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THE TABLE GRAPE CAPITAL OF THE WORLD
Credit for the establishment of the Delano, California area as the "Table Grape Capital" of the world goes to the Dalmatians from Croatia.
Most of the men responsible came here in their early teens at the turn of the century, many of them coming to Delano from Hvar, an island in the Adriatic.
To earn money, many of the Croatians worked in restaurants, hotels, mines and fisheries.
Their dreams, however, were to find land similar to their homeland where they could grow grapes and other fruits.
Marin Caratan was the first Croatian to settle in the Delano area.
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He came in 1923 and was followed by his brother Anton in 1926. After surveying the soil and finding suitable climate and adequate water, the Caratans made a beginning. They knew grape growing from the old country, and since table grapes were growing in popularity, that is what they planted.
Their first ranch was near Columbine with a planting of 160 acres of Thompson See