Word: raisin
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Ralph P. Merritt, President of the Sun Maid Raisin Growers; Berkeley, Calif...
...first this shift led to a great increase, if not overproduction of raisins, accompanied by a fall in prices. In 1919 the raisin crop of 182,500 tons was worth $210 a ton, or $38,325,000. Last year the crop of 237,000 tons was worth $80 a ton, or $18,960,000 altogether...