Excerpt from The Principles and Practice of Sun-Drying Fruit From the large-non-bearing acreages given in Table 2, to which should be added extensive plantings made in 1925, it is evident that the production of dried fruits must inevitably increase. If fresh shipment and canning do not keep pace with the increasing production, it may become necessary to dry a greater proportion of the fruit crop than formerly. The production of dried fruits is also expanding in other parts of the world, notably Australia and South Africa. At present, the rate of financial exchange and other condi tions resulting from the world war seriously restrict exports of dried fruits from the United States and moreover permit the importation of certain dried fruits from the Mediterranean countries. The amount of dried fruit exports and imports in 1923 can be seen from Table 3. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.