Show flo I 1 U GROW MORE CURRANT GRAPES I 1 Panari tl variety promises to furnish basis of industry heretofore overlooked prepared by the united states ment ot of agriculture the 7 cuttings of a dark variety of corinth grape known ns as Illa Ianari tl which the department of agriculture distributed last t spring front from its experiment peri ment vineyards and from tile vineyards of operating cooperating co growers in ill call cali toraki liae grown in ill splendid fash lon ion the past santon I 1 reports ep arts show and as a I 1 result suit much jn n the way of cuttings cutting onil and propagating stock ot 01 this variety will mill be available by III the e spring of 1921 for the extension ot of the currant industry in the united states the run Pan arill aritt is a dark currant grape introduced by the department several years ago previous to the introduction tro and distribution of tills this sort commercial production of currants in I 1 tills country was not at all promising in spite of the fact that the united states imports annually over 1 pounds of dried grapes grape made from such varieties niese grapes produce the alie currants of commerce used by housewives sa in cakes puddings and other dishes the fact that a peat great p eat market is already created for tills this product means much to the grape tape growers of them the vest est A product however meritorious with which the public is not familiar re quires a groat great deal of costly advertising and educational promotion to become fairly popular with the consumer nothing of this sort is needed so far as currants are concerned the development of a new branch of the grape si ape growing industry is ot of special interest to the of the pacific coast at this time when the industry Is undergoing a radical readjustment r 4 1 1 R 4 42 ats 7 X V F 14 TM I 1 ia Par nanti narit grapes when dried make a fine grade of currants ahe experience of the specialists specia lista ste ot ol the united states stales department of aarl vulture with this variety has demon gyrated rated that a large annual product production on of fruit is dependent upon specific fie al treatment at a bartic particular ar period in the development of the vine e this treatment Is none other thun than that of the trunk or hearing bearing carles canes ot 01 the vines which consists in ili removing a narrow band of bark at the time the cinq vine are in bloom unless this I 1 done the individual rI fruits in the cluster are not likely to lie be uniform in size and period ot of ripening on vines which have been treated by ringing the fruits are large uniform in character und ripen evenly because of the climatic conditions in certain districts of the vineyard area of california in which the raisin industry has not developed ve this early ripening grape which must be treated in the sa same in e way as colier raisin grapes Is expected tv tu prove more successful than have any of cf the late ripening raisin sorts thus making it possible to produce currants of satisfactory quality in the bay counties where here raisin production has not heretofore developed the name Panari tl which has bis been applied to the variety Is taken from the name of one of the most famous grape growing districts in greece where this sort was obtained the Panari tl Is a distinct variety of the tape of grapes asod for tile the making ot of currants anil and should not be confused cont used with other sorts of the currant type of grape previously introduced into the united states |