. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Tmm MBJEMICJtH BM®, JQVM^mi^. 6G5 When a vineyiU'J is laid out the main idea of accessibility and convenience in cultivatinj; and picliing the fruit is borne in mind. For tliis reason tlie cuttings or slips from older vines are planted eight feet apart, or 680 to the acre. This is the usual distance, though occasion- ally a broader space is left for conveni- ence in driving through the PICKING THE GRAPES. The cultivating of the ground and the pruning of the vines to insure strengtli and stockiness are in no way different from the processes
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Tmm MBJEMICJtH BM®, JQVM^mi^. 6G5 When a vineyiU'J is laid out the main idea of accessibility and convenience in cultivatinj; and picliing the fruit is borne in mind. For tliis reason tlie cuttings or slips from older vines are planted eight feet apart, or 680 to the acre. This is the usual distance, though occasion- ally a broader space is left for conveni- ence in driving through the PICKING THE GRAPES. The cultivating of the ground and the pruning of the vines to insure strengtli and stockiness are in no way different from the processes familiar to the horti- culturist of the east. The interest cen- ters mainly in the mode of preparing the grapes to figm'e as California raisins on the table. When the grape has attained that de- gree of ripeness which indicates that picking time has come the vine grower gets together his help, if he is going to see the thing through himself, or sells the fruit as it stands to one of the big packing comjaanies. Large crews of men, women and children, often Chinese or Mexicans, are engaged, and as the sun rises they begin their day's work. A sharij knife or shears separates the bunches of fruit from the vine. Shallow wooden trays of a size to be handled easily are at hand, and into these the clusters are placed very tenderly to avoid bruising. When the tray is full it is earned to the drying ground. In southern California at this time of the year there is almost perpetual sun- shine, and no necessity exists for artifi- cial heat in the drying process. The tilled trays are placed in long rows in open spaces where the sun has free ac- cess, and at the end of twenty days the product is dried grapes, which command a comparatively small price in the mar- ket. In many vineyards the trays, after being filled one bunch deep, are leaned against the vines and there allowed to dry, the perfection of simplicity in the curing process. The trays are then taken to the pack- ing house. There th
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