California Fruits.

San Francisco Call.

A late number of the New York Times contains an article enumerating the different kinds of fruit which are offered for sale in that city, the places from which they come, and their retail prices. California is mentioned among the contributors as sending apples, grapes and pears, which are extolled for their excellence. California Tokay and Muscat grapes sell in New York' at $1.25 per five-pound box. "Winter Nelis" pears, at from 30 to 75 cents per dozen. The price of California apples is not given. In our own markets the finest varieties of grapes retail at from 3 to 10 cents per pound, with other indigenous fruits at prices in proportion. Our fruit markets, just at this time, are something handsome to look upon, and the sojourner from a distance seeks them out, that he may feast his eyes, and, perhaps, his palate, also, on a spectacle such as can rarely be seen in any other country. Not the least among the objects to excite his surprise are strawberries and peaches, which can be still had, though it is the 17th day of November.

Oranges by the Wayside.—It is a pleasing and beautiful sight to ride through tha streets of the residence portions of Sacramento at this time and witness the orange trees loaded with the golden fruit. There is no longer any doubt that Sacramento may have her orange groves as well as Los Angeles, and it is also certain that in one respect she has the advantage of her more southern sister. The oranges ripen in and about Sacramento about two weeks earlier than they do in Los Angeles. This fact will give our orange or-chards a great advantage in the markets and in their money value.—Sacramento Record-Union.

Agricultural fairs should be advanced schools for farmers, mechanics and artisans. They should go there to know how and what their neighbors are doing. Scan every new object, plan or device, and then go home and wrestle with intent thought to devise something better and finer for another year. This is the kind of opportunities fairs should furnish. And this is the lesson which should be improved, and in this way the world should be elevated. And a farmer or mechanic who does not view a fair in this light does not grasp the importance of such annual gala days.—Iowa State Register.