Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California • Page 117

Number OAKLAND TRIBUNE January, California Raisins Supply the Country California now produces United States, three-quarters all the raisins grown in the of the wine, and a large share of the shipping grapes. There are upward of 275,000 acres in California devoted to grape cultivation. Of this acreage about onehalf, or 150,000 acres, is planted to grapes intended for the exclusive making of wines, which comprise two divisions, namely, dry wines, consisting of red wines of the bordeaux, burgundy and chianti types, and white wines, of the rhine, moselle, sauterne and chablis types; and sweet wines, of the port, sherry, madeira, malaga, marsala and tokay types; and also angelica and sweet muscat. About 80,000 acres are devoted to the growing of grapes for raisin purposes. A large share of these grapes, especially the second crop, is sent to the distilleries to be made into brandy.