Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-29
FIND Use FOR
CITRUS CULLS
By-Products Development
Will Aid Growers OF
Valley Fruit

An increasing number Of uses for
culled grapefruit Is expected to have
a twc-fold effect on the industry
In the Lower Rio Grande Valley
because the growers will get q better
price for their culls which 0rdin-
arlly are thrown away o. tucked to
Texas markets and because cuiled
fruit VIII be removed from compe-
tition with first grade fruit on
various markets. particularly the
nearby ones.
This IS stated upon authority OF
persons engaged in developing by
products Of citrus fruits and in the
canning Of grape fruit hearts and
juice.
Thousands or boxes are expected
TO be put up annually. with sub
stantial increases from season to
season In the form Of various by
products and grapefruit hearts and
juices. This IS expected TO bring
substantial returns 70 the grower
for fruit which does not measure
UP to standard first class require
ments on account Of wind scars.
III shape or generally lack OF good
appearance. Such fruit H. has coed
eating qualities but lacks coed ap-
Dearance + utilized for canning and
Ither processing purposes.
Eliminates An Evil
Increased consumption OF this
pc fruit will prevent so much Of
I from being dumped on the
Aezas markets watch Ire beg4nn4ng
D suspect that the vaney Goes not
aise such good fruit after all be-
,aEse OF the bad appearance OF
ILLS hawked by peauIaIS I.Im
ucks. Another evil OF this practice
Is been the fact that the culls in
llrect competition with the fruit
y fine appearance.
Culls now are put UP in a number
u different ways and other uses
.or such grapefruit are constantly
Icing developed in the Valley.
Grapefruit juice Is being put up in
bottles, unlocked. and also IS being
canned. Several canneries are put
ing up grapefruit hearts In cans
ind experiments are being carried
I'D to find other uses for culls.
An outstanding development In
he utilization Of culls was reached
during the past season when the
Shary Products Company an
nounced that its chemists had per-
fected development Of a process by
which grapefruit juice could be
bottled without being cooked. Ad-
verse weather conditions prevented
a large quantity Of Juice from be-
ing bottled al the cOmPalyS plant
at Donna but several carloads
were processed. This initial attempt
has been exceedingly successful, re-
ception Of the fruit juice every
where having been most cordial
The trade has taken TO the new
product with avidity as exemplifieo
by a dealer in Little Rock wis
started with a hundred cases anc
ended by ordering IN carload lots.
Sold In California
A real triumph was achieved
when the company shipped "A so-c
carload OF grapefruit juice lntC
California. the first time IN history
that Texas grapefruit has beer
shipped into that state. The snip
ment went TO San Francisco. STATE
quarantine regulations bar Texas
fruit but bottled juice OF course L
not affected BY these California
rules. thus Texas fruit has invaded
a state which itself j. one Of INK
heaviest producers Of citrus LII tnt
country.
Reception OF the Juice has beer
remarkable in view OF the fact ma
the country has not much OF Tha'
the trade calls good beverage
weather. There undoubtedly viii bs
a market for all the Valley grape
fruit Juice put up in this manner
in the opinion Of Carl A. Roettele
purchasing agent OF the SharN
Products Company. This. &c points
out. should be extremely encourag'
ing to the Valley growers Tor tht
reason that the problem OF culs ha'
been a serious one
Buys Exchange Culls
The Shary Products Company Ia!
contracted 10 purchase its supply
Of grapefruit culls from the Texa0
citrus Fruit Growers Association
marketing organizations in tn;
Valley.
This company also + interested
in securing an outlet III the form q
b~y-products for rinds which ar'
now being dumped after the juice
has been extracted from the grape.
fruit. These by-products may taxi
the form OF candy. oils. etc. Expert
ments also are being carried on q
devise other ways OF putting VI
grapefruit juice. Soon Valley grape.
! fruit juice may be found on tn