Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-09
VALLEY CITRUS
TREES SHOW
632,95O GAIN
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NOOlllLutQ lTOm rage ODtl
grapefruit and orange divisions
gaining.
More Tahn Million.
Only two districts are shown with
more than a million trees. They
are Mission with 1,119,535 and
Pharr-Edinburg with i,l52, 081.
Donna is third with 796 ,79l, San
Bonita fourth with TBS, 464, Har-
lingen fifth with $50 ,08S and La
Feria sixth with sac, l08. San Benito
leads in Cameron county, the three
highest populated" districts being
IN Hidalgo county. The Raymond
vile district has 104.8 0l trees.
The Pharr-Edinburg district
leads. however. In new paintings
with 20l .l53. The Mission district IS
shown TO be second with IT'S BIS and
San Benito third with 109.539.
In the number Of trees in the
ground one year, Mission leads nth
1888 while the Pharr-Edinburg
section is second with 162.359 and
the San Benito area third with 1884,
DOL.
Mission also ranks first in the
number OF two-year trees. having
334.338 while the Pharr-Edinburg
section has 262,81l, the San Benito
section l75.253 and the Donna area
l67. 300.
Three Year Olds.
Pharr- Edirburg takes honors IN
three-ye1r trees with 229 1913 while
the Mission area is shown with
leo 1899, Donna section 1868 and
San Benito 1855.
1t reports in the four-year tree
division, having l57.l56 while Donna
has 98,O28, Mission 88.137, Harlin-
gen 69,3i5 and San Benito 58,366.
In trees that we're planted be-
fore June &c.. 1926, Mission Is ahead
with 26i.617, La Feria IS second with
226.069, Donna third with 1882
Harlingen fourth with l72.8l2 and
Pharr- Edinburg fifth with 1873, $50.
More grapefruit trees are in the
Pharr- Edinburg district, the total
being 9l9,677 while the Mission dist
riot shows 875. 470, Donna sos, 076,
San Benito $4,000, Harlingen ALL
1886, McAllen 1867, SOC and La Feria
365,2O2.
Oranges at Mission.
Leading orange district is near
Mission, that section having 273,-
854 trees while Pharr-Edinburg has
218,985, Donna 165 1913. La Feria
160,946, San Benito $50, $50 and Har-
lingen 1924.
Although the total gain IN grape
fruit was GOT .284, the gain in oranges
for the entire Valley was only g.
272 and q loss OF 1872. sos was shown
for "other fruit" including lemons.
sour oranges, tangerines. kumquats.
Oranges increased from 1.440. 122 20
1908 94 while other fruit dropped
from $50. 500 TO 226,723 due. as al
ready stated to the fact that thous-
ands OF sour orange trees were
budded TO produce commercial var
ieties.
Willacy county gained %, 1873 trees
In the census. 10 gained 1928
hAaRLAA 4 AAEN1s WfUfA OAaAAkt NAkAo
and lost 1855 other varieties.
Hidalgo county's net gain was
437,5s9 trees. 1t gained 470.090
grapefruit trees and 50.420 orange
trees making a paper" gain OF
520.510 trees from which had TO
be subtracted a loss OF 1880 other
citrus leaving 437.8 800.
- CnV1Arnv, .G.sNNvw 49, 1890
fruit gain was 207 .95l. orange H.
81 while other citrus dropped off
1920. leaving 173,002.
869,3S9 New Paintings.
The new paintings in the Valley
were S69.2s9. according to the 1891
census The last previous census
paintings were given as 959 1853 show
ing a decrease il 1881 OF SO. 464 trees
over last year. Many trees have
been planted since the 1891 en-
sus was completed.
Hidalgo county had GAO, OBJ plant
ings in 1890 which dropped to sea-
$40 IN 1881, a loss OF 45.532: Cam
eron county decreased from 296, 500
new paintings IN 1880 to 249.604 new
paintings in 1881. a loss OF 1905.
Willacy alone showed an increase
over 1880. It planted 22.263 trees
last year and 1926 this year, a gain
OF 1913.
Grapefruit paintings we're the only
ones to increase over 1880. There
we're 1891 paintings OF grapefruit
trees recorded in the present cen
Sus as compared with 1858 in the
1890 census. an increase OF 47,033.
Paintings Drop.
Orange paintings IN the 1891
census were 100,s33 or 69,507 less
than the 170.340 paintings shown
in the 1880 census.
Other varieties dropped from r.
ITS paintings shown In the 1880
census to 5.185 in the 1881 census.
The tree counts are made by in
spectors OF the u. S. department Of
agriculture for the information Of
the department in order 10 make
provisions for enforcement Of the
quarantine. according 10 Mr.. Ford.
Due 10 requests from various sources,
the office decided several years ago
TO make the information public. /,
The 1881 tables with an explana-
ton follow: