SRMJ-TRQPIC C I MFOIWJA. 
Horticulture. 
SAN DIEO0 COCNTV. 
Ska WsgDfl fob TBS HsniuBii/M,—The 
r ,, ,, , T . i receipt for pressing nea weeds for preser- 
[, H M. llww lnr ,n , \ t | ie e Rcv. A, I!. Horvey, of 
'V'f l»n. «»»..« one Oi Which T . know., as an expert in 
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SANTA BARBARA, VENTURA AND SAN j'JJ were ' Siamese d Tu'a llin ' process, in n« follown: Flout out each 
DIEGO AT THE LOS ANGELES EXPO- J. J ® AllRC ^ M ' thfl sU . lu . en( j there T?"Tl " 6 , "i * 1?,“ " hlte 
qtttow ", J . . A ,, , dish—take a wash howl, l’ut the paper 
SITION. 
Bv Jons If. SBJIOM. 
rilHE logic of farts is the strength of 
.1. inr communication, 1 was hut mio 
of many thousand* who witnessed the dis¬ 
plays nI, the last Los Angeles Exposition. 
The following mention of a few of the dis¬ 
plays will answer many ipmstiun* by tin 
more remote renders of the Hourunu.- 
TDRIBT. 
SANTA BAllIMltA OOt'KTV, 
The display of olive oil made by Sir. 
F. 11 wood Cooper was enough to strengthen 
confidence in the olive industry of Cali¬ 
fornia. 
(). SI. Cud well, of Cnrpcut eriu, Santa 
Hiirli.ua nounty, exhibited deciduous fruits. 
Among them were forty varieties of apple*, 
from seedling trees, originated by Mr. 
Cad well. His seedling Yellow Belle 
Fleur wns Hi inches in girth; his Yellow 
Belle Fleur from a graft n«» 12$ iutlm in 
girth, The seedling tree came of o send 
from the graft. The t wo apples were alike 
in shape, degree of ripem-s. mourn and 
also in color, with the exception of the 
large patches of crimson An I lie prevalent 
yellow of tlie seedling. Mi. Cud well « 
Hoover was 12J rnelnss in girth; hie Full 
Pippin 121. inches; hit. Rhode Island 
Oroeuiug 1 foot; Ins Ducheoao d Angou- 
lewe pour IK inches; his Winter Nellis 111 
inches, Benin' Gwr lKi inches; Colunibia 
ILi inches; Fall Butter UJ inches; Fh-iu- 
tsli Beauty IK inches; it seedling pear 12 
indies in girth apparently, and perhaps 
really as good to keep through the winter 
ii.. iv ....... x'.,ii. <-• t ... 
11, inches m girth; a Rhode island Green 
in;;, 11 me ho#. 
Air. Warren C. Kimball, of National 
City, exhibited olives and paper-shell al¬ 
monds. The olives were as agreeably 
flavored us the best imported article. 
Mr. Frank A Kimball exhiliitudolivos, 
faultless im flavor, liny Feed out*. 11 feet 
high. 
Mis. M. A. Brewster, of National 
Ranch, exhibited apples, among which was 
a (Morin Afitudi. 1 foot in girth; a Golden 
Pippin, 10? inches; also Fall Pippin, 1'ear- 
inmii, Newtown I'inpiu, lluxhury Russet, 
and Y ellow Belle Fleur. 
Raisins equal to the imported, were ex¬ 
hibited by Mi J. C. Fribhe and by Mr. It. 
G. Clark. 
Mr. George(!. Swan exhibited the Shel¬ 
don pear, 114 inches in girth; a pear, sup¬ 
posed to be a (Mont Moreau, 10J inches 
in girth; Galway pearlies, larger and more 
pleasantly flavored than usual for late 
permhoit; a quince. HU inches in girth, H i\ 
plate* of handsome lemons; orange# of 
the crop of 1878-79, and also of the crop 
of 1878-80, The oranges were very line 
I hose of the crop of 1878 70 wetc per¬ 
fectly Bound. 
. . Mr. .?. M. Asher exhibited the White 
u> the Winter Nelli-, Koine of Mr. Cud Veteran banana, a fine specimen; alno fine 
well'ii quinces nieiiMircd from 15 to 1 *» cling'peaches 
was hut one apple; at the bloom-end two j ’KplwTiu the wnliV' «muig!Thi 
Mi i rmikA kimlndl exhibited Muscat , j paper, and , arefullv draw it 
of \hxnn lm gnui. s, i usi I oun high meBB 1 . , 1 1 , . 
. ... , , , , . nut. J.av the paper With the plant upon 
of the National Ranch without, irrigation ' 1 ‘ I. 
One Of these gnq.es K inches ... girth. >' drying paper ami upcad over ,t a 
Mr. George L Kimball made a tine dm \"*« w , “ u '! 1,0 1 * b '' over 
I day Of apples, grow., on tl.e National, rl ; ,s “ ,o r«. uf dnmg- pupe , then more 
it:.ill'll, among them a Yell.,* Belle Flea. I ,l, ‘"t« aud hen ..« doth drying paper 
' bod, Island Green ™ (l11 ! J "‘ lw 11 , ) U ‘ I 14 
with forty or hftj pounds of atone or other 
heavy RuustuQCua. The next day chniigti 
the cloths and drying paper, and in one 
day mom the plants will he dry and ready 
to go into the herbarium or the album for 
permanent preservation. 
inches in girth. Mi C. uImj exhibited 
specimens of very superior English svnl- 
nutH, almonds, Irish potatoes, English 
pea*, butt-ei, henna, etc. 
Mr. Joseph Sextou, of L« Goletu, Bantu 
Barbara county, exhibited softshelled wal- 
nut« which I suspect is the Chili walnut. 
I he tree producing the exhibited vpeci- 
men* fruited at La Golela, the seventh 
year from the seed; UlnoiuH about, two 
weeks later than lira English walnut; is 
lie,ught to bo more dell, ataly flavored; K 
an admirable nut. Mr. L. L. Beqra tt.i, 
Thr Sun Thopio Caufobnia has created 
a market fur China lemons, thick-rind 
leinuuH and citrons. For particulars in¬ 
quire at. this office. 
Sn akino of the recent flood, the Napa 
lieftoi l'r Kuyu: A climb up the steeple of 
the court-house revealed a startling pano¬ 
rama. To the aoutb, as far as the eye 
eaubl reach, it looked as if the valley had 
Maidenly been converted into a great in¬ 
land sen, dotted here and there with isl¬ 
ands. A more desolate appearance limn 
lira city presented from this point can 
hardly Uu imagined. 
0>K of the largest lumps of solid gold 
ever seen in San Francisco wns on exhibi¬ 
tion at the ofiico of the Pacific Refinery, 
I’orner of Montgomery and California 
streets, a few days since. It. whs about 14 
inches long by 7 iu width and (1 iu higlxt. 
its value was estimated at $55,000. 
High Brothers exhibited delicious straw¬ 
berry guavas. 
now TO ATTEND TUB KXPOtUTIOM. 
Mr. H. M. Higgins, of Kim Diego, 
knows liow lo develop un orange grove 
under difficulties; knows how to run ii j 
Ii rut-el aas Chicago music store; knows how ' 
t.j attend an e*p.i*i|ion, 
'I' R h'i u family traveling carriage I 
and a tent. He aud family came from San | 
l>i. g<< to the L'.s Ang«ltM Exposition by 1 
leuteil rests; pitched t,ho lent on Beaudi v! 
PLANTS GROWN 
if ruiiNiiiiiiinii tf , nr„i I'riiii for Mu* unirkni. 
I V V \ nrlrrlcw III .Nrln fi'cl ( rutlw I UU 
Km Now i wtiiyfor.nh#t(••jibint frm/ r < 4 , 
I.Ill NS» .11 ‘ * 
JOHN H.I Ol.i 
Moon aiiinii,N.Jvrao 
of Downey, propi.KCh to propagate the R’^ff^tu, near F.ipusition Hall set u ., 
Sextou vift-shelled walnut by giufliug. wtehon, purUbl.' batb-hnumiarid other do- 
Mr <1. N. Collins made a splendid dis¬ 
play of jMiupis pininus. 
Fruit and Farming Land 
1 ’•U'l. ,,ir.... f„. »•!. , on n kMmtbli- Wrnin nn.l 
'" u n. ►nil, wivcml hamlrod a. n« of 
nustic iii iaiigr iiM'iits, iiurl were cxtonsiVeil | 
"f bonn lira Higginses, without e\.i I*’ |> ( I I'l’ l VI) It' \ |i\I | V( 1 I \ \ IX 
(•Ming thuiusolvo' about tlra iliffereucc be t.VI' I /VlUuliMi liAlMJ 
Dvee,, cat tying home to the xiciuily of the 
'Ex.•*•.* ' .. 
VKMTUKA OU[*TV. 
Vgnaeio del Valle, of the |I, V 11 ,m '‘ ,,M, iingir.g the Exj-oHilioa 
lU.icho.. .ldbiu-rl oliv. s and olive oil l oilu " 1 " . v,,-l,,a > boura, did roulue the 
conveiueiKiO of having home mid Exiioei- 
tion close together. 
.sition month being rainless, and the 
home-manufactured flour *" 1,11 r,K P«*'tH pleasant, the temp- 
wbeat, ' ,1 1 l ,<JU t “ k'u plBmoing lo. at, and from the 
Ml. Kellogg O. Sewell exhibited bU - may induce otiu. a to follow 
the cheerful example set l.y this tenter 
from Sad biego. 
. 1 U||VV * HJiu oiive oil 
° u XW '! tf,,t Muulitie^, ulna white winaa , »• , 
, u ' s v ' Bkuohard did hint#, it aud ,- 
V entura county great credit In hi* e x hi- '.V ° wlu 
bition of choice homi -inai,iifm,i',,....i a. . weather in 
of lioiut-grown wheat. 
junior cheese. 
IN I,OS ANOtXKS Hit MV. 
Tl", U,"l l» w. II rapplir il with V..U-I-, >UU Will lie 
>"|i| »IUi w«D-r rl|/lit * n ,| wat»r »|o, y. 
o." ,, f.weuofer. com u, u„ ci, ,.f Amwi», i, u - 
pnivort mui aiiiin(*riiVLui. ’ 
i «I1 on. nr mlilrvMB lhn owiht, 
H. Orme, M.D., 
Las Ingclev, Cal. 
