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TOMATOES
Texas tomato *production in 1949 was
3.870,000 bushels from 54,000 acres.
Texas, leading tomato shipping state, origi-
nates a third of the national movement every
year. Average annual acreage (1937-46) was
68,500, production 4.812,000 bushels, yield 70
bushels an acre. Production in 1948 was
4,997,000 from 77,800 acres, yield 64, value of
crop (fresh market only) $13,148,000.
Shipments totaled 8,347 cars from thirty-
three counties. The early and late-spring
movement is in three sections: Earliest is in
Cameron, Hidalgo and Willacy Counties in
the Lower Valley around April 1. Three weeks
later the Yoakum section comes on.
East Texas shipments center in the Jack-
sonville-Tyler area starting with the Living-
ston movement in May and continue with the
late Avery crop in Northeast Texas. In some
seasons a light spring crop originates in the
Falfurrias and Coastal Bend areas. Fall move-
ment starts around November 1. Shipments
from the Valley continue until January.
Leading points of origin in 1948 were Hidal-
go County, 2,905 cars, and Cameron, 1,377.
both in the Lower Valley. Cherokee, leading
East Texas county, shipped 738 cars.
About a fifth of the total acreage is for
processing. Canning plants turn out 2.500,000
cases a year. Commercial production started
in 1897 near Jacksonville with a six-car move-
ment. H. L. Henry and C. D. Jarrat were
early pioneers in the industry. Most impor-
tant varieties are Rutgers, Marglobe. Prit-
chard and Stone. Wilt and root rot are the
most damaging diseases. (For data on acre-
age, production and value_ see p. 214.)
ONIONS
Production of *onions in Texas in 1949 was
3,685,000 50-lb. sacks from 44,200 acres.4k 4
Photo by R N. 1 0 9e.
Lower Rio Grande Valley where Texas agricui-
Average annual acreage (1937-46) of onions
in Texas was 60.150, yield 83 fifty-pound sacks
and production 4,966,000 sacks. The 1948 crop
totaled 4,717,000 from an acreage of 54.500,
yield 87. and was valued at $13.920,000. This
was nearly twice the value of 1947. due to a
good price of $2.93 per sack. Colorado and
Texas are the leading onion-producing states.
Commercial production is in the Laredo.
Coastal Bend Raymondville. Winter Garden,
Wilson-Karnes, Eagle Pass and upper Black-
land districts (Ellis County, Garland-Farmers-
ville, Princeton-McKinney.) Carlot shipments
in 1948 were 7.566, exclusive of onion sets.
These originated In thirty-three counties.
Leading county was Webb (Laredo district)
with 2.263, followed by San Patricio with
1,233, Willacy with 1,213 and Nueces, 712.
South Texas areas account for 80 per cent
of the movement, in April and May. A month
later the Blackland crop, of around 600 to
1,000 cars a year, moves. In recent years an
onion-seed industry has developed.
Shipments go to nearly every state in the
Union. The Bermuda is the main variety.
(For data on acreage, production, and value,
see p. 214.)
SPINACH
The Texas *production of spinach in 1949
was 3.300,000 bushels from 30.000 acres.
Average annual acreage of spinach (1937-46)
was 39,030. yield 136 bushels an acre and pro-
duction 5,334,000 bushels. Production in 1948
was 4,160,000, yield 130 and acreage 32.000.
Value of the 1948 crop, at a price of $1.15 a
bushel, was $4,140,000 (for fresh market
only.) Texas Is the nation's leading spinach
state.
Carlot shipments in 1948 totaled 2,640 from
thirteen counties. This movement represents
*Official estimate Aug. 12. 1949.S..::
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