TY - JOUR AU - Kasimatis, Amand N. TI - California leads in raisin production JF - California Agriculture JO - Calif Agr Y1 - 1980/07/01 VL - 34 IS - 7 SP - 19 EP - 20 PB - University of California Agriculture and Nature Resources SN - 0008-0845 UR - http://www.ucanr.edu/sites/calagjournal/archive/?article=ca.v034n07p19 AB - The United States leads the world in raisin production, accounting for nearly 40 percent of the global crop. All U. S. raisins are produced in California, where the Thompson Seedless variety, harvested on 100,000 acres annually, constitutes 90 percent of the raisin production. This variety is distinctive, because it is dried in the sun between vineyard rows without treatment.