2 BULLETIN 35, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Table I. — Shipments of fresh grapes from California, 1902 to 1912, inclusive. 
Crop year. 
Carloads. 
Crop year. 
Carloads. 
Crop year. 
Carloads. 
1902 
1,033 
1.804 
1,451 
1,602 
1 1906 
1907 
1908 
1909 
2,052 
3,460 
3,816 
5,875 
1 1910 
4,948 
6,375 
1903 : 
i 1911 
1904 
1912... 
6.354J 
1905 
1 Compiled from the annual numbers of the California Fruit Grower. 
Much difficulty has been experienced in the past in transporting 
grapes over long distances and in holding them in sound condition 
long enough to get the benefit of the late holiday demand. As long as 
the present methods of picking and marketing table grapes remain 
unchanged the area over which the fruit can be distributed in sound 
condition is practically limited to its present dimensions. It is nec- 
essary, therefore, to find new markets within this area as outlets for 
the increasing production and to create a larger demand for this 
class of fruit, as well as to extend the area and lengthen the market- 
ing season by improving the methods of handling and storing the 
grapes. 
In addition to the great increase in the production of California 
table grapes, importations from Spain continue large. Table II 1 
shows the quantity and value of Spanish grapes imported into the 
United States during the past seven years. 
Table II. — Imports of Spanish grapes into the United States during the fiscal 
years 1907 to 1913, inclusive. 
Fiscal year. 
Cubic feet. 
Barrels. 1 1 Pounds. 
Value. 
1907 
1,278,325 
2, 193, 617 
1,145,748 
1,319,907 
1,448,420 
1,969,651 
1, 104, 799 
655, 551 
1,124,932 
587. 563 
676,875 
742, 779 
1,010,077 
566. 564 
30,810,897 
52,871,804 
27,615,461 
31,813,125 
34, 910, 613 
47, 473, 619 
26, 628, 518 
$1,531,352 
1908 
2, 673, 563 
1909 
1,473,095 
1910 
1,591,800 
1911 
1,637,281 
1912 
2,254,946 
1913 
1,285,203 
i A barrel contains 1.95 cubic feet, the grapes weighing approximately 47 pounds. 
The grapes produced in California are of the Vinifera or Euro- 
pean type, differing materially from the American or native grapes 
grown in the eastern and central-western sections of this country. 
They are of the same general type as the "AJmeria" or " Malaga " 
grapes imported from Spain, although the Almerian varieties are 
not as yet produced in commercial quantities in the United States. 
The Spanish grapes begin to arrive during the latter part of Septem- 
ber, most of the shipments reaching this country during November; 
the fruit is then marketed throughout practically the entire winter. 
1 Compiled from the Annual Reports on Commerce and Navigation of the United States, 
Department of Commerce and Labor. 
