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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. Copyrighted.
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