Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-07
CITRUS FRUIT
TO ROLL OUT
RAPIDLY soon
Only Two Cars Moved
In First Week of
Season; Inspection
Is to be Rigid

HARLlNGEN, Oct. e.-The first
week of the 1s2s-2e citrus shipping
season in the Lower Rio Grande Val
ley has passed. with the movement
Of two cars Of grapefruit. contrasted
to at least four cars expected to Be
shipped.
The fruit IS not quite Is mature
as the rush for inspection at the
opening Of the season Monday indi-
Gated. The carload shipment out Of
Danna, Marsh Seedless Crapefruit
grown by Richard Austin, and ship
ped by the Wade 4 Newton packing
plant az that place, was one Of the
cars passed inspection. The carload
at La feria. grown by Ras Erickson.
and being handled BY the White &
Lawler packing plant. rolled Satur-
day. II was of the Duncan variety.
Shipping of citrus is expected 10
be rather light during the coming
week, n by October IS, a week
from Monday. the steady movement
is expected TO begin, in the opinion
OF citrus men IN the Valley. This
prediction IS made on the assump
ton that there will be considerable
sunshine between now and that time,
as sunshine is needed TO mature the
truit after the heavy rains of the
past month or SO.
To Inspect Truck
Both the state inspectors stationed
IN the Valley TO enforce the green
truit law, and the federal men sta
toned here to prevent possibility Of
relnfestation Of the morelos fruit
lily are checTng carefully on all
citrus.
p. A. Hoidale, iii charge Of the fed
eral work in the Valley, announced
Saturday that inspection service will
be opened at Falfurrias Monday. IN
anticipation Of the beginning Of truck
movement OF fruit out of the Valley.
Inc plan is TO maintain 2i-hour in
spectIon service there throughout
the season. In order TO prevent
possibility of any fruit which Is not
properly certified from leaving the
Valley by truck.
Such shipments in the past, before
the state and federal men were in
the Valley, caused considerable dam
8 TO the market for Valley fruit.
according 20 shippers in this section.
Send Man TO Roma
Mr.. Hoidale said that the plans Of
the inspection also call for a man to
be stationed at Roma, to watch any
possible movement out through La
redo, although it is rare, il ever.
that any fruit is moved out that way.
However. this inspection Will make il
impossible Tor any bootleg" citrus
TO move vi Of the Valley BY the
only other possible highway route.
Inc movement Of oranges is 10
start soon, the first shipments prob
ably being in small lots. There was
one request for inspection Saturday
from Stuart Place. and others will
be ready 70 move range soon. Or
anges are ripening even faster than
grapefruit, shippers state.
Outlook Good
Although the first carload OF fruit
out Of the Valley was Marsh Seed
less. the bulk Of shipments for the
next month or 50 is expected 10 be
Duncan, which ordinarily natures
earlier than the Marsh Seedless. Eff
forts Will he made 10 market as much
of the Duncan fruit as possible be-
fore the Marsh Seedless comes on IN
quantities, in order to keep the two
varieties from competing on the
market.
Shippers in the Valley continue 70
be optimistic over the citrus outlook
although not anticipating a move
ment much larger than that Of last
season. when between 1900 and 100
carloads, counting truck shipments
left this section for the markets Of
the county.