Fresno Solutions We visited Fresno in late September 1979, to see their dried fruit industry. We found that their growers have different problems, and consequently we were intrigued by their solutions. Sultana growing in California has two obvious differences, when compared with the Sunraysia system. First, the vines are not normally irrigated, being grown over an artesian water supply. Second, all rows are planted on the north-south compass line. This ensures that the southern side of the vine is always in sunshine, and fruit placed on white paper trays under each vine will dry in six weeks. Special trolleys have been invented to collect the fruit from the vineyard.

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