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This list of grape varieties includes cultivated grapes, whether used for wine, or eating as a table grape, fresh or dried (raisin, currant, sultana). For a complete list of all grape species, including those unimportant to agriculture, see Vitis .
These elongated seedless grapes, also called Sweet Sapphires, were bred by International Fruit Genetics, a California-based fruit breeding and patenting company, and launched in 2004.
Seedless grapes are divided into white, red and black types based roughly on fruit color. The most popular seedless grape is known in the United States as 'Thompson Seedless', but was originally known as 'Sultana'. It is believed to be of ancient origin. It is considered a white grape, but is actually a pale green.
To yield sufficient fruit, Black Corinth grapes need to be carefully managed. In ancient times, girdling was a standard practice to increase the set and size of seedless grapes, until the discovery of the plant hormone gibberellic acid, and its ability to do the same thing with less labor. Historically, Black Corinth stock was probably kept for ...
The berries of the Autumn Royal are larger than most other grape varieties produce. The berries naturally weigh at least 8 grams, compared with the berries of the Thompson seedless, which weigh 6-7 grams even when girdled and treated with gibberellin. [2] It is currently the largest natural berry size among seedless cultivars.
Pages in category "Grape varieties" The following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. * List of grape varieties;
J. Robinson, J. Harding and J. Vouillamoz Wine Grapes - A complete guide to 1,368 vine varieties, ... List of Italian grape varieties. 1 language ...
Lenoir had made its way to Texas, where it took on the names El Paso and Black Spanish. From its wild South Carolina parent (likely, V. rupestris ), Lenoir (and also Black Spanish) carries natural resistance to the Phylloxera pest, as well as to Pierce's Disease , which is a common threat to Vitis vinifera vineyards in warm winter areas of the ...