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January 19, 2010 A Penton Media Property Volume 4, Issue 1


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Top Story
Table grape wholesaler looks for higher production in 2010

Yields in Stevco, Inc., table grape vineyards in the Coachella and San Joaquin Valleys last year were about 20 percent below normal.


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Features
Two new grape varieties offer alternatives to Thompsons
Autumn King was developed by USDA’s Agricultural Research Service horticulturists and released five years ago. The work was directed by ARS Horticulturist David Ramming, based at the ARS San Joaquin Valley Agricultural Sciences Center near Parlier, Calif.

Smaller raisin crop promises to end a supply glut

Production of California raisins last year was down an estimated 20 percent to 30 percent from the 2008 crop, reports Gerald Chooljian, president of Del Rey Packing Company, Del Rey, Calif., and chairman of the Reserve, Sales and Marketing Committee of the Raisin Administrative Committee.

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