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INFERIOR FLORIDA CITRUS FRUIT IS BEING SOLD AS A TEXAS PRODUCT: PRACTICE HURTS VALLEY INDUSTRY(From I ml la- Time* Herald.)Ives nr** constantly lt;sirult;» fruit uII^hI to have lieen^JLyi ill T»*v»« til lit i« actually onlySaid rate Florida product. Not oti-I. i*. till* (Iill-UIIHT CllCilt**d, (lilt tin*IffHitntion of T«mis citrus suffers. Hci** -I.oiild I*** taken t«» pre-fli - rmul nml ccnsideraYlon 1m to tin subject ut this This from lt;oloin*lItalia*. who i Inter-I fruit nml truck Grande Valiev mnfrtiitfcritiK frry W EIg •)lt; i **•T i f^If, tlt;*til* or1:1 vettlilt; ii • ut, TjiH*rof ».f ifi irngat*** HI I 1)lt; li ioIf;i s trti*' uTnwi 1 'iY\u- Him- v. ■}| !l \ oil Who l,)i o-~raMi -1 .■*i Tex .-In-! 111 ml flu \ oridentify it.0|)ll* tf|0|_quality innu*l ntintiTPd the Grand* flavor on his or her pal-gtr“ In continued. “In Florida and California grn|N‘fruit there is a white i^ariit IwtwiM-n skin mnl juicy |»ulp jjjut always registers hitter. In Texas gra**|»fruit the hitter inner akin is al-prnt. Tlii s one factor will always Identify tin* Texas product. Tn*e-flpneii Texas grapefruit i* entirely palatable without sugar.“In San Antonio the women of thej oily found tlmt peddlers and other* were palming off Florida grnjiefruirfor th« r**xas artiei** nml tri*t1111 _r a higher price on the ground that thefruit eatue from the Icio Grande. They protested alsait the d«s-eption. and sfeje. were taken to stop the pra •-ti'-**. 1 Hill 11* women mlt; entitled toknow they are getting the real tiling when they |«iy for Texas fruit.At thi- time, w h» a the ordinary Jexa* rancher and fanner i*. hauling the la.-t of hereof ton to tin* local ;y:i and making readv for the winter Sfiivon with its r« lavod activities, the 1* » f*ramil* land owner is coining into the httsinest sea*on of his year. The vegetal*!* crop plan!**d aft»*r cotton w as picU**d Is now' eoming into hulk product ion. String lieuns. lt;*al»hage, now Iri-I* spuds, spinach. tomatoes nml carrots are arriving at shipping l*oints in huge lt;|iiantlties. I’p to the day Is fi re Thanksgiving the winter vegetable shi|Mii«‘Uts had aggregated 122 cars plus fifty-nine car* of grata*, fruit. The irrigated district* are husyand pro*.j*'Tons.“The newest fruit product in the Rio Grande Valley Is the Foster PinkItIhIn1 uj * ft flI; 11 • ut
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Harlingen Star
Harlingen, Texas, US
Fri, Jan 16, 1925
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