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HISTORICAL 5
Raisins 5
The Currant 6
Muscatels 7
Dehesa Raisins 7
Lexias or Lye-dipped Raisins 9
Various Kinds of Raisins 10
—Muscatels; Currants; Belvideres; Black Smyrnas; California Malagas; California Sun-dried Sultanas; Seedless Muscatels; Thompson Seedless; Dried Grapes; Lexias; California Dipped; Smyrnas; Faros; Huascos.
RAISIN DISTRICTS 10
Foreign Districts 10
Raisins in Ancient Times 10
Modern Raisin Districts 11
The Malaga District 12
—Extent and Age; Climate; Soil; location of the Vineyard; Varieties of Grapes; Characteristics of the Raisins; Yield of Grapes; Distances of the Vines; Pruning; Manuring and Fertilizing; Drying Floors or Sequeros; Drying and Curing; Packing; Labor.
Valencia and Denia 15
—Extent of the District; Soils and Appearance of the District; Climate; Irrigation; Quality of the Raisins; Planting and Care; Dipping and Scalding; Drying and Curing; Packing and Disposing of the Crop; Export and Production.
Corinth and Currants 22
—Historical and Geographical Notes; Characteristics and Quality; Soil and Irrigation; Preparation of the Land; Distances of the Currant Vines; Care of Cuttings; Planting and Grafting; Pruning the Vines; Care of the Vineyard; Ringing the Branches; Drying and Curing; Cost of Currant Vineyards in Greece; Consumption and Production.
Smyrna Raisins 30
—Districts in Smyrna; Climate; Care of the Vines; Dipping, Drying and Curing; Production and Export; Cost of Vineyards in Smyrna; Other Varieties of Raisins.
Italy and Italian Raisins 36
—Lipari and Belvidere; Pantellaria; Calabria.
Chile and Huasco Raisins 36
—Characteristics; Location; Varieties; Soils; Climate; Irrigation; The Vineyard; Drying and Curing.
California Raisin Districts 38
A General Review 38
—Early History; Later Planting; Acreage and Crops.
Yolo and Solano 40
—Soil and Climate; The Vineyard; The Crop.
Northern California 43
—General Remarks; Placer County; Yuba County; Sutter County; Colusa County; Butte County; Tehama County; Shasta County.
Fresno, Merced, Tulare and Kern 44
—Extent and Location; Soils and Climate; Irrigation; The Vineyard; Pruning and Other Operations; The Crop.
San Bernardino County 48
—Location and Acreage; Climate; Irrigation; Soils; The Vineyard; The Crop; The Profits and Other Items.
Orange County and Santa Ana 52
—General Remarks; Location; Climate; Soils and Ripening; The Vineyard; The Crop and its Curing; Yield and Profits.
San Diego and El Cajon 55
—Location and Acreage; Climate and Rainfall; Soils; The Vines and the Vineyard; The Crop.
Other Raisin Districts 59
CLIMATIC CONDITIONS, SOILS, LOCATION AND IRRIGATION 60
Climatic Conditions Favorable and Unfavorable to the Raisin Industry 60
—Limits of the Raisin Districts; Dry Seasons, Spring and Fall Rains; Winter Rains; Frost in Spring and Winter; Summer Temperature; Winds, Injurious and Beneficial; Fogs and Moisture in the Air; Ideal Conditions of Climate.
Soils 67
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THE RAISIN INDUSTRY.


A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON THE RAISIN GRAPES,
THEIR HISTORY, CULTURE AND CURING, WITH
SPECIAL REFERENCE TO CALIFORNIA,
BY GUSTAV EISEN.


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