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ALE OF MILES 
Fic. 61. About three fourths of the grapes grown in Europe are used for making wine. France 
leads in grape production, with Italy second. The drying of graves for raisins is not important 
and is confined to Italy and the north coast of Africa. 
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table at home, how often do you have grapes compared with apples? 
oranges? bananas? 
Name a dried product that comes from grapes. Find out how it is made. 
From a study of Figure 61 decide what sort of climate and location in 
the United States is best for grapes. 
From your own experience or from questioning other people find out the 
chief differences in appearance, quality, and use, between the grapes of 
California and those of New York or Michigan. 
What geographic condition helps to cause raisins to be made in Cali- 
fornia and not in New York? 
Judging by the climate, should you expect the grapes of Europe to be 
more like those of New York or those of California? Find out froma 
fruit dealer what kinds of grapes he has that come from Europe and from 
California. 
Recently grapes from Argentina have appeared in the winter markets of 
our eastern cities. What conditions make grape culture possible in 
Argentina? Why are Boston, New York, Philadelphia, etc.. good mar- 
kets for these grapes? 
C. Other fruits. 
1. Let different individuals or different groups in the class take the fol- 
lowing fruits for special study: (a) dates; (b) strawberries; (¢) prunes