p. 638 | THE RAISIN INDUSTRY

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Oct 19, 1888

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 14, No. 40.

THE RAISIN INDUSTRY.

THE profits of the raisin industry in California are such that there would be no hardship to extensive grape-growers if prohibition were to become a law in this State. When Mr. G. G. Briggs, the father of the California raisin industry, first began to ship raisins to the East he received seventy-five cents a box. The same quality raisins now sell at from $2.50 to $4.00 per box, and will average $3.00. In Fresno County there are vineyards that yield ten tons of grapes to the acre. These dried would make 250 boxes, which, at $3.00 per box, would bring $750. At these prices and at the present demand for California raisins, our citizens need not be afraid of ruining our grape industry by adopting prohibition.