Excerpt from The Federal Raisin Marketing Order The California raisin industry includes more than raisin producers and over 20 packing firms who produce and market more than 40 percent of the world's supply of raisins. The typical crop of to tons has a farm value in the neighborhood of $50 million. During its 90-year history, the industry has grown and prospered, but has also suffered serious economic reverses. The dislocations experienced immediately after World War II, including declining domestic per capita consumption, loss of foreign markets, excessive market supplies, and as a result, depressed prices, caused the raisin industry to seek solutions to its economic problems through the Federal Raisin Marketing Order. Inaugurated in 1949, the Order has been in continuous Operation for 15 years. The raisin industry has used effectively the tools provided in the Order to achieve several benefits. These include substantial increases in prices paid to raisin producers and in packers' margins, expansion of sales in foreign markets, and progress toward orderly marketing. The industry has moved from an intolerable situation, prior to 1949, to a workable although not fully satisfactory marketing structure. However, several important problems remain. Some of these can be alleviated in the near future by industry actions within the framework of the Order. These actions include the following: (1) reducing price and market instability and, indirectly, instability Of incomes and production, and (2) expanding total raisin produc tion and sales. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Over 80 years of UC research plus industry and grower experience and innovation are brought together in this production manual. Covers all aspects of the California system of raisin production from vineyard planting and development, pest management, cultural practices, harvesting, drying, handling, and economic considerations, to inspection and marketing. Chapters on grapevine physiology, growth and development, fruitfulness, fruit ripening and drying, characteristics, and raisin quality factors reveal the latest in technology and best practices. This 280 page manual is illustrated with 86 color and black and white photographs, 44 tables, and 72 graphs and line drawings. A detailed appendix outlines resources and organizations in the California raisin industry.