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not largely undertaken. With grapes, as with other market fruits, the 

 planter usually confines his attention to a very few popular kinds. The 

 relative standing of grape varieties in the raisin industry is shown by 

 the California Board of Viticultural Commissioners' statement of the 

 raisin product of 1913 : 



Pounds of raisins. 



Muscats 96,588,798 



Thompson (Sultanina) 18,290,922 



Sultanas 12,159,861 



Malagas 1,266,983 



Faber Szagos 529,707 



Black dried grapes 238,143 



Total 129,074,414 



EASTERN GRAPES 



Though many of the improved varieties of the grape species indi- 

 genous east of the Rocky Mountains, and of the hybrids between these 

 species and the vinifera, have been introduced in California, their 

 growth for table fruit is almost of insignificant proportions, and does 

 not constitute even a respectable fraction of one per cent of our grape 

 area. The popular taste decidedly prefers the vinifera varieties. There 

 is, however, a variety believed to be of local origin, which is worthy 

 of mention as follows : 



Isabella Regia "A remarkable, giant-leaved, and very prolific sport of the 

 Isabella, originating by bud-variation with Mr. J. P. Pierce, of Santa Clara. 

 The berries, like the leaves, are of extraordinary size, and when ripe the fruit 

 is exceedingly sweet and strongly aromatic. It is, therefore, acceptable as a 

 showy, perfumed table grape, much liked by some, but readily surfeiting those 

 who are accustomed to the vinifera grapes.. The berries are too soft for ship- 

 ment to any distance, but all things considered, keep fairly." Hilgard. Grown 

 as the "California Concord" in the Los Angeles region. 



WINE GRAPES GROWN IN CALIFORNIA 



Progress is being continually made in the propagation of varieties 

 yielding wine, and in the manufacture thereof. The hosts of consid- 

 erations involved in this effort are beyond the scope of this work and 

 largely beyond the writer's knowledge. The grapes which are chiefly 

 commended by growers for the kinds of wine to which they are adapted 

 are as follows : Zinfandel, Alicante, Bouschet, Petite Sirah, Colombar, 

 Grenache, Valdepenas, Palomino, West's Prolific, Semillon, Carignane, 

 Green Hungarian, Burger, Mondeuse, Riesling, Cabernet, Chardonay, 

 Cabernet, Mataro, Sultanina, Blaue Elbe, etc. 



