The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-09-12
THE FRUIT SECTION.
The Alvin District ,as n Fruit Crow
ing Section.

AVN, texas, september 6.--Tbe Texas
gulf coast country Is at this time attract
ing more attention than any other portion
OF the State. The advantages have been
advertised fhr and wide and >prospectors
are coming from every point of the compass
I to Investigate for themselves. Many others
are Wishing TO change their location and
read with avidity anything giving them In
formation as to the resources and advant-
ages offered the farmer. The first ques-
tlon that naturally occurs to home
seeker s what Will that country produce
and what arc the leading products? In
the first settlements here the leading idea
was TO grow fruits and vegetables and a
series Of experimenting was begun that
succeeded In demonstrating that there is
scarcely q limit 10 the products TO which
this soll and climate IL adapted. IL has
proven to be the very home OF the straw
berry and pear, which were first almost
exclusively planted with surprising re-
suits. Tho season OF rlpening Of tho straw
berry brings IL into market at q time
when fancy prices can be had The mar
keting begins about the first OF March, and
continues until middle OF May, and thous-
Gnds OF crates find their way TO the North
crn markets before the Icy hand of winter
has relaxed its grasp and gives them the
first intimuion of the coming OF spring.
Early vegetables are also grown in large
quantities and are on the markets long in
advance of the more interior noints Tho
pear industry has grown TO large proper
tions and s Just now beglnntng TO yield |
returns. Thousands OF acres are growing |
orchards and In two more years they Will |
DO shipped by the trainload No blight or |
other disease has ever nnnoared and the |
fruit r-ipors In ner,ection peaches NUNS
and All other small fruits AFRO heinp crown |
with good res,,I,e Tho sIa a.neci ,ilv ia
commanding largo attention nroduc,up
enormous erops of first class fruit which
is in demand n, yood nricaa
Mr.. G. Llndermnn IvIng ann r,ilo west
of Alvin has this season cleared over sl06 |
from 9bO h,isbcIa t,vo ,eara o,d ana that
Notwithstanding mo ,nt,s,,,, Jrn,,,h -
poriencod during The hearing sanson tho
ny is planted betyc,n The trcos in The
near orchard, and coming into hearing en-
early defravs the eynnrees ~ cuIt,vn'ino |
the orchard. Lately manv neon,o have set
lied here To do general farming and re-
suits hava been vorv s,tis,an,or, Corn
oats and sorghum succeed we'll snd Tho
Weld NJ corw hi. war bas hean smrnrl,
ing. reaching torty bushels nor acrs whero
well cultivated sorghum IL nI,ntsd lsrqeiv
for green tced ond ,,,,r 10 pa'ou snnr.iy
from Junc nnt,i necomher SUGAR cane
well on these nrn,r,e lands and
hui few rows ,ro roo,,irad ,o ,,oi,o al |
Tho svrun ,,m,Iy na,ds SILL ,nius
md eyaporators arc nsea n woIl, n I'm
and produccs fla finost er,Io ~, ,u,ra rib
ion cane svr,,n Cntson &C. hai,g oytan-
sive,v nlaniaa ana a., o,,,u, -, III.
Alvin pin vii, reach ho0 ba,ss ttiy season
grown mostlv In Inc noar ,rnh,r,s ha-
tween tho rows from ono ,sf 70 ana hale ,
belnr Inc renero, oyar,so Nv th on0 anre
Most ~ tho Sarmers comh,ro Tho eorIv
fruit and vecetable yro,ving ,y,,h General
forn,tne an5 tba,r oariv baryas, ,,dss
hem nwer Inc snn,ner ,,r.,i tha general /.
,rons ~ COW, ana cot,or r,atrro This &C.
,ruiv ,ant ,vboro ,hara re twe,re
Months snad ,,r,a ana 49, ',t,s har>
,est This 10 cS S 1850 Non ..n,, ,,'u,
100 from tho racts ns We Give ." ,hsn, In !
Innuarv tNa ,ar,,, ,ac',a,in. , niortaa !
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,ouah, hase s go 49,,
ired nnt iet,s nrocned ,s,,, ~ ~, p' sesdtry
,nd h,rvc,,trc "''i '"'
marcn usnsts IN the stramperry crop,