When the Great Raisin Chase Began
January 19th 2020 I have been reading about the history of California water wars and land grabs. I recently read about the beginning of the raisin industry here.
A physician named John Stentzel, farming in the Alhambra Valley (not far from where we once lived), was one of the fathers of California pomology. He planted plum and pear trees, as well as the infamous muscat grape. Growing up in Budapest, Dr
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