The Raisin Industry / A practical treatise on the raisin grapes, their history, culture and curing

by Gustavus A. Eisen

Locke, John: Histoire de la Navigation. Paris, 1722.

Marston, H. C., United States Consul at Malaga: Fruit Culture in Malaga. United States Consular Reports, No. 41¹⁄₂ pages 682 to 689. 1884.

—— Malaga Raisins. United States Consular Reports, No. 10. Republished in said Reports, No. 41¹⁄₂, pages 691 to 693. 1884.

Mas et Pullat: Le Vignoble. Paris, 1876-77. On page 73, tome I, we find a figure of a Muscat of Alexandria with round berries, and which undoubtedly is nearly related to the Gordo Blanco. It is not the true Muscat of Alexandria. As synonyms are given Gordo Blanco and (Don Simon Roxas is referred to as authority) also Uva Zibeba. The latter is undoubted the same as our Muscat of Alexandria. Another synonym is Muscatel Romano, which again is only another name for Gordo Blanco. The French authors have undoubtedly everywhere confounded the two varieties. In the same work, page 31, tome I, we also find the White Corinth referred to as the currant grape of Zante, which is erroneous.

Moryson, Fynes: Itinerary, containing Twelve Years’ Travels through Turkey, France, etc. 1617.

Niebuhr, Carstens: Description de l’Arabie (Trans, from German). Copenhague, 1773. Mentions “Kishmish” seedless raisins from Arabia.

Nouveau Duhamel ou Traité des Arbres et Arbustes. Paris, 1815. On pl. No. 65, tome 7, figures Muscat d’Alexandria. This variety differs from our Muscat of Alexandria by having the berries less tapering, like the “Malaga.” On pl. 72, tome 7. there is a figure of White Corinth, but the bunch is too loose to be characteristic.

Pacific Rural Press: Edited by Prof. E. J. Wickson. Published by Dewey & Co., San Francisco; weekly. It contains in its pages occasional references to the raisin industry. The issue of Mays, 1877, contained an article on Huasco Grapes of Chile.

Pallas: Voyages dans pl. Provinces de l’Empire de Russie. I, b 13, “Kyshmish” seedless raisin grapes from Astrachan.

Pierce, N. B.: The Mysterious Vine Disease. Essay read before the State Horticultural Convention in Los Angeles, March, 1890. Published in California, a Journal of Rural Industry, Vol. III. No. 18, pages 2 and 3, 1890.