Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-06-01
VALLEY CITRUS
FRUIT SCHOOLS
START TUESDAY
Ell Jardin and Santa Rosa
Schools Held Tuesday and
Wednesday; San Benito
Thursday and Friday


The 1924 series of annual citrus fruit
schools in tine Rio firandc Valley,
which will begin Tuesday. June .. ars
srk INK on an importance far greater
than in amy previous year. The wal
nahle work done hy the schools IN d.
vrl0pment Wy thc Valley citrus indus
try. during the three years that the
schools have hrrn held. Has been in-
stramental i'm attracting greater inter
cst from orchard owners and prosper-
tive citrus growers. With increasing in-
tcrcst being shown wv the citrus iH-
dustry in a number Of southwest Texas
counties outside the Valley. the schools
This year will attract people from q
dc terFitUfy.
delegations from Falfurrias. Laredo.
AND other sections where people have
become interested i'm growing of citrus
fruit win attend the Valley schools this
year. County Agricultural Agent Louis
H Alsmcycr. VIZ Cameron county. has r.
ceivfd dozens of letters from these new
citrus fruit sections. inquiring about
the work in the Valley schools. and a
large number have enrolled in one or
more of the schools for work.
The rst 0f the schools will wv held
at Santa Rosa and iii Jardin i'm Cam
cron county. Following are the dates
fpr tho various schools throughout the
RIO Grarde Valley:
At Santa Rosa and El Jarhin. Tues
day and Wednesday, June y and a; San
BGnito. June and III IN Hidalgo coun-
iy, TIRE schools will w conducted wv the
chautauaua plan. az Mercedes. W4slaco
and Donna On June and 1G and at
Edinburg, McAllen and nj ssion ON June
W. ana l2. Practically TIE same work
will he covered in all the schools, and
the same speakers and lecturers will W.
available
Every phase WI the citrus industry
will he covered by the work Of these
schools. Special ~ have been secured
on che special fields of orchard manage
mcnt citrus fruit diseases and their
control, marketing. orchard heat nG. and
div sions VII these subjects.
Perhaps thc most important subnect
wv be discussed w the schools wv that of
citrus diseases and control This sub
ject win wv handled by John r. Wins
ton. pathnlogist of the Bureau of Plant
Industry. Jn ttd States Department of
Agriculture. MI Orlando. Florida. one of
the foremost authorities On citrus dis
eases in the United States.
Another prominent citrus expert. who
has been secured for tho schools, +.
w. De Brusk. citrus fruit specialist of
THE Florida extension service. N,ho will =
discuss thr special subject VIZ 9prff-Td
management all its phases.
a. ~ Swallow. VI Texas AZ and vi.
College will handle tho subject of i'm
sccts ard their control NJ. Rl Bentley.
agricultural engineer of the college will
discuss orchard drainage. Several 9TH
MN "A. and M. Tollege experts. including
TIVE county ayr cultural agents w Hi
dalgo and Cameron counties will dis
cusg other subjects in connection with
the citrus industry.
Practical problems WI orchard man
agamcnt and of citrus frut growing.
especially those having local application
will bc discussed hy prominent orchard
ownrcs and citrus growers.
Special Il eld and laboratory work. IL
lustrated lectures special social feEs
lures and other phases of the schools
viii w emphasized wv addition ~ the
Mcclure courses and regular discussions
III add tion to the other work W the
schools. two projects MI great import
ance IN conUnction with citrus industry
will he taken up--the proposed citrus
fruit excursion IN Flor da this fail. and
organization of Valley horticultural
Society.