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The Raisin Industry

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The Raisin Industry

Gustavus A. Eisen

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Muscatels, dehesa raisins, and lye-dipped lexias: Gustavus Eisen knew every raisin by name, and his industry study covers history, varieties, districts, and the California business then rising. The complete Victorian text on drying the grape. How a Mediterranean craft became an American empire in the San Joaquin. Follow the harvest into the sun.

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94 chapters

  1. 1THE RAISIN INDUSTRY.
  2. 2PREFACE.
  3. 3TABLE OF CONTENTS.
  4. 4HISTORICAL.
  5. 5RAISINS.
  6. 6THE CURRANT.
  7. 7MUSCATELS.
  8. 8DEHESA RAISINS.
  9. 9LEXIAS, OR LYE-DIPPED, AND OTHER RAISINS.
  10. 10VARIOUS KINDS OF RAISINS.
  11. 11RAISIN DISTRICTS.
  12. 12FOREIGN DISTRICTS.
  13. 13RAISINS IN ANCIENT TIMES.
  14. 14MODERN RAISIN DISTRICTS.
  15. 15THE MALAGA DISTRICT.
  16. 16VALENCIA AND DENIA.
  17. 17CORINTH AND CURRANTS.
  18. 18SMYRNA RAISINS.

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