In California, Sultana ( known there as Thompson Seedless ) grapes are sometimes diverted from the raisin or table market to produce white juice.

It is believed that the most widely planted variety is Sultana, also known as Thompson Seedless, with at least 3, 600 km < sup > 2 </ sup >.

In some jurisdictions, seedless dried grapes are classified as Sultana and Thompson raisins according to the drying method used.

He emigrated to California ( near Yuba City ) in 1863 and developed the Thompson Seedless table grape ( see Sultana ), which is also used for grape juice and wine, as well as 95 % of the raisins produced in California.

The most popular seedless grape is known in the United States as ' Thompson Seedless ', but was originally known as ' Sultana '.

Other grapes sold as table grapes are Flame, Sultana, Muscat, Almeria and Concord grape.

The first part of Metaxa production of begins with a double distillation of several different wines ( coming mainly from sun-dried Savatiano, Sultana and Rhoditis grapes ).

Sultana grape juice was fraudulently sold as being of Chardonnay grapes in Australia for wine making, due to the lower cost of Sultana grapes.

Seedless varieties include the sultana ( also known as Thompson Seedless in the USA ) and Flame grapes.

However, the American production remained modest because of higher popularity of Thompson Seedless, up to 1920s and 1930s, when its popularity increased, due to higher prices and improved cultivation practices ( girdling ).

Depending on the market for wine and table grapes, low quality wine may contain some grapes that could also be sold as table grapes, particularly Thompson Seedless.

Thompson Seedless,

* Most commercial seedless grape cultivars, such as ' Thompson Seedless ', are not seedless because of parthenocarpy, but because of stenospermocarpy.

1863 ), Englishman who developed the Thompson Seedless grape

Himrod resulted from a cross of Ontario by Thompson Seedless, a particularly successful cross which resulted in the eventual release of four cultivars, the others being Interlaken, Romulus, and Lakemont.

The sultana is a " white " ( pale green ), oval seedless grape variety also called the sultanina, oval-fruited Kishmish, Lady de Coverly ( England ), and Thompson Seedless ( United States ).

The sultana grape's American name, Thompson Seedless, refers to William Thompson, a viticulturist who was an early grower in California and is sometimes credited with introducing the variety.

In Anglo-America, most raisins, including those with the typical dark brown colour, are made from the sultana grape, called the Thompson Seedless there.

Serve each breast on a thin slice of slow-baked ham and sprinkle with Thompson seedless grapes.

For example, research that started at the University of California, Davis in the mid-1960s led to its commercial use on Thompson seedless table grapes throughout California by 1962.

Red grapes: Flame Seedless,

Blue-Black grapes: Beauty Seedless,

Seedless grape varieties were developed to appeal to consumers, but researchers are now discovering that many of the healthful properties of grapes may actually come from the seeds themselves, thanks to their enriched phytochemical content.

Seedless grapes are divided into white, red and black types based roughly on fruit color.