. Fruits, vegetables and flowers, a non-technical manual for their culture. i)iece of tissue j)aj)er. after lying out all ni^ht, is i-rispand stiff the next morning without a particle of moisture showing. Thereare some sliowers in October. Frequently it rains enough in NovemlHjrto cause considerable damage to partly dried raisins or grapes. In California, picking raisin grapes connnences the middle of August,the often lasting into November. It takes from thric \o fourpounds of grapes to make one pound of raisins or dried grapes. The timenecessary for drying and curing a tray of raisins
. Fruits, vegetables and flowers, a non-technical manual for their culture. i)iece of tissue j)aj)er. after lying out all ni^ht, is i-rispand stiff the next morning without a particle of moisture showing. Thereare some sliowers in October. Frequently it rains enough in NovemlHjrto cause considerable damage to partly dried raisins or grapes. In California, picking raisin grapes connnences the middle of August,the often lasting into November. It takes from thric \o fourpounds of grapes to make one pound of raisins or dried grapes. The timenecessary for drying and curing a tray of raisins is about three weeks, 1 GRAPES AND GRAPE CULTURE 107 depending on the weather, the earhest picked grapes drying in ten daysand the later ones often taking four weeks or more. The method ofdrying is very simple. The bunches are cut from the vines and placed onshallow trays, 2 feet wide and 3 feet long and 1 inch high, on which thegrapes are allowed to sun dry, being turned from time to time by simplyplacing an empty tray upside down on the full one and then turning both. Picking and Drying Raisin Grapes in California over and taking off the top tray. Some dip and scald the grapes, tocleanse the fruit, to hasten its drying and to give the fruit a lighter layer and seeded raisins are mostly made from the Alexandriagrape. The seedless raisins from the Sultana and Sultanina. The seed-ing, grading, packing and shipping of raisins have become separatebranches of the industry. REFERENCES13, S. Dept. of Agriculture: Year-Book article, Grape, Raisin and Wine Production in the United article, Some Uses of the Grape Vine and its of Plant Industry, Bulletin 172, Grape Investigations in the ViniferaRegions of the United S. Dept. of Agriculture, Farmers Bulletins: 284. Insect and Disease Enemies of the Grape East of the Rocky Grape Propagation, Pruning and Manufacture and Use of Unfermented Grape The M
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