Excerpt from Methods of Sun-Drying FruitsFruit-drying is of peculiar importance in California. On the fresh basis the tonnage of fruit dried is four or five times as great as that canned. The principal drying fruits of the world are grown in this state. The concentration of fruits by drying reduces the cost of transportation to the distant markets that are the principal outlets for California fruits. In no state of the Union except California, where the climate is especially favorable, is the sun-drying3 of fruits practiced on an exten sive scale. California produces well over 90 per cent of the dried-fruit output of the United States, only prunes and apples being dried in amounts of commercial significance in other states, where the use of artificial heat is essential for satisfactory drying. Apples are never sun dried commercially, even in California.Of the total tonnage of dried fruits produced in the world, dates are the largest item, amounting to from to Of this amount, however, only about 10 per cent enters international commerce, and the United States produces only a negligible tonnage. The United States production of dried figs is also relatively small. In the produc tion of other dried fruits the output of California bulks large. Accord ing to the California Cooperative Crop Reporting Service, the annual output of dried fruits in California for 1930, 1931, and 1932 averaged over tons of prunes, and over of raisins. The production of dried apricots and of peaches averages about tons each, figs, tons, and pears, less than tons.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.