(7) It has fewer seeds than most so-called seedless var¬ 
ieties, many fruits being entirely seedless. 
(8) It ripens fully two weeks earlier than its parent, 
having passed the maturity test more than that much 
earlier this season. ( 1936). 
(9) It is a younger and heavier bearer than its parent, 
having produced as much as half a box of fruit per tree 
the second year from planting and more than a box per 
tree the third year. 
(10) The tree is a healthy, robust grower like its parent, 
but it is more upright in habit, which permits closer 
planting, if desired. Holds up its fruit better, resulting 
in fewer culfs. 
IN SHORT IT HAS NO EQUAL AS A FANCY 
GRAPEFRUIT AND IS THE MOST VALUABLE 
DISCOVERY IN THE HISTORY OF CITRUS 
GROWING, SO FAR AS THE VALLEY IS CON¬ 
CERNED. NO OTHER OFFERS SUCH OPPORTUN¬ 
ITIES FOR PROFIT. 
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Why Redblush Should Be Planted 
in Preference to All Other 
Grapefruits 
(1) It is by far the most profitable to grow. Its super¬ 
ior quality, appearance and productiveness have been 
1 ully proven by six years experience in the parent grove, 
whose fruit sold this season (1936) as high as $7.00 per 
80 lb. box at the gtove. 
(2) It can only be grown to perfection here where it 
originated, since the pink-fleshed sorts show poor color 
as grown in Florida and none in California. Therefore, 
the world supply of Redblush fruit must inevitably come 
from the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas. 
(3) Excepting the few Redblush trees that have already 
been propagated, all trees for future groves are yet to 
be grown. Hence it would seem impossible to over-pro¬ 
duce it under fifteen to twenty years. The high prices 
to which Redblush fruit is entitled will be the rich re¬ 
ward of the planter who "gets in on the ground floor.” 
(4) It costs no more to grow Redblush than it does to 
grow an inferior variety, while the reward is certain to 
be very much greater. 
(5) The unique quality and appearance of Redblush will 
enable a specialty market to be readily created in the 
North, so Redblush growers need not depend upon the 
promiscuous shipping of their fruit. Two cents per 
pound should certainly be the lowest price at which they 
will ever need to sell, and the following paragraph clear¬ 
ly shows the fine earning to be made at even that ob¬ 
viously low figure. 
A careful study of actual Valley yields since the be¬ 
ginning of the industry here shows that the average 
yield from all producing groves has been at least 50 
boxes of fruit per tree for the first ten years after plant¬ 
ing, or 3500 boxes per acre. At only two cents per 
pound this shows a profit of $5,600.00 per acre. And 
this profit is net, because at ten years from planting the 
grove is just coming into full bearing and will increase 
in yield each year for another ten yeears, so is worth 
much more than it has cost to produce it. 
What value will you place on your ten acre grove 
at the end of the first ten years, after it has produced 
an annual income of $5,600.00? If you expect twenty 
per cent it is worth $28,000.00. And it is quite possible 
to double these results- It has been done here in the 
Valley. 
Remember, the above figures apply only to the first 
ten years, after which your grove will steadily increase 
in yield for at least another ten years. Basing your sec¬ 
ond ten year term on an average production of only ten 
boxes per tree per year (and more than twenty boxes 
have frequently been made), the above figures will be 
doubled. 
The above figures are based on the assumption that 
the trees are planted 25x25 feet, or 70 trees to the acre, 
which is considered the proper distance for mature trees 
here. By interplanting, which is perfectly practical, the 
profits from a grove for the first ten years may be al¬ 
most doubled, as explained elsewhere in our literature. 
This plan is well worth serious consideration. 
PLANT A GROVE OF REDBLUSH ON GOOD 
CITRUS LAND AND THEN TAKE CARE OF IT 
AND IT WILL TAKE CARE OF YOU. 
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Advantages of Interplanting a Grove 
with Redblush Grapefruit 
In order for any citrus grove to produce the largest 
quantity of the highest quality fruit, the trees should be 
as close together as possible without crowding. The rea¬ 
son for this is that the trees will protect each other from 
wind and other damage, resulting in fewer culls and 
more and better textured fruit. Experience has proven 
that 25x25 feet is the proper distance for mature trees 
here, bu t they do not need nearly so much room for 
several years after planting. So it is good business to 
interplant the rows one way, as we are doing with all 
our own. By this system we get double production for 
several years, or until the trees begin to crowd, when the 
extra trees may be removed to another location, thus 
practically doubling our acreage. They will not need to 
be removed until about the 7th or 8th year, by which 
time they will have produced enough extra fruit to pay 
for the entire grove. It is especially advisable to inter- 
