Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-09
VALLEY CITRUS
TREES SHO
632,95O GAIN
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grapefruit and orange divisions
gaining.
More TAIN Million.
Only two districts are shown with
more than a million trees. They
are Mission with 1,118,535 and
Pharr-Edinburg with 1,152, 081.
Donna Is third with 796, 791, San
Bonita fourth with TBS .464. Har-
lingen fifth with 5s6, 08s and La
Feria sixth with SAC, 108. San Benito
leads in Cameron county. the three
highest populated" districts being
in Hidalgo county. The Raymond
vile district has 104, 801 trees.
The Pharr-Edinburg district
leads, however, in new paintings
with 201 ,153. The Mission district IS
shown to be second with It's. 815 and
San Benito third with los, 53e.
In the number Of trees in the
ground one year, Mission leads nth
1889 while the Pharr-E dinburg
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, 811, the San Benito
section 1929 and the Donna area
167,30e.
Three Year Olds.
Pharr- Edinburg takes honors IN
4ANna-w~-~ 4~nn~ xUtfh 900 0TQ n~hflo
the Mission area is shown with
160,989, Donna section 1855 and
San Benito 1855.
II reports in the four-year tree
division, having 157,l56 while Donna
has 98,028, Mission 88,l37, HaTlin-
gen 69,3l5 and San Benito 1896.
In trees that were planted be-
fore June 80, 1926, Mission is ahead
with 261 GIT, La Feria is second with
226.069, Donna third with 223, 245,
Harlingen fourth with l72,8l2 and
Pharr- Edinburg fifth with 1873, 686.
More grapefruit trees are in the
Pharr-Edinburg district, the total
being 919,677 while the Mission dist
riot shows 875,47O, Donna sos, 076,
San Benito 534,920, Harrington ALL
$50, McAllen 367 SOC ard La Feria
365,202.
Oranges at Mission.
Leading orange district is near
Mission. that section having 273,-
854 trees while Pharr-Edinburg has
2l8,985, Donna i65, 1893. La Feria
160,946, San Benito 100, 280 and Har-
lingen I52.374.
Although the total gain in grape
fruit was 697,284. the gain in oranges
for the entire Valley was only &c.
272 and a loss OF 1926 was shown
for 'other fruit" including lemons,
sour oranges, tangerines, kumquats.
Oranges increased from l,440.l 22 70
1908 while other fruj, dropped
from 359.329 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 22.128 trees
in the census. 1t gained 1928
grapefruit trees, 5,541 orange trees
and lost 1855 other varieties.
Hidalgo county's net gain was
Az, 1920 trees. 1t gained 10000
grapefruit trees and 50.420 orange
trees making a paper gain Of
520,5l0 trees from which had to
be subtracted a loss Of $1,000 other
citrus leaving 437.820.
In Cameron county the grape
fruit gain was 207. 951, orang 49,
3ll while other citrus dropped off
1890, leaving 173,002.
S69,3S9 New Paintings.
The new paintings in the Valley
were 869.2S9. according to the 1881
census. The last previous census
paintings were given as 958 .853 show
ing a decrease IN 1881 Of SO, 464 trees
over last year. Many trees have
been planted since the 1881 N
sus was completed.
Hidalgo county had SAC. 08i plant
ingS in 1890 which dropped to 594.-
$40 in 1881, a loss of 45.532; Cam
eron county decreased from 296. 509
new paintings in 1890 to 249, 604 new
paintings in 1881, a loss Of 46.905.
Willacy alone showed an increase
e 1880. II planted 22,263 trees
last year and 1926 this year, a gain
OF 2.973.
Grapefruit paintings were the only
ones to increase over 1880. There
were 1881 paintings OF grapefruit
trees recorded in the present GEN.
as compared with 1883 in the
1880 census. an increase Of 1893.
Paintings Drop.
Orange paintings in the 1881
census were 100.833 or 69,507 less
than the I70.340 paintings shown
in the 1880 census.
Other varieties dropped from To-
ITS paintings shown In the 1880
census TO 5.l85 in the 1881 census.
The tree counts are made by in
spectors of the u. 8. department Of
agriculture for the information Of
the department in order TO make
provisions for enforcement OF the
quarantine. according to Mr.. Ford.
Due to requests from various sources.
the office decided several years ago
to make the information public.
The 1881 tables with an explana-
ton follow:
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