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i1rnilo weather rusn VIII urp In
AlIui fourteen tuA when showers
l1H iho lfnlg ore stacked nn0 above
another WIN tho dee well pfnIo tod
w ilit position The ffut viii stand A
heavy rain wlth0 % daifimcnt. Il has
been lolrned that 10 incl ne the trays
.u the sun lin, items tho cyaporatinp.
Wh'n about hnlf dry the iut Il turmoil
IN . body Thi. stop 70 w.rc. detlori.
81 An empty tray IL inverted upon a
.ull ono. four men thcn turn both trays
im%uliancously, the flll tray becoming
.he empty one.
Frequently. during the process OF
irving, the trays are LEFT on ihc GROUND
lr woon the rows. Sometimes they I
z disposed ~ on open spa @ for the
lIl rays 81 the sun and tho swcnp OF .
air. Mr.. ljaekus arranges his
ray, around the margin of bis vine I
ard An early custom WIS TO euro
.!e grapes on the ground itself, turning I
1e punches by hand. Later, thoy were
upon paper, then upon boards, then
.p0n frames made OF Hath. trays are
! very modern invention.
The berries no brin Of uniform siyc.
viii be readily understood that they :
40 not dry evenly. But before pack. y
~ Tue moisture must be equally dif. c
used, the fragile stems must DO made
liable, that the lunches be- not broken
D pa king, AMI the aro1aof the raisins t
'ust tc developed. To accomplish this
ne trays are placed for n few DAYS in
ycal boxes, several trays in each boz. b
ne fruit IS then in fine condition for
10 ultimate step-packing. Be ore s.
as Is taken the raisins are assorted
ITO classes called ''layers,' "London
lcrs and loose Muscatels." From y
70 last grade the Riverside Pack NJ Il
ompnny selects the small, scedlcss
IiS'ns, and classes them rs IS clless n
ilianas though grown on Muscat o
ms. Before turning the trays some
aries remove the clusters which will b
axe London layers. and place them
! separate trays where they may dry CT
iiiormly.
After the distribution into classes. the =
are weighed into pa rccls of livo D.
FUNDS each. The packer puts these n
10 a mold and places them in a lever ~
'ess until they are suitably compact.
hen he drops them. wrapped in fine VI
bite paper, into the box in which they :,
. TO 20 10 market. Boxes are graded VI
TO sizes. holding two and a hall. five. ten r.
ii twenty pounds. The last are known u
whole boxes. They contain four OF "
9 dye.pound packages. In the small. IL
boxes The layers arc separated BY al
per.
California raisin.makers are learning
At vines allowed TO ovcrbear produce
inferior quality Of ~raisins. 4 larpcr h,
e aud higher flavor are obtained when =,
cy mature only n limited number of N
listers. The man who took the pro. n
.nm at the Centennial Exposition Mt h,
llladclphia, n yineyarlist OF Malaga. al
IS not permit his vines To exceed two n,
unds oi grapes each. His best raisins ri
u for five dollars per box in Malaga. =,
5 ono dollar grade i tho quality I'M M
riod so largely into the United States, n,
q IS said to be equal to the average of
.lifornia raisin. The inference Il N
ain. Some iifty or sixty varieties Of nj
grapes Of large size and OF iinc .,
yor arr grown on this coast Los II
l7eies Cor. Chicago Time. In