The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1920-06-14
1920
GRAPE CROP
WILL Be LARGE

SAN FRANCISCO. June 1.-THE
buds OF n tremendous vintage are on
the grape vines in California and the
growers are taking u chance tha,
prohibition restrictions will be mod
ified before grape crushing time next
September and October, according to
T.. NJ. Sheehan. former secretary OF
III. state viticui,urai Commission
LAS, year" Sheehan said. the
win. rrape Yield was 100000 tons
from 10000 acres, with an uneer-
tain market This year the y'e'a'
weather permitting. will be ep"a,N
,s great with a market that must be
brought into existence. The growers
have staked n fortune estimated ~
$4,000. 600. the value OF the Vih''
age, on the hope ,ha, the prohibition
statues will be swept away or mod'
aed to the extent that they viii allow
wines OF the moderate alcoholic con-
ten, formerly manufactured here
III prohibition remains two aVen'
ues. both highly uncertain. accord
inr 10 the growers, are open for dis
posal OF the grape yield. One Is
through manufacture OF grape syrup
and the other Is the wine ra'sin
Crane market. OF the two the grape
syrup agency is said to be the more
promising. Wine grapS raiSins 10
the extent Of about 10000 tons were
turned out OF California vineyards
last year. but II was reported that
when the growers learned eastern
and other consumers were said To oe
converting them into wine. they
stopped the sale as they did not want
10 create an illegitimate market.
rnseeded the wine grape raisin Is
good for little but wine making.
Seeded II Is declared to be n close
rival to the little currants brough'
from the Grecian vineyards. but the
seeding process Is costly and the
market uncertain.
The wine grape syrup Is an In
tense concentration OF the crush
from any one or from a number OF
grape varieties. The raw Juice Is
subjected to a vacuum eondensing
process which draws on the water
while preventing carmelization or
browning. The process reduces the
LIQUID to one fourth OF It's original
quantity and creates sugar content
avering IS degrees. chemical mea-
surement. This. together with the
absence OF water prevents fermenta-
ton. The syrup may be used for
number OF purposes. one OF the prin-
cipai ones being the creation OF a
variety OF soft drinks.
THE syrup market. however. still
Is in the embryo and has a number OF
other commercial elements TO com
pete against. There Is no reason to
believe. according TO growers. that
Il will absorb even a small quantity
OF the enormous vintage, therefore,
they say. wine appears TO be the only
relief Syrup condensers have been
established at Benicis. Sacramento
and Healdsburg. Cal. and the pro-
ciss is 80 simple II Is said they can
be established almost anywhere on
short notice.
Growers now are being offered
from $50 to $40 a ton for this years
yield. but they are taking all the
chances. The contracts hold good
only II the grapes can find a market.
and the growers in addition must
bear all the risk OF securing trans.
portation. They are being urged not
to sell at these inflated figures.
which we deem to be purely specu.-
lative.
THE Grape Growers Exchange Is
being formed to develop II possible
new markets for the wine grapes.
the big purpose being Hight wine
market IL 1t can legitimately be es-