GRAPE CULTURE IN CALIFORNIA.
According to the "San Francisco Merchant there.ere now m Galif oen la|at' least 4,000; wine' growerl, and, the area planted m vines 1b not less than 160, C00 acres. The value of this land, with the improvements, is not less than $60,000,000 Employment Is found for at least 40,000, who, with their families, represent a producing population of 150,000 persons. Four hundred varieties of grapes, are grown m California. Twenty million gallons of wine are produced yearly, and grapes are Bhlpped to almont every city and town m the Union, while Califo nlm raisins are competing with the best European products m the markets of the world.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1599, 2 July 1887, Page 3
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111GRAPE CULTURE IN CALIFORNIA. Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1599, 2 July 1887, Page 3
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