Life Style / Wine Grapes / Thompson Seedless: Grape grown in enormous quantities in the Central Valley of California, U.S.A. Also popular in Arizona. Needs plenty of heat for harvesting in August-September. Apparently something of a mystery variety, current speculation has settled on it being a clone of the Sultanina variety originating in Persia (modern-day Iran). Used to produce a very neutral white wine for stretching blends consisting of select varietals in order to create the so-called 'jug' wines made by the bulk producers. Most of the annual crop is used for table or dried grapes. In the latter case grapegrowers commonly practice the technique of 'girdling' (a.k.a dry scarring) in order to control size and maturity. (See Muscadine descriptive text above).
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Lifestyle / Wine Grapes / Thompson Seedless: Grape grown in enormous quantities in the Central Valley of California, U.S.A. Also popular in Arizona. Needs plenty of heat for harvesting in August-September. Apparently something of a mystery varie MORE