Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-23
I'm OUR
VALLEY


IN the intervening years he has
rocked after that tree. Pollonized
"hen that was necessary.
rms year the tree bore fruit
ssain' It's been bearing for some
wears.
Mr. Stiles gathered the fruit. He
gathered 400 pounds or fresh dates.
which he sold for fifty cents n
pound, or 5000 for the yield NJ the
-.
Fifty cents may Re too much;
make Il twenty cents a pound: on
me same basis an acre Of dates
mould yield the owner $4,000 worth
y fresh dates" Mr. Stiles goes on
- say.
And Mr.. Stiles, veteran horticul-
turist, thinks IL a shame u plant
sther than fruit producing date
palms in this section.
But II you must have palms and
sont want dates. plant the native
balm, the Ssbal Texsns, Mr. Stiles
nays.
A GENTLEMAN up AZ Laredo Il
snxious to own the largest individual
titrus fruit orchard in the world
ssys rews dispatch from that city.
II the figures contained IN the
dispatch are correct, the Laredo
man should visit the Lower Rio
Ersnde Valley. "The Home or the
Grapefruit" for information which
be needs.
For example, he wants to plant
$4,000 trees on 500 acres. Which
would be about $50 trees to the acre.
Here in "The Home Of the Grape
fruit" the orchard owner figures
shout 10 trees to the acre. and that's
uits enough.
DOWN HERE in the Lover Flo
rsnds Valley We take grape
uit off the tree.
We clean IL. We color H. We
wrap IL in tissue. We pack 1t in a
nice looking box, with fancy labels
snd everything.
And we sead II on TO the consumer
IN the expectation that since =
looks 50 nice It must be good. And,
cf course. we know IL IA.
~ in Maine potato growers have
Been having competition for the
\ Boston potato market from way out
/ N Idaho.
The Idaho growers. going after
quality trade w the East took their
potato out Of the ground. Cleaned
IL. Polished il. Wrapped i IN It's
sue paper And shipped II On -
Boston IN attractive containcr, TAX
ing that market from the Maine
rotate grower.
So an Aroostook county, Maine.
grower got an idea from Idaho. He
washed, polished, tissue-wrapped
and contained his potatoes.
Now he's making Il hard for the
Idaho fellow in Boston. says rev
dispatch from Portland, Maine.
MISSION is preparing 70 hold its
annual Hdalgo County Fair. rodeo
and Armistice day celebration.
The event begins on November 10,
and continues for three days.
II will be the seventh annual fair,
each of which has proved 50 sue
cessful that the fair has become a
definite institution for Hidalgo
county.
II is held under the auspices II
Mission Post No. 23, of the Areri-
csn Legion.
The fair ostalogus has Just been
issued and gives list q desirable
rrizes for every department n the
event.
FrFTY-oNE CARLOADS of grape
fruit have been loaded for shipment
from the Lower Rio Grsnde VALLEY
since the first day OF October.
/. The season has barely begun. a
waiting market is taking up Valley
t, grapefruit as fast aS il is available.
W At prices that arc said e be
svsrv satisfactory "a the orchard
lcuner.
II Care must continue 20 be observed.
! 4 GOOD. clean desirable fruit ship
J,sd 70 the market will mean build |
good will for the Valley product.
which Il will need when it gets into
real competition with other sections.
! v. r. FOSTER. writing in his
,olurn N the Houston Press. says
- civ mails.
.What is our chamber of COM
u-sree doing to promote air mail SER
,;ce 70 Mexico? II seems that the
.ririrsl plan q 20 via Houston. San
.rtorio and Laredo has been aban-
dored. either temporarily or for all
.;-,e due 20 obstacles encountered.
nne trouble u because OF the high
r.,ts 81 mountains to he flown over
! Mexico on the route as frs.
manned. i,
.Wbv doesn't Houston urge the
,,a ia Corpus Christi, Browns
.gls and Tampico? That would |
..sm 70 be the safest and most sem
.iSlo air lire. Practically all Of K
!. aIong the coasts OF Texas and
y.-ico. We suggest that our very |
80 - chsmFtr OF commerce officials
ret busy ut ..
.,hinr that has been said in this |
.,Iumn in reference 20 "eN'''n Ni
mails. .,. -. ~.
= being developed. A paved |
"a leads % Il. Airplanes are using
d,ilv. II will be ready for the
g.ricsr mails when i has been DE-
.b/ the present route Is not
4, losiesi one
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