Dixondale Farms
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A Short History of Dixondale Farms
In the early 1900's, Joseph Mabson McClendon moved his family to Dimmit County from a small Central Texas town called Pancake, TX. In 1913, he began farming an area north of town called the Dixondale addition in the Wintergarden area. All of the current Dixondale Farms employees still live in that section of town as neighbors.
Joseph's son, Earl, who was 15 at the time, began farming with his father, growing onion transplants and sending them by train to farmers throughout the United States. Earl married Lula Bell, who came from a large old established family in Carrizo Springs, TX. They continued farming through the Depression and World War II and eventually offered the farming business to their son-in-law, Wallace Martin, after he got out of the Army and graduated from the University of Texas in 1948. Earl remained active in farming and ranching until his death in 1983.
Wallace Martin continued growing transplants as well as trying other crops such as cabbage and cauliflower. In 1982, Bruce Frasier got out of the Army and began working with Dixondale Farms. It was then that Bruce saw a need to distribute his product to home gardeners. In 1990, Dixondale Farms began sending out small quantities via UPS. This venture proved to be quite successful, and the business has grown to be the largest supplier of mail-order onion plants in the world.
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