II Jan., 1909. 



Valeticia Raisins or Lexias. 



better suited for the cultivation of the vine than for that of the orange 

 or tomato, which find their place on the rich irrigable llat lands further 

 north. Hence it is that the vine has been so extensively planted and 

 has become the leading feature of the district and the chief source of its 

 prosperity. 



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I. SNOW STORM NEAR DENIA, FEBRUARY, 1907. 



The photographs here reproduced will serve to give some idea of this 

 part of the country and of the situation of the raisin vinevards. No. 



:. RAISIN GROWING 



DENIA. 



I, taken after the snow storm of February. 1907. i^hows a n:ost unusual 

 occurrence for snow is rare in these parts. It nevertheless illustrates 

 the fact that the climate is colder than that of our Australian vine dis- 

 tricts and colder than Malaga where snow is unknown. 



