. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 1496 RAISIN KAMPION ing purposes. Some "blenched" Seedless Sultana and Thompson Seedless are prepared, and commaud a higher price for no other reason than that they are con- sidered more pleasing to the eye. The delicious flavor and aroma are entirely destroyed in the bleaching with sulfur, and all po
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 1496 RAISIN KAMPION ing purposes. Some "blenched" Seedless Sultana and Thompson Seedless are prepared, and commaud a higher price for no other reason than that they are con- sidered more pleasing to the eye. The delicious flavor and aroma are entirely destroyed in the bleaching with sulfur, and all possible efforts should be made to dis- courage the practice. Few, if any, "dipped " Raisins are now prepared. The varieties planted are: White Muscat of Alexan- dria, the Muscatel Gordo Blanco and Malaga; and for seedless Raisins, the Seedless Sultana and Thompson Seedless. It is safe to say that the first two are the prevalent varieties and produce the finest Raisins. The Gordo Blanco is the favorite with some on account of its large uniform berries and full, even symmetrical clusters. The seedless varieties are both small. "Cur- rants" (which, by the way. are not "currants" at all, but the ciired fruit of the Zante or Corinth grape-vine) are only partially successfiil, and as they command a lower price, are not considered profitable in Cali- fornia. The Raisin vines are subject to the same diseases and insect pests as are the wine and table varieties of the Iritis vinifera type, and these are combated by the usual methods. Downy mildew is unknown in Califor- nia, and up to the season of 1900 no phylloxera had made its appearance in the Fresno vineyards. In the fall of that year, however, it was discovered in the district, and to what extent it will reduce the acreage, will, of course, depend upon the vigilance of the growers and prompt- ness with which replantings with resistant stocks are made. Of late years high assertions have been made for the
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