Guidelines for the preparation of table grapes in SA for export 2025/2026_ND

Crimson Seedless

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Characteristics

• Natural colour 3.5–4/5. • Taste sweet neutral. • Texture juicy and firm. • Skin medium to thin.

• Developed by the USDA. Not patented. • Red seedless. • Late season • Vigour 5/5. • Fertility 3.5/5. • Berries elliptical elongated. • Average berry size (with gibberellic acid and girdling) 6 g per berry at 19 mm. • Bunch rachis (frame) medium. • Berry attachment 4/5.

• Rain tolerance (cracking) 4/5. • Postharvest performance 4.5/5.

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