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9 Notice how the grapevines 11 How long do raisins take to
and the sprawling branches grow? A week, a month, or a
grow. Does a grapevine year? How many hours must you
tamer train them into picture- wait for a raisin to appear?
perfect rows?
12 It takes at least three years until the vines
are old enough for the first crop of raisins.
10 Grapevines are grown about eight feet That’s 26,280 hours!
apart. Fieldworkers hand-tie the sturdy
branches, or “canes,” to rows of wire.
There are usually two sets of wire, a
top set that is about six feet high, and
a second wire that is three or four
feet high.
When grapes are ripe and When the grapes are ready, skilled grape-
13 14
ready, how do farmers get pickers snag the grape clusters from the
vines using a sharp vine-cutter.
them down? Do they rent a
15 Most grapes are turned into raisins the
burly giant to shake them to same way they’ve been for thousands of years:
the ground? they are left to dry naturally in the sun.
burly Someone who is burly is big and strong.
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