity uf Lob A rigid entity. lmui»i found, ns in the valley f Sin (•d.ricl, 
eidumis fruit trees: Vn apple tree, a fyvo- him , or tropical sugar ratio, ivaa exhibit'd 8Uc|j a combination uf the .uhlinn .ni l the 
vear old hud on a three-year old roof, 12 by Doctor Fulton, of the flowing sulphur beautiful in nature with tin 1- .undid and 
fri-t. high: a Jtlael; I art trmn cherry tree, a well-near Norwalk, and Itv T. It. Pas-sins! useful in husbandry. It w . d I b- n-ry 
doininiit bin) on two-veiu old niocl. in Sep- item Duwnoy; Mexican augur ciuioby Mont- pleotuiut to get ofi pen pi- tm .. after p. n 
timber, 1K78, 10 feet high in October, gomery Tyler of the Uaneliito. Mr. Tyler I jirctuip of the-e splendid region.; bm. in 
1870; n Hetirie Hardy pear, a twa-yeur old think* of rawing tropical sugar enne for deference to utility, drop Ian I api-, .m l 
graft on thrci-yeur old roof , KIJ feet high; hugs; better pay for a sugnrie. A caller-- sub-ide into a short ». rn - of pr-ntii ,d il- 
n peach tier, a dormant bud oti two- year lion of orumneutal foliage, blooming and j lustrations of husbandry there, 
old stock in September, 1 S7»S, 11 feet fi fruiting plants, made up a single display! It would tie difficult to find In-tie, til is- 
inohcs high in Octolw-r, JS7tt; a two and in which a botanist or an artist might have j I rations than were brought together at the 
"tu? half year old seedling peach 17 feet found HHbjrrIx enough for a prolonged Exposition, which are enbnnri I , value 
high; nn English Walnut m i-dliug »wo| study. In this display were found varie- io the estimation of m my r*-.id*i< i-i ia-• 
' .. |ji >• - 1 c Apri- ties of Diospyros Kaki, graft ad on tin ‘ 
years old, 10 feet high; a X> 
cot tree, a one-year old l)u I • u a two-year Dinspyroa Lotus, or Italian persimmon, 
old root, 10 feat high; nil exhibited by 
nurseryanon L. L, Hcquette, of (lid Los 
Nietos. The following by tbo nnine ex¬ 
hibitors: The nut of an English Walnut 
tree, S inches in girth; ears of white In¬ 
dian corn, 14 k inches long; a wed I -cared 
coriialalk 10 feel high; also canal' .-ed, 
navy beans, pecan, mulberry, black wal¬ 
nut and persimmon frees. 
Mr. Ilequette say - that ,Jns. filing sold 
Ilia English Walnuts from seven acres of 
eleven-yom old tree* f«.i f'JOO; that older 
tree, yield nuts enough lo bring as much 
nn $200 per acr< per unnuiH; Mint O. F 
1‘assouB Kohl Hut rmts from six acres of 
tree.- eleven years old from tha seed, and 
Hi no from the transplanting, for $ 000 ; 
all fruiting profusely; also a tine specimen 
of the Musa Hnneti*. the largest of the 
bnuniiDB known. It attains, iu Africa, a 
height of 40 feet, 0 feet diameter, with 
leaves JH feel lung mid from 8 to 0 feet 
wide. Thu marrow, and not tin. fruit, is 
eaten. It. is propagated by the Rood mid 
not by the BUikei Hilt 1 desist on the 
mere entrance upon the description of this 
interesting display, all from tin* Los 
Vngelcs home of .1. tirclch. 
Odessa wheat, small beny plump and 
hard, was exhibited In Miles Jim!hers, of 
Anaheim, Tlnmtv gout lemon introduced 
Odessa wheat into Southern California. It 
does not, rust here It is proving an im¬ 
portant factor in opening wider the new 
that. Henry I), Beqrn-lte gathered and era in wheat, glowing, and in the building 
weighed from one eleven-year old tree | of linn metr 'limit Hour mills now fairly upon 
thi'cu GO-pound narks of walnuts, or 180 i this region. A samplu uf superior wheat 
pounds to the tree, HO tie. 
superior 
(o the acre, I grown at Orange, was exhibited by 
M 
or />4(J0 pounds to the acre; Hint the pies- i Ibn wood, of Orange. A sitmplu of fills 
enl is the first year of even i partial fail-j poll min of Dellance wheat from thcaovving 
'•re of (lie walnut cron in Old Lo* Nialoa, jof 15 pmiiul- 
they were publicly exhihit-d inlho pr> -i m c 
of, and ei il'u ally examined liy, thau-imla 
of visit'll- frolu tho vieinilv and fiom 
abroad, who can testify willi me uf tha 
merits of the illustration*. For instance, 
Mr. W. S. riiimmer, of Or* on, p-iiuntee 
ul the widely and favorably known •• I'liim- 
ui»r Fruit Dryer," who has tss*n visiting 
state mid county oxpusiliona for liv» years, 
in the interest of his invention, and who 
attended tho Los Angeles Exposition, 
staled publicly that he hud never ‘"ii a 
better display of anplo- than what ho saw 
ill Lo-. Augides. ntiu that lie had tuoro -oeri 
a display of grape* m arly equal to the Iron 
Augeli - display. 
r.xsjii'tKi. 
This noted pl.vo made m vi mt disphys. 
ouc of vvlo'-h contained twelve varieties of 
apples, among which were the Hiunlat, 
the ItuNsel, the Beauty of Kmt, 1'ouml 
Pippin and thu tcIIow Italic EImit, (lie 
lrt*t named apple I wing 121 inches in goth; 
all by (’ol .1. lianbury. It is neck and i > k 
of Hin d oil | of ail fti'l'o of | ill I'n-adena u- bi lvvi en dpculuoos fruits, 
III.... i . t . > t. .. 11* 
cultural Pa ill, wiiH i-vhibilod l«v V South jnU Hie- Piuuuli n . - b n .,-t of - .* r lo I. 
nm| vet home of then least yielding >u f ground III til" La Dow precinct near \gn- citrus fruit- mnl Euiopi.o. i hi . m-d 
I'linitls will jiiodtU'c initH omoU^Ij In uoll 
for $ 11(1 per acre. I naked Mr. Itequctte 
win, iu HOma jiarls of thu county, Englinh 
walnut treCH are being out Up for firewood, 
having proved unjootilablc mil luairriv, 
while the t rees ill ( Hd Lon \i*.|.is Were Vio v 
iu 
worth OKI Port wine, W hile wilie alul j ly faVoii d localities 
Angelica wilm were cxlolnled by Win 
Kmog, of Anaheim, < Irann hrODtlv', White 
wine, mid Port wine, tlio latter of ilia vint 
I vcvliM.t sue die d 
pcnehi -i and tinssiir i xllibitod by Mi~ \ 
A. Mitndrll. English »«!init« and vin- 
blcaohcd almond- vviv good, xrl* rvhib- 
prulilnbb ,* Mr Ih qtlutt" replied that the) Ibirling of lie .aiiic plane, Jiuh .s pio 
“‘"i 1 - ’ 1 UUUticed nil tin me "Ulilplc.* of vvim and 
Moil of Uhl Loc Nietuii wan a dicp, rich, 
doup ulliiviuu, while it wns otherwise 
where till tie. -; f„j| , p U ) , that tie p, „ 
pie of Old |,,,* Niwtiif, ahoul equallv 
divide Until eOlIKpleium., real /, u phllltlll;; 
between l.in'lish walnut nod grape vines; 
predict* emboing nucceiw for ilm-, who 
plant English walnut* on deep, dump nllu- 
vion, and failure nn the rule , Isewherc. 
A Mingle display funaiaU'd of 7 1 vam lies 
of apple . Tliii. display included tin most 
valuable fall mid winter varieties of Apples 
ago uf tH75 ami mail of Ih 78, 1, > I‘’rvdjit*'d by .1 V Muudcll, V lemon -•■ dloi 
10 im Iu - in goth; bell abn|M-d oiwngv" 
HiBuitipuf lN7tbl88o, ripaami *-te»#llaut: 
I > Infill J equal lo Ihe import*-d. AliallOlllI flfi pound pumpkin grown without in 
IS lion one of the chil f Wllie glowing cell 
l<r» of California. 
nrr ' Vl.gl’.VM or ill VOTV Mt)' 1 TUJIT 
l’nicccding unotln rabige fartliri inhoel, 
"Ut* passes over a ridge iiiuip urnanivnlal 
than useful, into the valley of Sm l it 
nundo, the region of ten lloowiuid m ie 
w in nt fields, or iitto that of 1'tiwa Icon and 
Wan ( i iibllel In tlit'su Valiev-, liolllni 
lion. Win io Nelli-and el lo i js.rs, trio nl, 
small laifv, plump, Imrd and tbunHighly 
ji h-nut'd, wh' vt hi ho,id on *t row ,clean »nd 
bright thI x^Uk limit, nil extiilatesi |o Daial 
ttanh, Homy such as can !«• pi• •. I * t, ■«, 1 m 
[ Soul hern t 'aliforma on I v, w »- »■ vhibit*1 by 
V ,1 Davidson lYu'lies, -aipii-iuglv 
' i;oi>d fur October, by Di O. It Conga*. 
* » I - -- • »•* ...... I—, I 
ol Hie Northern Mater and several ■■■••ej-; soutlnulv by tin- smooth, VOlvciy ridoe, mid Hrn roly made of tin ■ 
Joig-.I. v. loped in < alifoiniu The di-|»lay inortheily by the rugged, sbs p mid eluuti|l’ -il wine of tin' vinta 
IAI„ 
e,», or i'io'I os fruit; 
'.•ea of t-'v" 1''77, 
