8 SMT-tttOPIC CALIFORNIA. 
RIVEB8IDE 0ITRU8 FAIR. 
I'K.HSI'UI. BXH 
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colost. 
The Citrus Fair held at Riverside the 
week preceding that held by the Southern 
California Horticultural Society, waA a 
great success and gave general satisfaction 
to all visitors. The display was imim-nse, 
and the hall in which the Fair waa held, i« 
by far too small for another such exhibi¬ 
tion, 
All varieties of the citrua family were 
well represented, as well as many fruita 
not of that fumily, but in season in our 
semi-tropical climate. 
The litorary exercises were very inter 
eating, many papers being read mi horti¬ 
cultural topics which we shall take pleasure 
in commenting upon hereafter. 
The hospitable people of the settlement 
gave a hearty welcome to strangers, who, 
without exception, so far as we can learn, 
left with pleasant impressions of the thriv¬ 
ing colony. 
Some of the principal awards were as 
follows; 
Best display of citrus fruits grown by 
one exhibitor in the counties of San Biego, 
Lob Angeles, Ventura and Santa Barbara, 
Premium awarded to S. Richardson, San 
Gabriel. 
Best display of citrus fruits grown by 
one exhibitor in the counties north of Los 
Angeles and Santa Barbara, 
Premium divided between C Carriggr 
Sacramento Go.,and John Wolfakill, Solano 
County. 
Best display of citrus fruits grown by 
one exhibitor in the county of San Ber¬ 
nardino, $2<>. 
Premium awarded to G. W. (iaroelon. 
Best display of one vAriety of budded 
fruit. 
First premium (♦.’i), awarded to Covor ft 
McCoy, Riverside. 
Second premium (#8), to Edwin Hart. 
Best one variety of seedling orange. 
First premium awarded to A. J. Two- 
good. 
Second premium awarded to D. P. Two- 
good. 
Beat variety of budded orange. 
Fust premium awarded to T. W. t’ovfr 
on Washington Navel. 
Second premium awarded to Moser*. 
Galdwcll and P. U. Cover on St, Michael 
Paner Kind. 
Bant seedling orange. 
First premium awarded to Mrs. A. L 
Eastman. 
Second premium to T. W. Cover. 
Pest display of limes. 
First premium awarded to J. W. Wolf- 
skill. 
Second premium awarded to P. W 
Cover. 
Best box of raisins. 
Fiiat premium awarded to II. L. R. I 
Siilos. 
Third premium awarded to 8. OaldwslJ. j AGRIC 
A premium of llft was awarded to Alev- — 
ander Craw for his exhibit of beneficial and henro-pneumcnia 
injurious insects. ; cattle in the Eastern 
SOUTHERN GALIF0RNI1. 
N-hroska suffered sevsrely from pro- 
- , traded droughts last year. 
■iOOD t’KQsPXfT FOR ItAltl-KY. <■ -» v,._ . 
, ' ■woo!-! have a cc ess to water at stl 
” e have now assurances that the South |t»m*s, especially «r*wi that give m j)w 
ern overland railroad will fire us grain 'They wont to drink often snd return to 
rates which will enable us to ship all our j The best stable, and one »n 
beat barley to Eastern breweries. Some nfj *Mrk slock do the beat, is one where water 
our commission men hat*- already made: 19 always running in troughs heforu the 
largo shipment* to St. Louis, ,rid Lf the ««la- Thus managed, now* stay be kept 
rates are brought down to l-.'O per ton to U P to a toll flow of milk either winter or 
j to that point, as ha* been amm-ofllelally I aufr> to* r * 
pr,.mi.„,r, nd W UH.y J „„ M> ulli 
r !"’"** ’ ,h ' *■«*“'' 
te”?-• •"‘"S.rtw.think h,; Wv „r 
The .ff.et of findi... » pf.ifit.bl, ou.rl.rt .... f.. f 
for our brat barley will be to materially cri i ty r prefer i 
hsnee the value of that which is only go,.*! , 
(»iS 
very highly nf cotton-* 
il, in conowetion with gram. 
il«e It about as follows: tins 
m f , ... . * ■» . wm,>n-M*>l meal, two of Indian 
f.rf,» ih.1 riwhuu.v.^ 
dcuily look forward to returns from their {. torn fa >n averags «<w. 
barley crops such as have no* been realized 
since the days of team* and the Garni , ' P'*®* an T ,ro " deap— <nt off tap 
Gordo trade.— L. A. Etprtm. \ ro “ u * nJ do *'• T ,f u can to encourage w- 
A box factory is to be erected .1 Colton, | " , 5*? 
to accommodate the fruit-grower* of l>an 1 rj .n lr f . nr ,t, m _ . * '• p sn d. 
Bernardino valley and Riven,,ds. t J V"'™’*'' 
, ar. -rid your trees tha fire* year of planting, 
I here is a great demand for tenement n »r allow the soil to become hard „r Irv. 
houses at Riverside. 
prune a lltlls at 
Aooording to the Colton Srmi- Tropie J transplanting, — H-tr-trn. r < .V ,i/A/y, 
lumber cannot be furnished fast enough to i .. 
•.ti.fr about lo bull., in S.« Brr I ' «W<** *'/ «*t. Mnobrny “1- 
n.r.lii... V.ll.r, j “J *• >h> Mm. *»• . p.T- 
... , . , , . ing business, seveo condition* or* essential 
\\ e understand that the wiiel clip this L n ,| n 
year is extraordinarily heavy, and the sheep 
men are correspondingly hippy. Large j 
quantities are coming into th.* depot for I 
shipment to San Francisco, and it u said I 
to be of extra quality. The first shipments [ 
were made this week—twenty bales having | 
been received Wednesday, and eisty on j 
Thursday. Mesam. Rawaon, Lewis and} 
Afrirooa are the shippers. — .S’,iota .1 
IfmralJ. 
Right kind of ami. 
I’roper preparation of the same 
Strong snd vigorous plants. 
Clean ami thorough cultivation. 
Win tor protection 
Sommer picking. 
Careful picking and handling. 
1 good authority gives the following 
statement as ihe quantity of seed necessary 
I" - -w an arm . ( IsdJ 
PAVILION PARAGRAPHS. I Wh "* 1 ' broadrwt fn..n a bushel and 
_ thr e peeks to two bushel*; a bushel and a 
Woodhead ft Gay made an elalmrate di»- j hall >a enough sown in drill*. 
play of budded and seedling oranges from \ mn J 4 * h “ lf * bro *' 1 
,, J . ... ,, | cost; two bushela >n drill, 
all portions of Southern l all forma, Mexican Hueh whaet, one bushel, 
and California lin*.**, Sicily, Genoa, Lisbon ( nnif W1 , 4 , tf «u on 4n ,| , half, 
and Kurekx lemons, preserved c.tnm*, Pt« N , ry | MIB| from one to ihrev quarto, 
•ervi-d bitter orange and lemon pt-rl. Hi- Timothy gras*, sown in fall, to be fol 
erai.le raisins, etc. The firm was awarded ,„ ard bv 0 | utvr j„ spring, from one and a 
a diploma for the best display by dealers-j to t » 0 
H.J. Grow, of the VardlUra ranch. *aa| I{#4 «? ~ wn •« 
*rded lifvl p,. u.. .... ■«" —* -—a— yj^^fewn d»jr Itoeif, doutde the abure quantity. 
illing- millet, I nun three peeks 
orange*, lemona, limes, apple* and pear*. 
Tims „ 
tractive table of fruita fn>m hi* place, coiled j 
Sumiyaidc I’tatesu, near San Gabriei. No 
Irrigation uf the trees leas breu th* rule for ■ 
the past two years and tha clean, bright j 
fruit allows that it came from a place 
adapted to it* culture. 
’row, of the Vardturo ranch, wa. ® ,0V » F - '« l \"” wn ,n on 
r.r .1 pr. ml ..m ,b. I.,r»< «.« . W( or W <*"«“■ 
..pi., o,.d. by ... s '”" W ,b * ■ k " '““"‘I 
exhibit coiikisled of budded and sec....... , , . 
■ 1 bushel. 
Bed top gross, iw and » half to two 
Garay hail charge of a very at bushel*. A bushel is fz-urtoeu pounds by 
W^Ui 
Keutueky blue grass, same aa rml top. 
Irish potato, *, seven to ton buslieia. 
Turnips and rutabagas, one pound. (To 
well {guard against insects, two pounds would 
