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[Number 278. 



■who are incliaed to doubt the distinctness of the Huasco, but 

 all authorities agree respecting the unique excellence of the 

 Huasco raisin. There is, therefore, a wide field for investiga- 

 tion here. 



The White Malaga makes a raisin of fair quality that ships 

 better in bulk than the Muscat raisins ; being gathered at one 

 crop it is preferred by growers in districts subject to early 



bears enormous crops. The round and seedless berries are 

 an amber-yellow when ripe, with perhaps a brownish tinge in 

 the sun. The yield of grapes has been sixteen tons to the 

 acre, in suitable localties. The raisin made from this grape is 

 slightly, but agreeably, acid. It needs long, warm summers 

 to ripen well. 

 Another group of seedless grapes, the true Currant Grape 



rains. Still more interesting, because only recently used as a 

 raisin grape, is the Feher Szagos, a large greenish amber 

 Sherry-wine grape of Hungary. This notable " Wliite Jack," 

 which the name means, has been grown for thirty years or 

 more in California, but only recently as a raisin grape. 



Seedless Sultana represents a very different class from the 

 preceding varieties. It must be pruned long, and then 



f^'g- 39- — Syringa pubescens in a Massachusetts garden. — See page 264. 



type, comes, like the Sultana, from the Grecian isles and the 



shores of Asia Minor. The Black CurrantGrapehas small berries, 

 black and seedless, and a peculiar, rich aroma. The white and 

 the red varieties, though desirable and free bearers, are less 

 valuable for currants. The black variety has not yet been 

 planted to any great extent in California, as the proper locality 

 for it has not yet been discovered. 



