THE GRAPE 361 



light-colored, strong-growing, yellowish-white 

 grape which has to be pruned longer than most 

 others of the vinifera class in order to get big 

 crops which it produces under ordinary vineyard 

 cultivation in California. 



Sultanina and another called Sultana are 

 grapes of medium size but absolutely seedless. 

 They are put up in great quantities in California 

 as seedless raisins, and are displacing the dried 

 grapes of Corinth or so-called Zante currants so 

 extensively imported from Greece and Turkey 

 to which they are greatly superior. 



Among these seedlings of Syrian grapes there 

 is one early and productive class, absolutely new 

 to California growers. Most of the Syrian 

 grapes are noticeably different in several partic- 

 ulars from the other grapes of Europe and 

 northern Africa. 



The stems are more slender, the peduncles 

 quite small, yet strong and wiry, the clusters are 

 very pleasing in form, the grapes usually being 

 set full and all of one size, and the clusters are 

 not usually so crowded as those of many varie- 

 ties of the common grape. The seeds also are 

 very small almost absent. 'Yet all of the varie- 

 ties among this lot of twelve or more produce 

 some seeds, with the exception of the Thomp- 

 son's Seedless. The seeds, however, are quite 



