Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-05
CITRUS INDUSTRY IN VALLEY
CONTINUES TO SHOW GROWTH

Imports which will add material
ly to the acreage of grapefruit now
planted in the valley led the list of
large shipments received in the
county during the month of March,
according to a report submitted to
the board of supervisors by Horti
cultural Commissioner B. A. Harri-
gan.
During the month 1892 trees
were inspected and admitted, this
amount being sufficient to plant
approximately 4JU acres. fhis acre
age, in addition to the amount
planted recently, will make ma
terial increase in the grapefruit
acreage of the valley
Orange trees and tangerinc trees,
as we'll as $4,000 seedlings which
will be buddcd for grapefruit next
wear indicate that the citrus indus
try in the valley is undergoing de-
cided expansion. Over 200O tangcr
inc trees, which have been found TO
do we'll here, were imported during
March, as we'll as 81 orange trees.
Detail Of the Horticultural com
missioner S report follows:
The following goods were in
spcctcd aud passed into the county
! during the month Of March, 1927.
Two thousand and twelve tangcr-
Inc trees, y pecan trees, 1000 pc
can seedlings, - apricot trees, II
peach trees, 10 apple trees, 10
ounce trees, l91 fig trecs, 8 per
simmon trees, % plum trees, 10 lem
Oh trees, u pear trees, , avocado
trees, 80 walnut trees, - olive
trees. 250 eucalyptus trees, 232 pop
~ trees, 6 bottle trees, 1900 seed
y. trees, kumquat trees, l0aG
x cuttings, 300 athcl trees, 20
I'm trees. 1856 ornamental plants,
- rose bushes, 10 chrNsanthe-
sms, 3i9 flower bulbs 26 shrubs, :
:. bulbs, 40 gcraniums, 36 ferns,
iantana cuttings, :, polnsetta cut
ngs, ! Jasmine plants, - pansy
plants, 6 cinnamon vines, so black
berry vines, - dcwbcrry vines, 1866
grape vines, 1909 grape cuttings,
l26,9so strawberry plants, 10000
asparagus plants, j artichoke
plants, 9 sHbtropical plants, IS To-
mato plants, 8 sacks sesbania seed,
800 saets rice, > sacks Bermuda
grass seed, , sacks lima beans, II
sacks lettuce seed, } sacks cane
seed. l sack beet seed, > sacks Su-
dan grass seed, 3 sacks garden seed,
81 sacks eantaloupe seed, Is sacks
watermelon seed. 93 sacks alfalfa
seed. &e0 sacks beans, > sacks honeF
ball seed, 9e sacks Red oats.
Seven shipments household goadS
81 bales cotton, - cotton samples
> > carloads cotton bagging, . car
loads bananas, II carIoaas miAea
vegetables, , carloads POTATOES,
carload beans, 81 trucks oranges
- trucks mixed fruit.
Two carloads grapefruit tree,
resin washed on account Of sc;dr
- A2Xes oranges returned to point
of origin on account of dodder in
fCStdtiVn; i231 cratvs lettuce reject
cG on account of failure to meet
requirements of California Fruit
and Vegetable Standardization act
1908 crates lettuce rcsortcd OF
dumped; 90 crates strawberries rc
jrctcd for immatprity.
one hundred and ten ranches vi,
tied ia the interest OF noXious Wee
control; 100 ranches visited in Tho
interest of mildcw and pest control
l. scales were tested. Operations
were suspended on ; scales until re
paired; 26 gasoline pumps Wer,
tested. Operations were suspcndce
on one gasoline pump until repaired
Outgoing Shipments
Two thousand two hundred and
fifty cars lettuce, cighty-fivc car,
Of mixed vegetables, thirty two car,
green's, 260 cars peas, = cars aSpar
aguS, II cars carrots, .J3 ears cab
bagc, % cars chicory, y cars grape
fruit, Is ears Strawberries, 70of
trays Strawberries, 2i00 crates as
paragus, 1000 crates squash.
Up To the present -.mc no infeS
tation of mlldeW has been found oi
cantaIonpc vines. However, il die
not make its appearance last yoa}
until about May Is, and as the rroI
tins year is about week later, il
is possible if mildcW docs dcvclol
this year il may not make its an
pearancc until later than last year
During the month shipment of
ladyhird beetles, comprising about
2,000,0G0, was received in the coun