CURRANT-GRAPE GROWING. 



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Table IV. — Relative behavior of ringed vines of the Panariti variety of currant 

 grapes grafted on 15 varieties of phylloxera-resistant stocks, trained on a 

 trellis at the Fresno Experiment Vineyard of the Department of Agriculture 

 in California, showing the fruiting results in 1918. 



Name of the variety and of the stock 

 upon which it was grown. 



1 



Tanariti variety: 



Aramon X Rupestris Ganzin No. 2 



Berlandieri X RipariaNo. 420-A.. 



Clairette dore' Ganzin 



Constantia 



Hotporup 



Monticola X Riparia No. 18804 



Monticola X RipariaNo. 18808 



Monticola X Rupestris 



Riparia X Rupestris No. 330G 



Riparia X Rupestris No. 101-14. .. 



Rupestris Martin 



Rupestris Mission 



Rupestris X Berlandieri No. 219-A 



Solonis Robusta 



Viala 



Range of dates in 4-year period. 



Growth 

 starting. 



Blooming. 



Fruit 

 ripening. 



Fruit borne in 1918. 



Quality. 



6 



Mar. 12 to 



Mar. 30. 

 Mar. 12 to 



Mar. 26. 

 Mar. 12 to 



Mar. 25. 

 Mar. 12 to 



Mar. 23. 

 Mar. 10 to 



Mar. 27. 

 Mar. 10 to 



Mar. 23. 

 Mar. 10 to 



Mar. 24. 

 do 



May 7 to 



May 14. 

 May 5 to 



May 8. 

 May 6 to 



May 9. 

 May 6 to 



May 13. 

 do 



May 5 to 

 May 13. 



May 6 to 

 May 17. 



....do 



Mar. 12 to 



Mar. 28. 

 Mar. 12 to 



Mar. 26. 

 Mar. 13 to 



Mar. 27. 

 Mar. 13 to 



Mar. 25. 

 Mar. 13 to 



Mar. 29. 

 Mar. 9 to 



Mar. 23. 

 Mar. 11 to 



Mar. 24. 



May 5 to 



May 15. 

 M y 6 to 



May 19. 

 May 5 to 



May 19. 

 May 7 to 



May 19. 

 May 6 to 



May 17. 

 May 5 to 



May 17. 

 May 5 to 



May 18. 



July 22 to 

 July 25. 



July 20 to 

 July 22. 



Aug. 2 to 

 Aug. 9. 



July 25 



July 22 to 



July 25. 

 July 19 to 



July 25. 

 July 22 to 



July 25. 

 July 19 to 



July 25. 

 July 20 to 



July 25. 

 July 24 to 



July 25. 

 Aug. 1 to 



Aug. 9. 

 do 



July 25 



July 18 to 

 July 25. 



Aug.'- 1 to 

 Aug. 9. 



Very good. 

 Excellent. 

 Very good. 

 do.... 



Good 



Very good. 



Good 



Very good. 

 Excellent. 

 Very good. 



do.... 



do.... 



.do. 



.do. 



17 



25 



32.5 



12.5 



12.5 



13 



23 



12.5 



12.5 



6 



13.5 

 15.5 

 13 



7.5 

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HARVESTING AND CURING CURRANTS. 



DRYING AS FORMERLY PRACTICED IN GREECE. 



The following is quoted from the Agricultural Explorer's notes 

 under date of March 6, 1901 : 



The drying of the fruit is an important process, and there is one common 

 substratum upon which all the corinths of commerce are dried. It is a sun- 

 baked paste of cow manure. Whether a drying floor is prepared on open spots 

 of ground scattered through the vineyards or consists of a large number of 

 light wooden trays to be carried by the hand, makes no difference, both must 

 be first painted with a thick coat of the above-mentioned paste and allowed 

 to dry in the sun. The explanation given is that the dried paste absorbs the 

 moisture from the injured grapes and continues during the night to absorb 

 moisture, as a coating of blotting paper would. In addition to this important 

 office as an absorbing stratum it is claimed that the fumes of ammonia which 

 are given off by it have the effect of giving the berries the desired dark-blue 

 color which is demanded by the trade. Whatever may be said in favor of 

 this method of curing, it can not fail to strike the unacquainted as an ex- 

 ceedingly curious and objectionable one. A visit to the drying fields does not 

 conduce to a removal of one's objection to such a method. Some improved 

 clean substratum ought to take the place of this old one, even though it ruin 

 the large manufactures of manure paste. 



