Flame Seedless grape
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The Flame Seedless is a vigorous, heavy-bearing table grape
cultivar
that keeps well in storage. It is a hybrid of Thompson, Cardinal
, and several other Vitis vinifera
cultivars. It produces large clusters of medium-large red grape
s with a sweet flavor.
Flame Seedless requires a long growing season
. As such, the plants fare poorly in cool, damp zones. However, its good qualities, especially seedlessness
, sweetness, and long shelf life
, make it one of the most heavily farmed table grapes.
The Flame Seedless was first introduced in the 1970s. It is the second-most popular grape in the United States. For a Flame Seedless to be called good-quality, it must be plump, well-colored, and firmly attached to the stem. The grapes are usually picked ripe, as they do not ripen after harvest.
Table grape
Table grapes are grapes intended for consumption while they are fresh, as opposed to grapes grown for wine production, juice production, or for drying into raisins....
cultivar
Cultivar
A cultivar'Cultivar has two meanings as explained under Formal definition. When used in reference to a taxon, the word does not apply to an individual plant but to all those plants sharing the unique characteristics that define the cultivar. is a plant or group of plants selected for desirable...
that keeps well in storage. It is a hybrid of Thompson, Cardinal
Cardinal (grape)
Cardinal is a table grape first produced in California in 1939.The grape is a cross of the Flame Seedless and Ribier table grapes. In the United States, Bulgaria France, Italy, Romania, and Spain the grape is used as a typical table grape for eating and making raisins. In Thailand and Vietnam it...
, and several other Vitis vinifera
Vitis vinifera
Vitis vinifera is a species of Vitis, native to the Mediterranean region, central Europe, and southwestern Asia, from Morocco and Portugal north to southern Germany and east to northern Iran....
cultivars. It produces large clusters of medium-large red grape
Grape
A grape is a non-climacteric fruit, specifically a berry, that grows on the perennial and deciduous woody vines of the genus Vitis. Grapes can be eaten raw or they can be used for making jam, juice, jelly, vinegar, wine, grape seed extracts, raisins, molasses and grape seed oil. Grapes are also...
s with a sweet flavor.
Flame Seedless requires a long growing season
Growing season
In botany, horticulture, and agriculture the growing season is the period of each year when native plants and ornamental plants grow; and when crops can be grown....
. As such, the plants fare poorly in cool, damp zones. However, its good qualities, especially seedlessness
Seedless fruit
A seedless fruit is a fruit developed to possess no mature seeds. As consumption of seedless fruits is generally easier and more convenient, they are considered commercially valuable....
, sweetness, and long shelf life
Shelf life
Shelf life is the length of time that food, drink, medicine, chemicals, and many other perishable items are given before they are considered unsuitable for sale, use, or consumption...
, make it one of the most heavily farmed table grapes.
The Flame Seedless was first introduced in the 1970s. It is the second-most popular grape in the United States. For a Flame Seedless to be called good-quality, it must be plump, well-colored, and firmly attached to the stem. The grapes are usually picked ripe, as they do not ripen after harvest.
See also
- List of grape varieties
- Variety (plant)Variety (plant)Plant variety is a legal term, following the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants Convention. Recognition of a cultivated plant as a "variety" in this particular sense provides its breeder with some legal protection, so-called plant breeders' rights, depending to some...