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Home » Fruit » Soft Fruit » Grapes » Seedless Grapes » Thompson Seedless Grapes

Thompson Seedless Grapes

Thompson Grapes are green, sweet and firm, almost crisp. Though 95% of all raisins made in North America are from Thompson Grapes, they can also be used as a table grape.

Thompson Grapes and raisins aren’t truly seedless. They have small, soft undeveloped seeds in them that go unnoticed.

History Notes

A Scottish immigrant to California named William Thompson introduced seedless grapes in 1876 specially for use in raisins. At the time, the variety was called Lady deCoverly, but it was renamed after him. Most seedless grape varieties in the United States today derive from crosses between Thomson Seedless and Black Monukka.

This page first published: Apr 15, 2004 · Updated: Jun 18, 2018.

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