496 GROWING GRAPES 



TABLE 50 



Graj^es, Ten Most Important States, Production,* 1937-39, 



IN Short Tons 



United States Department of Agriculture 



State 



1937 



1938 



1939 



Average 





89,100 



55,600 



75,600 



73,434 





67,200 



16,900 



58,100 



47,400 



Ohio 



37,800 



9,800 



42,800 



30,134 





26,000 



15,700 



23,200 



21,634 





12,300 



6,200 



12,500 



10,334 





12,800 



4,800 



8,200 



8,600 





8,600 



6,300 



8,800 



7,900 



North CaroUna 



8,100 



6,600 



7,500 



7,400 





5,000 



5,000 



5,800 



5,267 





2,454,000 



2,531,000 



2,173,000 



2,386,000 



Wine varieties 



641,000 



641,000 



548,000 



610,000 



Raisin varieties 



1,407,000 



1,443,000 



1,255,000 



1,035,000 



Dried t 



246,000 



290,000 



252,000 



162,967 



Not dried 



419,000 



283,000 



247,000 



316,667 



Table varieties 



416,000 



447,000 



370,000 



411,000 



♦For some states, in certain years, production includes some quantities unharvested on 

 account of market conditions. 



t Dried basis: 1 ton of dried raisins equivalent to 4 tone of fresh grapes. 



3. Selecting the soil. 



4. Selecting varieties. 



5. Determining time of planting. 



6. Determining planting distances. 



7. Securing the plants. 



8. Setting the plants. 



9. Managing the soil. 



10. Training the vines. 



11. Controlling insects and diseases. 



12. Harvesting the crop. 



13. Marketing the crop. 



14. Protecting vines in winter. 



