New-York tribune., 1886-01-31
AMERICAN RAISlNS.
GREAT GROWTH OF THE CALIFORNIA EN-

GREAT GROWTH OF THE CALIFORNIA En-
TERPRISE-UTILlZGNGA DESERT
iron An OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT OF TIE TRIBUNE"
Los ANGELES, Cai,Jan. 22.-Ihe LOU boxes Vi |
raisins shipped from Los Angeles County Ill looo
representcd the entire product OF SoutheIh '"li"i
MIA careful estimate OF last years CioP
il, tnis vicinity makes it 10000 boxes or taxing
the whole State 500, 900; and the vineyards ul3-
inr honses and apparatus represent S3,OOoOOo cap
itol invested The rate of increase shown by ticsc
figures may seem startling; but 1t Is Vp'c"iS
Californian. and is based on sound business Prlh
ciples The annual consumption OF raiSih9 III wv
United States is stated TO be 1000 COO boxes O"i
fornia is the only state that offers iacllteS LOT 'S
industry, in possessing the requisite climate an"
soil And as long the present duty o! = con'S i.c
poupd is maintained, ralsin culture VIII lie pioh'-
able The removal of tins impOSt womb l"'h '"'
raisjn makers into vino and brandy producers as
that would he the only use 10 WhicH t'oN '0"''
turn their vineyards
As the profits after alowingthe necessary g'a"o
soIa find the average net result 10 be about Tloo
nor acre though know OF several instances where
Inv skilful husbaniry It was run up to T2'o anu
5000 Success in TINS branch OF agriculture ue-
pcnds as much OIL the ability and "savvy ol INC
man as in any other pursuit ana 1t Woniu he loIS
for any one TO imagine that he could step from the
couuting-room. behind the counter, or an E"S'o'h
farm and by coming to California makc MS fortune
,,vino embryotic mincc PIES. In the first place 1t
fakes about SIX years for a vineyard TO hci PIoHE
oblv. Some little returns may be had at ANA alter
+L, tbird vear but not much till the abovemen-
Toned ncriod Peculiar combinations of soil ana
clmate o1c necessary though rs the result ol tho
sbrcwd idea of one of the heayicSl raisn pIoancerN
borc which shall refer to- the matter ol climate
Incomes of secondary importance. The long wait
inc far IN income combined with the price at which
,ood r,isin-laud is held, makes the undertaking AZ
most prohibitory TO the small capitalist.
Foreign rasinS are respectively graded leSar''nE
ouaIity. as "Dahcsa CiGsterS, London Layers
"Layers," and "Loosc Mns2atelS 'alIoii'i'n
rro1uccrs have adopted the same plans, making
rheir boxes however, to hold each only twenty
nonpds. as against the twenty-t two pound boxes "i
tLo innorted fruit This shortage has initiated
sou,oyyLut against their interest dealers and con
.,,pars naturally pretcrrng the box cOhtanlnG tie
fullest weight Two other difficulties Lave HAD To
he met. want of knowledge in packing and hand
line. and the hostility of jobbcs who had de-
vcloped trade in the imported article. FIVE years
strdy and practcc have overcome the first, ana tHc
fneness and keeping quality OF the domestic prod
net coupled with the late cholera epidemic IN
SU'in have overcome the barriers erected 10y pro- !.
dire and self-iutercst. The American people sun
I rns.rss though to less extent thah III IGlMti
vears more or less ccntcmDt toT native products
and a corresponding desire for anything " IN
porcd" 1t is almost an open srGIe tld' dIIioiil"
meet, part Of the great demand for the Oh"teadA
vines iy discreet use OF foreign labcIs' ana many
/ = Inn.ev-ife who would not dream OF using Ameli-
can ruislns has gladly paid almost tW!cc a. inn'H
! for a box with Spanish Iaoe! rs lic Aloit"rePc
would ask her for box pT"Oanly rom lHe SUN sur
,,;ney,Td as the first only honestly marked Cali
! forni, Fruit However. am obliged To- admit that
| ! fnI tI,c slpply Of "Iahesas' and London Lay
d,aT lir,trd. raisin makers .haviHg made an easy
and large proit by packing inferior gIadrN nave no'
| Lccn uus she'd TO use much care If'S season now
| ever. q widespread cHolt Is Ue'"S m""0 W P"' w
'iT Th ecraare occupied by raiin vineyards though
limited to localI'' more or lesa Iee 'IV % 80 ~
! he rate of nearly 33 l-3 per cent per annum Inc
question Of climatic dTynesS has b"cn very seiIou'
consideration but Is now solved by avery sIhpe cN,
| ncdicnt so simplc indeed, that II seems absurd
That no one ever thonght OF 1t before Mr. E0bcTt
| MCPHERSON iaTg, pIoducer at Orange lad 1h"ul
! on doo LoXrs of ralsius on the driving trays not
! long ago when an uncN NpeClcd ram het ~ sH"It
shower Will not 90 material Hai.a-c u tnr y',ei ,
IL-,"b LnIn3 ~ in1niry. "Old pTobs" wired Mr. Nc
! phcrson that long storm was ndIcatcd thr latter
! i,nmcdl lately loaded his fruit into lIelGht cars
r'I.Lti them down to the Colorado desert and set
nnhsd driving trays there at the present tllhc ne mas
fourteen carloads concentrating thel eWee'hc1S on
the desert air. His experiment mas proven 10 S'lI'
fIc,nry that lie intends hereafter TO snip ms grapes
no soon as picked. and do the whole drying ana
norup uroces, there. Others III douhtlcsN follow
be- "vonrlc This happy thought viii Increase the
nns.iIIe vineyard acreage by making the SUITABILITY
Of soil the main dcslcratum, and VIII iartIaAJ
ftIN
of Frcuouts first visit to the desert down to to-
DAVIS Pullman carload OF tourists, " W ~ was the
| o61,niuaton Of desOlatiOn over created
The Muscat Cincludng It's many varletIcsl Is tho
raisin grape No other species has yet been ioa9d
TO take its place, thongh for c0oMhg p9rIo'e5 1lc
secllrss Sultana and Black aud Nmto torlhih are
growing in favor. The latter thlcc are small and
DO not answer for table fruit.
Among other charges, winch nave proven I 10 .9 no
,ritLont foundation, made against the California
raI-Ins it has teen said that they would not keep
ond th3t they crystallizcd almost az once. ! saw at
a. tc faIr at Los Angeles several boxes three and
fmr wears old. Which were rs fresh and mellow as
il of This seasons pack. Drying ana eyapDIathI
machines have been much cNpcrlmcnted WITH but
Tins far with unsatisfactory results, For the
lover grades such as stcmmed raisns. they answer
veil enough but are more than useless when ~
comes TO making clusters. The cost Ci iuc IS Snch
Ss to preclude their use if thcy answered the
"nrVose The utilization Of the desert, referred to
piapI,o Socms TO present 50 many advantages that
hackers Will probably not look for aud from
artificial methods. The Chief points OF production
in southern California are Orange, Santa Anna ana
, / RiXprgidC,