SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA HORTICULTURIST, 
LOS ANGELES, CAL., OCTOBER, 1881. 
No 
10 . 
THE FAIR. 
The Fourth Annual Fair of the Southern 
California Horticultural Society took place 
this year under unusually favorable aus¬ 
pices. Our farmers and producers gener¬ 
ally have been blessed for the past two 
years with fair crops and good prices, the 
late eastern connection by rail is stimulat¬ 
ing immigration in a most encouraging 
manner, and our merchants and manufac¬ 
turers have as much business as they can 
reasonably expect, The management of 
the Horticultural Society hat a right to 
claim that this era of prosperity has been 
largely augmented by its annual fairs. The 
grand showing made each year of the un¬ 
surpassed resources of Southern California 
lias attracted world wide attention and 
hundreds of visitors have been persuaded 
to remain in our section and oast their lot 
with us after an inspection of the wonder¬ 
ful produota of this region. 
The management of the Fair desire to 
thank the fanners in all portions of South¬ 
ern California for their generous co-opera¬ 
tion in giving their time and best efforts l\i 
the success of the exposition. It is true 
that some complaint has boon made that 
the fruit growers of Los Angeles city did 
not exert themselves to the extent they 
might have, hut the entry books of the So¬ 
ciety show that the exhibits from the city 
wero noL so trilling us many supposed. The 
county at large, Kan Bernardino and Santa 
Barbara counties did themselves ample 
justice aad maintained their already well 
established pomological reputation. 
So far as wo can learn the thousands of 
visitors, and the writer met representatives 
from uli sections, wero all highly pleased 
both with the exposition and management 
of the Fair, We believe it was us good a 
representation of the present agricultural 
and industrial progress of the country 
as could have been obtained. It has 
remained for a very few individuals who 
wero willing tu receive, and did receive 
their full sham of the benefits of the Fair, 
without contributing anything of impor¬ 
tance to its success, to complain ut the 
management. 
The preparation and arrangements of n 
Fair involve an immense amount of uii- 
recompensed labor. Months must bo spent 
in advertising, and traveling to all portions 
of the District, and in answering the thou¬ 
sands of letters which come from all quar¬ 
ters. When tho Fair opens the benefit of 
all this advertising and labor must bo 
shared with a host of adventurers who take 
advantage of the orowds present to draw | 
by side attractions from the attendance at 
the Fair. 
In spite of the annoyance experienced 
this year from these sources the Fourth 
Exposition o( the Society was a success 
from all standpoints, and as one merchant, 
who has resided hero since '53, said to the 
writer, was worth a million dollars to the 
town and county. As n very Urge propor¬ 
tion of the readers of the Semi-Tropic 
were present at the Fair we shall not bur¬ 
den them with a long account of all that 
took place. We believe that a brief de¬ 
scription of the principal exhibits and 
points of interest, to be found in another 
part of this paper, will be most satisfactory 
and if by accident wie omit any items of 
importance our readers will excuse us on 
the ground that the omission is an unavoid¬ 
able oversight. 
SILK CULTURE. 
REPORT OF COMMITTEE—KXIIIIUT OK Sll-K 
GROWN AT FASAlUtNA, 1881, 
By Mrs. Jeanne 0. Carr, Vter F*rr»i.l»nt at California 
SIIk Growers* AasiH'louon. 
The undersigned Committee on Miscel¬ 
laneous Exhibits, beg leave to report in 
addition to the awards marked in the margin 
of the accompanying list, as follows: 
That in view of the immense develop¬ 
ment of the silk manufactures of the 
United States, which in 18S0 amounted to 
832,000,(100, and for which all the raw 
material is obtain ml in foreign countries, 
has stimulated the efforts in various Slates 
of the Union Id promote silk culture wher¬ 
ever climatic conditions are sufficiently 
favorable. 
Again, $1,200,000 worth of silk worm 
eggs passed through San Francisco last 
year on tlmir wav frum China to the mar 
k«Ut of Franco. 'The raw silk imported for 
American looms amounted to a total value 
of *13,403,137; most of this was irotu 
China and Japan. To promote tlm inter¬ 
ests of silk culture in California the com¬ 
mittee recommend a •''ilvtr to Mrs. 
Joanne C‘. Carr, for a representative ox 
llibit of silk grown ut Faiadena consisting"!': 
1. Six varieties mulberry for feeding. 
2. Cocoons. 
H, Silk of mu*, two and ten uounona 
reeled separately. 
•1. Moths of silkworm, mnlo and female. 
f». Eggs just laid. 
0. American and foreign silk goods. 
?. Charts illustrating culture. 
8. Flowors made of cocoon*. 
Wu also recommend that tho premium J 
jliit of 1R8'J should offer encouragement to 
(silk culture by the following specifications: 
i For best essay on silk culture. 820. 
For best exhibit of reeled and manofac 
tured silk grown in this country, including 
sewing silks, not less than one pound, 110. 
For best and largest coconns, #5. 
For best ten mulberry trees from cuttings 
within the year, |3. 
I Respectfully submitted, 
Wit. B. I. AAV 1.0R, ) 
W. T. Ci.app, [■ Committee. 
O. N. Cadwrm., ) 
OUR WINES. 
In addition to tho awards made for wines 
exhibited at the Horticultural Fair, the 
Committee made the following report: 
J. Du Barth Shorb’s Fort of 1811, which 
was not put in competition with the other 
entries, was a most excellent wine and 
much superior to the other entries. [Mr. 
Shorb received tho medal for a Fort much 
younger.] 
Sparkling Wink—A warded a silver 
medal.— Wu cannot too highly recommend 
the Champagne of Arpad Haraaxthy. In 
our opinion it is destined to take the place 
of the finest brands of French champagnes. 
Rout. S. Bahru, ) 
V. V. Hoovkk, • Committee. 
D. T. Frrbma.v, ) 
BUTTER AT THE FAIR. 
j No one man showed more enterprise and 
energy in making an interesting exhibit at 
our Fair tbau J. H. Seymour of tho Grange 
store. 
The proprietors of the Grange store 
made a magnificent display of “(ri/Ae/yw 
it’ifhr," such as they sell over their coun¬ 
ters to the thousand# of ouatumora who will 
hmo no butter unless they get it si the 
Grange store. They also made an exhibit 
of butter ready for shipment to Arison a 
and New Mexico. This butter was packed 
each roll in a liu can and the cane packed 
hi salt in a heavy strong bux. Tho butter 
from tho Grange always reaches its desti¬ 
nation in good order and brings a higher 
price than any other Their butlor exhibit 
was changed every day —coining in fund* 
m tho norning— shipped to Anx -na. Now 
Mexico, Texas and Old Mexico the next. 
Tho proprietor* of this establishment 
deserve great credit for pushing their trade 
into tho territories and creating a demand 
for nil kinds of produce, for which they 
pay tho very top prico. 
