Thompson Seedless
Variety of Vine · Vitis vinifera
The world's most-planted seedless table grape and the base of most golden raisins.
Also known as: Sultana, Sultanina, Kishmish, Oval Kishmish
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6🇮🇷 Iran 1876
Taste & characteristics
Taste
mildcrispjuicysweet
Profile
- Parentage
- altpersische/anatolische Selektion (Vitis vinifera)
- Breeder
- W. Thompson (US-Einführung)
- Pollination
- self-fertile
- Fruit weight
- 3 g
Flowering & harvest
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Description
Fruit
Small to medium, oval, pale green-yellow seedless berries; crisp and very sweet with a neutral flavour.
Growth
Vigorous, heat-loving, needs a long hot season; low winter hardiness.
Yield
Very high yielding; used commercially for table grapes, raisins and juice/concentrate.
Notes
Susceptible to mildew and rot; poorly suited to cool-climate outdoor growing.
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