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The word raisin dates back to Middle English and is a loanword from Old French; in modern French, raisin means "grape", while a dried grape is a raisin sec, or "dry grape". The Old French word, in turn, developed from the Latin word racemus, which means "a bunch of grapes." [3]
The Raisin Grower Association disbanded immediately after Kearney's death. However, raisin production continued to be a hallmark of the Fresno area, and Sun-Maid, established as the California Associated Raisin Company in 1912, in large part continued what Kearney and the Raisin Grower Association began. Sun-Maid has continued as a privately ...
Sun-Maid raisins are packaged in a red box featuring the “Sun-Maid Girl” wearing a red sunbonnet and holding a tray of fresh grapes. Sun-Maid raisins are grown in the Central Valley of California, midway between Los Angeles and San Francisco, a region known for its climate perfect for growing grapes to make raisins. The grapes are picked at ...
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In 1993, The Jepson Manual estimated that California was home to 4,693 native species and 1,169 native subspecies or varieties, including 1,416 endemic species. A 2001 study by the California Native Plant Society estimated 6,300 native plants.
This breeding program did not end with the release of these 5 and additional varieties continue to be released. [74] Intensive selective breeding has been ongoing in California since the 1950s for seedlessness in raisin and table. [75]: 303 Much of the world's seedless varieties originate in this state's breeding efforts. [75]: 303
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