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History:  Satsuma mandarin may have originated in China but it was first reported in Japan more than 700 years ago where it is now the major cultivar grown. It was first introduced in the 1800's by early settlers to the state along the banks of the Mississippi River near New Orleans.  The 'Owari' Satsuma arrived from Japan, first in 1876 and next in 1878. During the period 1908-1911, nearly a million budded trees from 1908 to 1911 for planting in the Gulf States. The first recorded introduction into the United States was in Florida by George R. Hall in 1876. The name "satsuma" is credited to the wife of a United States minister to Japan, General Van Valkenberg, who sent trees home in 1878 from Satsuma, the name of a former province, now Kagoshima Prefecture, on the southern tip of Kyushu Island, where it is believed to have originated.

 

 

Seedless SultanasTurkey has the most suitable climate conditions for vine growing in the world and is the origin of the vine genes. The archaeological findings in Anatolia proved that this culture of vine growing dates back to 3500 BC. Grape figures, found in different locations of Anatolia points out to the fact that growing grapes has been the part of the culture for centuries. In the period of Hittites; that is 1800 - 1550 BC; grape growing and wine making was developed and during religious ceremonies these were votive offerings to the gods. Hittites had agricultural laws similar to today's in order to protect the vine yards. A grape bunch shaped wine container, dating back from 1800 - 1600 BC, was found in Yozgat Alitar, a town located in central Anatolia. A golden wine glass and a wine jug, made in 2300 BC, was found in Çorum Alacahöyük, another town in central Anatolia. Historical coins with grape figures were used in Western Anatolia. Grape and wine have always played an important social and commercial role in Western Anatolia. Yet, through out the history the region's major consumption has been either as table grape or as dried fruit. Raisin juice, dried layers of raisin pulp was also being produced. 

 

 

 

 

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