Modern business geography

Bibliographic data

Monograph

Identifikator:: 1830562916

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-217337

Document type:: Monograph

Author:: Huntington, Ellsworth http://d-nb.info/gnd/117070092; Cushing, Sumner W.

Title:: Modern business geography

Place of publication:: New York [usw.]

Publisher:: World Book Company

Year of publication:: 1930

Scope:: VIII, 352 S.; Ill., graph. Darst.

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

Usage license:: Get license information via the feedback formular.

Chapter

Document type:: Monograph

Structure type:: Chapter

Title:: Part one. The field of primary production

Collection:: Economics Books

Where Fruit is Produced ir v - _— EUROPE “RAPES *~DUCTION “NTS 10.000 METRIC TONS 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. 2 ] 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

Access restriction

Copyright

fullscreen: Modern business geography

Monograph

Chapter

Table of contents

Download

Monograph

Chapter

This page

Image fragment

Citation links

Citation recommendation