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their fruitfulness and earliness of bearing scarcely less so. The fruit 

 ripens from two to six weeks earlier than in any other part of Cali- 

 fornia except in the Coachella Valley, which is part of the same 

 climatological area. 



Fig. 26. Three-year-old Sultanina vine on Reid ranch. 



With these favorable conditions there seems to be every reason to 

 anticipate that the growing of grapes will be a very profitable industry 

 in the valley. On this point, however, there is a great diversity of 

 opinion among the growers. While some growers seem to have done 

 very well, others have failed to make a profit out of their crops. One 

 of the reasons given for failure to realize a profit is the high cost of 

 transportation and labor. But the price of such grapes as are accepted 



