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SEMI-TROPIC CA LIFORNIA. 
Southern California. 
SAN DIEGO. 
In point of neatness and artistic arrange¬ 
ment the San Diego display was uncqualed 
in the pavilion, (Vnwfideiing (lift disad¬ 
vantages of shipping, the fresh appearance 
of even the more perishable fruits Was 
certainly remarkable. The deflorations 
were admirably chosen, being chinny *uni- 
lax, which needs no renewal, and cut, 
flowers easily replaced. 
The display of jellies, 1.)- Miss Lizzie 
Parker, foily-ouo kinds, neatly put up in 
glass, added greatly to the beauty of the 
exhibit. The glass labeled " Gnnva had 
an mhled interest from the unusually line 
display of that fruit, and suggested to a 
correspondent a train of ri-fh-fltinus which 
will be found elsewhere in our columns. 
The oranges from June blossoms served to 
further puzzle .Eastern visitors, and were 
pronounced excellent by good judges. 
Guavas, penra, quinces, peaches, tigs, 
almonds, peanuts, pomegranate*. IcmoiiR, 
limes, oranges, blackberries, Japanese 
persimmons, grapes, olives, apples, of 
eouutless varieties, each faultless of its 
kind, and lavish in quantity, made a col¬ 
lection which was hard to equal for beauty 
and variety. The specimen branch of 
Amtjgtlalux nmnra, nr hitler almond, afj 
medicinal ami culinary value, certainly j 
indicated a production in paying quanti¬ 
ties. Plates of White Nice nod White 
Malaga grapes were justly decorated with 
blue ribbons, and premium badge for best 
three bunches of grape* nf one variety also 
adorned the Kan Diego table, being 
awarded to Mr. Kimlinll on three dusters 
of While Muscat. A- usual, the Kimball 
pickled olives were the cent,m-of an epi¬ 
curean circle, each individual who com 
posed it being lost in nninzement. tlml olive 
culture, the profit of which needs no 
further demonstration than has already J 
been given, has not a larger ami mure til 
tbusiastio following. The riper olivets, 
which require a stronger brine for preser¬ 
vation, after freshening a little in clear 
water, are unsurpassed for richness and 
delicacy of flavor, being mint palatable Ufl 
well as mote digestible than the imported 
fruit. 
Kan Diego county was awarded the 
society medal for best di-play of fruit, and 
it was richly deserved, the award was in 
accord with the commonly expressed 
opinion of spectators. 
San Diego is about to realize her hopes. 
The whole country knows that that city 
was limited on as the future gate city of 
Southern r ‘aliform i and Arizona. Now 
the Huston gentlemen who cmnpuHe the 
syndicate in charge of the Atlantic and 
Pacific Railroad, hate entered into a con¬ 
tract to make Unit city nu ocean tcrmiiuis 
of their road. In eai nest of their intention 
to fulfill their contract, they have invested 
hundreds of thousands of dollars in prop¬ 
erty in and around the buy The import¬ 
ance of these facts is not confined to Ban 
Du-go, but is common til all Southern 
California, if not In u larger territory, A 
competing Pacific port and a competing 
transcontinental railroad nre not matters 
of minor or local significance. The action 
of John B Weller in insisting on Kan 
Diego bay being included in the grant, to 
the United States was not less a great tiling 
for San Diego in putting it under good 
government, than a good tiling for I lie 
government in giving it a good harbor at 
a point where one warn much needed. 
Li t the reader imagine, if lie can. the 
fut urc of a Spot that can lmike sill'll a dis¬ 
play of products us Kan Diego had at the 
fair, has such a linvbor, and such a back 
country as Soul hern California and Ari¬ 
zona, and is under the management of such 
men ns the Kimballs, the Higgins, the 
Ashers, the Swans, and others. Their 
enterprise, intelligence, ami ability make 
a spike team Hint will soon market the 
treasure these gentlemen have milled and 
guarded during ten years of alternate hope 
and despair. They dcsdlvo auocess nml 
they have it. 
PASADENA. 
To say that I lie exhibit of Pasadena fruits 
and flowers was very fine, is to fall short of 
the verdict uf the committee to award the 
special premium for best exhibit of Cali 
forum fruits They say it xv aft the finest. 
As a central figure, n large set of shelves 
m the form of u bee-hive, rose to the 
height, of ton or twelve feet The form 
was suggested, no doubt, by the cn-npnrn 
live character of the settlement and of the 
exhibit. This hive was covered with all 
manner of fruits of temperate and t topical 
zones. Surrounding this wore large tables 
which added to the display in quantity 
ami quality. Here were oranges, lemons, 
limes, peaches, apples, pears, quinces, 
plums, grapes, pomegranates, straw berries, 
tigs, Japanese pvesimmons, raisins, dried 
nml canned fruits, including besides above 
varieties, apricots and nectar alien, jellies 
of many kinds, English wuliiuts, almonds, 
squashes, pumpkins, corn of several varie¬ 
ties, amber sugar cum-, heels, lama beans, 
Mrs. Uosniiliaum’s premium bouquet of 
cut flowers, and no doubt- other things 
which have escaped liieutiou. 
These fruits were all produced on high 
and drv mesa lands without irrigation, 
which were supposed a few years ago to! 
ho utterly useless except for sheep pasture. 
These lands have been brought into a 
state of very high cultivation; arid all 
fruits wore nt first watered. But it was 
observed by some that trees which xvero 
-upnllod with water by cultivation alone, 
produced fruit of more body and more 
pronounced flavor. Ami so it came about 
that irrigation of deeiduouk fruits and 
grapes has been entirely discontinued at 
Pasadena tnul some other places. And it 
Ims conic about nt the same time that 
I’SiBiidenO fruit-are uuy much in demand 
at slightly advanced prices in the market 
of Lob Augoles. 
this difference in the flavor of fruity 
grown on high mesa lauds, and the fruits 
of low luoist lauds, where stamliug water 
can lie obtained by digging from six lo 
ten fed below I lie wurffici', is shown bv the 
disposition made by discriminating wine- 
ii i a Iters of grapes from the high and the 
low lands. Those from the warm mesas 
are found to be sweeter nml heavier, and 
arc consequently used for making sweet 
wines, such as Angelica and Port, while 
grapes from moist lands arc used for light 
and sour wines. Something like the hnine 
difference is observable in the fruits of the 
same localities, Heavy irrigation has 
much the same effect as loxviiess of hitui. 
Great moisture in the soil has its advan¬ 
tages in other clicCfltitios which fully com¬ 
pensate for any lack id flavor of ils fruits. 
Without incumbering this statement by 
giving names, some of the most noticeable 
features of this magnificent display may he 
mentioned. There were quincoH of the 
apple nml the orange varieties. The latter 
ripen and Roften into a yellow, mealy fruit, 
much finer Ilian the apple variety, while 
the apple vnriety reaches a better size. An 
apple quince measured 14 ) indies in cir¬ 
cumference, nn orange quince HI} inches. 
A Mammoth Pinpiu apple from I’n.sn- 
dena measured 14J indies in circumfer¬ 
ence. Another sample measured 14;} 
inches in cironiiifeieiiee. A Yellow Bell¬ 
flower measured 11 inches. A Smith’s 
Cider, I ‘2 inches. King of Tompkins 
County 1U inches. Pumpkins from 124 
to 1MJ pounds in weight. 
The unlimited amount of Yankee pluck 
that 1 ms converted a shcepwnlk into a 
beautiful garden of the Lord ami the eu- 
t'.uprise which makes a collodion of its 
choicest fruits aud sends them to a fair, 
ami captures the unanimous opinion of 
the oummiltee to award tlio apodal pre¬ 
mium, call but be admired. A neighborhood 
of such industrious and enterprising citi¬ 
zens makes a home in which to live is a 
perpetual delight. 
ORANGE, SANTA ANA, AND TUSTIN. 
The people living east and south of the 
Santa Ann river made a joint exhibition at 
the fair, which did credit to that import¬ 
ant part of Los Angeles county. The 
palm lias always been given up to the 
Gospel Swamp Oti corn nud pumpkins; 
and the only fear felt by some other see- 
lions is that this region may yd win the 
laurels in branches of agriculture which 
have been claimed for oilier sections. 
Their display of apples, pears, oranges, 
lemon*, limes, potatoes, wheat, corn, 
pumpkins, and other products shows me 
widest scope, and their products n 
up 
it., a very high standard of i.iprfcclion.■ 
The lug 'pumpkin weighing imuujj 
was especially noticed by «H ' lr ’ . 
hove a legend as follows: ”T 
Tustin city. Where are ym I Ag 'J 
weigh 211 pounds. How iu£ <> Jg _ 
weigh ? 1 Jan raised on orange 1 m lwi h 
smallest, und *4 i fe tb „ 8 to the 
iminfmcnec. AVJIWt l,n)U . .. ml ie 
possibilities of sach n e ^ )' lfill 
number of people UmU , h 
iron, an acre ol such fjtf (lf 
versatile land m its big ■ . Inrge. 
cultivation must yd turn out to be lnr fc 
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