Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-01-15
CAN
BE RAISED HERE
CHICAGO MAN SAYS THERE IL so
QUESTION THAT FRUIT ~ FINE
As ANYWHERE IL POSSIBLE IN
VALLEY.
HIS COMPANY INTERESTED
1T CONTRACTS WITH MAI.LEN
GROWERS To TAKE PRODUCT
OF * MUCH AS 100 ACRES. AND
FURNISHES ENPERT GROWER.

There j no question that Won can
grow a. good cantaloupcS IN this see
tion ~ can w. grown anywhere. nf rN
ccllcnt flavor. and better. Vet earlier
than grown anywhere else" said James
L. S~lattcry Of Chicago who j. in the
city today with the Mc.Allcn visitors.
Mr.. Sldttcry represents John Nix A Go.
a well known prplucc firm of Chicago.
which has closed with The McAllcn
Growers association aud the Rio Grande
\ Coast association 4 contract Ia han
die the output ~ cantaloupcS from io1
acres in the McAllcn section.
Mr.. S~lattery was invited down Ia Ne
Al en- hy the growers Of that section.
aud az 4 meeting Saturday night attend
eel by seventy five farmers Of that sec
tion he agreed III behalf az his company
20 take the output from m acreage run
ming not less than IN and not more
than i00. probably ~ 81 the farmers
agreeing Ia plant 4 certain number ~
acres To cantaloures. Already more
than :n0 acres have been signed up by
the growers. and Mr.. Slattcrv does not
anticipate that there will bc any trouble
IN signing mp the balance ~ \ hundred
acres or "a.
The Nix company has made 4 special
~ If handling cantalonpcs and has been
In the business for many wears. lie him
self IL a pioneer IN the distributing ~
the fruit. and j. authority for the in
formation that the great advantage that
j. now had in the Lower Rio Grandc
Valley j. the fact that this section can
get cantaloupcS on the market ahead ~
any other canialoupc country. The
California crop does not reach iiS height
until about June ~. aud M that time
the cantaloupc crop II the Lower Rio
Grandc VALLEY j. Already marketed.
Florida. also he states. can not compete
with the Valley in this product. because
III, Florida cantaloupc lacks the flavor
~ the Rio Grandc product. principally
beonuse ID il raised by heavy rains.
while the product ~ this section grows
under irrigation. with plenty If sun
shine \ necessary condition.
The Imperial Valley e California
markets abolt $500 ears IT cantaIoupcS
from June | until July II and before
that crop comes on the market the can
t%alouI,c crop of the Lower Rio Grande
Valley will already have had the al
vantage If The high market prices
caused by q light supply.
notwithstanding the belief If the Val.
ley people. that they are N u diSadvant
age because Of freight rates. Mr. Slattcry
states that cantaloupcs from the Valley
can lc frciehiel to Chicago at Sl00 4
ear less han il can lr transported from
the Imperial Valley 10 Chicago. Also
the express ear rate j. about $50 a
ear les from the Valley a. Chicago.
The refrigeration ear rate on canta.
%lOuIe> shipped from the Imperial Val
ley to New York city j. - less than from
the Lower Rio Grandc Valley to New
York. ~ way ~ Chicago. and Mr.. Stat
terry states that he now has mp with the
railroads the matter 81 revising tn,
rate 4 that the Valley people will have
the advantage Of the same rate the I'm
| perial Valley people now have from chi
cago to New York.
The concern which has contracted ~
take the product Of the Mc.Allcn grow
crS. has agreed Ia place a man on tn,
ground who il experienced III every
branch Of the cantalonpr industry. IN
the growing chasing. Grating and ship
ping and this man. :. u. Harold will
make his headquarters al McAller
throughout the cantaloupe growing sea
son.
Referring Ia the aphiS. which has been
found q great deterrent in this section
L. cantaloupe growing. Mr.. slater,
stated that "A spray II sheep dip. a mix
turc ~ tobacco with a hundred parts
water. underneath the leaf will rid ih,
cantaloupe vine Of the pest. The spray
he stated. can be- made quickly. using !
aO0 pound pressure nozzle at such ~
angle that ii can bc used easily in get
ting under the leaf. Four rows ar'
taken ~ a time. and the work can ~
lone easily. There j. a nozzle for each
row. the pipes CARRYING the mixtur'
stretching across the twenty four feet NJ
! space between the rows.
Every cooperation possible between
! the contractor and the grower will TX
given. stated Mr. Slattcry. for h. H.
lieves that upon the success Of the grow
er getting the cantaloHpcs "a market dc
! ponds the success II the firm that ha.
|, agreed 10 take the product. lie stated
|, that h. has looked into cantaloupe grow
: ing III this section thoroughly and IN
finds that the Lower Rio Granhr Val ~
has great advantages over any other sec
I iion If the country that raises cania
loupc> In large quantities.
The cantalcuprs 10 BE- shipped out 81