Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-02
San BENITO 4
SENDS MOODY
FIRST FRUIT
Movement Expected
To Be General BY
End of Week; Good
Season Predicted

SAN BENITO. Oct. T.
The Lower Rio Grande Val
ley Saturday entered what
is expected to be the great
est shipping season in the
history of the citrus indus
try Of this region.
Under federal and state
regulations governing the
movement of grapefruit and
oranges, the season official
ly begins October / and ends
March /, giving growers,
packers and shippers five
full months in which to dis
pose of the years crop.
Estimates of the years
shipment indicate that more
citrus fruit will be shipped
from the Valley this year
than ever before during any
one season, with predictions
ranging from 1900 to 1900
cars for the entire five
months period. Calcula-
tions from regist r a I'll on
blanks of packers revealed
that 100000 boxes, or ap-
proximately 400 cars of cit
rus fruit, will be moved by
December 15.
The first shipment Of this years
citrus fruit reported Saturday was
consigned 70 Governor Dan Moody.
The shipment consisted or Duncan
choice grapefruit, Eureka lemons. and
Ponderosa lemons. They were grown
on the orchard of q. Z. Lovett of San
Benito and packed at his plant in the
city here.
After examination by +. A. Schst-
tenberg, state citrus inspector, ths
fruit was stamped, marked and la
belled in accordance with the green
greetings to Governor Moody were
placed on the box.
In addition % the state stamp
showing that the fruit had been
tested for ripeness and correct sugar
content, federal seals and markings
indicated that the fruit was free of
all pests, had been properly examined.
and had been grown on an orchard
which was properly and thoroughly
inspected according 70 the provisions
Of the federal proclamations.
The number of the shipper was
stamped on the box, and all fruit
sent by the same shipper will carry
the same number throughout the sea-
son.
All fruit sent from the Valley will
require the same routine, which ~
! being expedited as much ms possible
BY both the federal and state men.
In each city OF the Valley equipment
for the chemical analysis or citrus
fruit has been installed as packing
| sheds and as fast as fruit arrives it
Is tested and stamped. The shippers
number is obtained before any ship
ping is done through application to
the federal government for designa-
tion As a packer and shipper"
Indications are that by the end ~
the week the movement OF citrus fruit
in the Valley will be general, and N
large part OF the crop will have been
moved TO market by the fret of the
year.
Lemons and grapefruit will maks
up the larger part Of the early ship
ments, with oranges beginning 70
move during the. early part ot
January.
Valley citrus is expected to corn.
mand good prices throughout the en-
tire season. due 10 the fact that mar
keting will be more co-ordinated thar
ever before through the reduction Of
the number OF shippers. eliminating
considerable haphazard shipping
which frequently demoralized The
market. according 70 packers. Bet
ter prices are also expected 70 re-
suit from the improved quality az
fruit, cleaner appearance, and stan
dard pack which are the outgrewths
OF careful inspection and increased
care OF fruit during maturing
periods.