11 TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



San Bernardino County 48 



Location and Acreage ; Climate; Irrigation; Soils; The Vineyard ; The Crop; The 



Profits and Other Items. 



Orange County and Santa Ana 52 



General Remarks ; Location ; Climate ; Soils and Ripening ; The Vineyard ; The 



Crop and its Curing ; Yield and Profits. 



San Diego and El Cajon 55 



Location and Acreage ; Climate and Rainfall ; Soils ; The Vines and the Vineyard ; 



The Crop. 

 Other Raisin Districts 59 



CLIMATIC CONDITIONS, SOILS, LOCATION AND IRRIGATION 60 



Climatic Conditions Favorable and Unfavorable to the Raisin Industry ... 60 



Limits of the Raisin Districts ; Dry Seasons, Spring and Fall Rains ; Winter Rains ; 



Frost in Spring and Winter; Summer Temperature; Winds, Injurious and 

 Beneficial ; Fogs and Moisture in the Air ; Ideal Conditions of Climate. 



Soils 67 



General Remarks ; Malaga ; Valencia and Denia ; Smyrna ; Zante ; Chile ; Fresno ; 



Other Soils in San Joaquin Valley ; Orange County ; Redlands and Riverside ; 

 El Cajon ; Subsoils ; Hardpan Soils ; Comparative Value of Soils ; Alkali Soils ; 

 Fertilizing. 



Irrigation 77 



Introductory Notes ; the Necessity of Irrigating the Raisin Vines ; Health and Lon- 

 gevity of Irrigated Vines ; The Bearing Quality of Irrigated Vines ; Quality of 

 Irrigated Grapes ; Various Methods of Irrigation ; Irrigation by Flooding ; Irri- 

 gation by Furrowing ; ; Subirrigation ; Seepage ; Drainage The Influence of 

 Irrigation on the Soil. 



The Raisin Grapes 87 



Introductory Notes ; Muscatel or Gordo Blanco ; Muscat of Alexandria ; Huasco 



Muscat ; Other Varieties of Muscat ; Seedless Sultana ; Black Currant ; Other 

 Varieties of Currants ; Thompson Seedless ; Other Seedless Grapes ; Malaga ; 

 Feher Szagos ; Other Raisin Grapes. 



DISEASES AND INSECT PESTS 93 



Powdery Mildew or Uncinula 93 



General Notes ; Characteristics ; History and Distribution ; Remedies. 



Downy Mildew or Peronospora . . .. 95 



General Notes. 



The Vine Plague 96 



Characteristics ; Nature and Cause ; Damages ; Remedies. 



Leaf-hopper 98 



Characteristics ; Damages ; Distribution ; Remedies. 



Red Spider 100 



Characteristics ; Remedies. 



Caterpillars 100 



Characteristics ; Damages ; Remedies. 



Black-knot 102 



Characteristics ; Remedies. 



Grasshoppers 102 



General Notes ; Remedies. 



THE RAISIN VINEYARD ^ 104 



Planting .^ 104 



Distances for Muscat Vines ; the Marking Out of a Vineyard ; Relative Value of Cut- 

 tings and Rooted Vines ; The Making of Cuttings ; The Care of Cuttings ; Plant- 

 ing Cuttings ; Care of Young Cuttings ; Transporting Cuttings to Distant Parts ; 

 Rooting Cuttings ; Care of Rooted Cuttings ; Planting Rooted Vines ; Proper 

 Time for Planting ; Cost of Cuttings and Rooted Vines ; Winter Plowing ; Plow- 

 ing Devices; Cultivation; Back-furrowing; Cross-plowing; Weed-cutters; 

 Cutter-sled ; Hoeing ; Time for Cultivation. 



