TABLE OF CONTENTS. Hi 



Grafting the Muscat on Other Stocks 117 



Time for Grafting Raisin-vines ; Points to be Observed in Grafting ; Various 



Methods of Grafting; Stocks and their Influence. 



Various Summer Work 121 



Sulphuring ; Tying Over ; Covering the Vines ; Thinning the Crop ; Ringing the 



Vines ; The Vineyard labors of the Year. 



Pruning 124 



Winter Pruning or Pruning Hard Wood ; Bleeding of the Vines ; Summer Pruning 



or Pruning Green Wood ; Root-pruning ; Suckering. 



Various Vineyard Tools 130 



General Notes ; The Sheep's-foot ; The Planting-bar; The Dibble; Planting Chains; 



Spades ; Hoes ; Plows ; Cultivators ; Randel Disc Cultivators ; The Ash-trough ; 

 Sulphuring Cans and Bellows ; The Cutter-sled ; Vineyard Trucks ; Shears. 



DRYING AND CURING , 133 



California Sun-dried Raisins 133 



Notes ; Time of Ripening ; Signs of Maturity ; Picking ; Cleaning ; Drying on 



Trays ; Turning ; Reversing ; Slanting the Trays ; Elevating the Trays ; Stack- 

 ing Against Rain and Dew ; Taking Up ; Covering ; Drying-floors ; Dryers ; 

 Sweatboxes ; Trays for Drying. 



California Lye-dipped Raisins 149 



General Notes ; Dipping Process ; Drying and Curing ; Stemming, Grading and 



Packing. 



THE PACKING-HOUSE 153 



Buildings and Mechanical Appliances 153 



The Packing-house ; The Stemmer and Grader ; The Sweating-house ; The Presses ; . 



Boxes and Cartoons ; Packing Frames and Packing Trays ; Facing-plate ; 



Scales ; Labeling Press ; Tables ; Bags and Bagholders ; Trucks ; Trays for 



Weighing ; Followers ; Paper ; Tin Boxes. 



Loose Raisins 158 



Stemming and Assorting ; Packing and Cleaning ; Sacking ; Facing, Top-up 



Method ; Facing, Top-down Method ; Comparative Value of the Two Methods. 



Layer Raisins 162 



Sweating and Equalizing; Packing Layers, Top-up Method; Packing Layers. 



Top-down Method ; Filling ; Nailing and Trimming ; Labels. 



STATISTICS OF IMPORTATION, PRODUCTION AND PRICES 169 



Production of Raisins in California from 1873 to 1889; Number of Acres in Raisin 



Grapes in California in 1890 ; California and Malaga Prices, Importation, etc. , from 

 1871 to 1889 ; Exports of Malaga Raisins from 1864 to 1889 ; Exports of Valencia 

 Raisins from 1850 to 1889 ; First Cost of Crop of Valencia Raisins ; Production 

 and Distribution of Smyrna Raisins from 1844 to 18*4 ; World's Raisin Produc- 

 tion in 1890 ; Importation of Raisins, Currants and Figs into the United States 

 from 1873 to 1878; Importation of R"Sisins, Currants and Figs into the United 

 States from 1879 to 1888 ; Consumption of Currants and Raisins per Head of 

 Total Population in 1884 ; Prices Ruling in the California Raisin Districts. 



THROUGH THE CALIFORNIA RAISIN DISTRICTS 181 



Through San Joaquin Valley to Fresno 181 



From Los Angeles to Santa Ana 189 



From Santa Ana to San Diego 192 



El Cajon 195 



Riverside 199 



Redlands 202 



An Hour in a Packing-house 205 



RAISIN-GROWERS AND THEIR VINEYARDS 208 



G. G. Briggs ; R. B. Blowers ; Robert McPherson ; T. C. White ; Miss M. F. Austin ; 



Joseph T. Goodman; A. B. Butler; William Fofsyfn; A. D. Barling; San 

 Joaquin Valley Raisin Packers of 1889. 



LITERATURE 215 



Introductory ; List of Books of Reference. 



GENERAL INDEX 219 



