Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-29
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VALl.EY

WITH THE CLOSE of the citrus
season coming Saturday, prospects
are bright for an even more sue
cessful deal next year-and this is
considered the most successful in
the history of the Valley.
Included in favorable protents
for the coming season is announce
ment of M. A. Vidal Of the Texas
Trading Co. that he expects to
market 100000 boxes of Valley
grown grapefruit in England next
year.
Englishmen are just acquiring a
taste for grapefruit, introduced to
them through the demand for it
from American tourists over there.
And, while shipments in the past
have been largely from Florida and
British Honduras, our friends across
the sea already are learning that
Valley fruit is superior in many
ways.
Mr.. Vidal announces orders al
ready are booked for 100000 boxes
by his firm alone. He expects to
greatly increase this volume before
the next shipping period begins.
Other firms likely will add to the
grand total and other countries,
just learning to eat grapefruit,
offer outlet for additional quanti-
ties.
OTHER FACTORS which point
to a good season are the mild win
ter and consequent prospective
heavy yield.
Also many trees will come into
bearing for the first time and
young and old orchards are report
ed to be putting on heavy crop
More than 1000 cars of fruit have
been shipped this season. Pros
poets are bright for this to be more
than doubled during the coming
shipping period.
Orchardists, learning that proper
care pays large dividends in in
creased returns, are giving their
trees better attention, according to
agricultural workers.
This means better quality fruit,
fewer culls and a more favorable
market.
SAN BENITO, following talks be-
fore service clubs there by Jack
McDermott, division traffic man
ager for Texas Air Transport, Inc,
is looking into the possibility OF
building an airport.
Makes the fourth or fifth Valley
city to consider the project.
McDermott told the city commits
sion that the town was ideally
located for a port, that the level
surrounding territory made secur-
ing and preparing of site a COM
paratively easy problem to solve.
"You can't build an airport. on 40
acres" he told that body.
MYRON F. WARD, manager OF
the Harlingen Chamber of Com
merce, attended that Corpus
Christi district meeting early in
March on the question Of South
Texas publicity.
r4, Co,,+to TovoS counties are
proposed to be included in rather
elaborate campaign.
Ward heard enough at the Cor
pus Christi session to convince him |
that it is essential that the Valley |
counties-Cameron, Hidalgo and |
Willacy-should be represented at
the general meeting at the Gunter
hotel, San Antonio, at l p. m, |
April II.
The plan for the general meeting
contemplates that ten representa-
tives should be present from each |
of the forty counties.
They would give total OF 400, II |
each county has 100 per cent rep
resentation.
Ward does not believe San An
tonic should be the controlling
factor
Nor does he believe Houston
should be.
But thinks both cities should be
Gin" stronghold balancing the
other to the benefit of the remain
der Of the district
They're talking in terms of a
million dollars for this publicity
campaign.
That may be possible-and again
it may not.
1t is possibly that south Texas
and the Valley section may not be
exactly ready to pledge the figure.
But that all will be discussed at
the San Antonio section
Get your ten delegates ready,
counties of the Valley.