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THE THOMPSON SEEDLESS GRAPE 
The vine is one of the most vigorous growers and heavy producers of all 
the vines grown in California. It also bears the reputation of thriving well 
in alkali soils where other vines fail and is often grown to fill in bad spots of 
land where other vines have died, being grafted over after a period of two 
or three years to conform with the rest of the vineyard. The Feher Zagos is 
especially adapted for interior valley planting. Its time of ripening is 
September. 
Grenache This is a very valuable variety for the making of wines and is 
very much in demand by all wineries, as it makes the best grade 
of claret wine. 
The vine is a strong grower and a heavy producer. The bunches are long 
and cylindrical, the berries are black and very juicy. 
This variety is recommended for planting in the interior valleys of Cali¬ 
fornia. Ripens in September. 
Mission * s by good authority to be the oldest grape grown in Cali¬ 
fornia. While its chief use is for the making of Claret it is often 
used as a table variety. 
The bunches are quite large, berries of medium size, round in shape, and a 
beautiful purple black in color, possessing a sweet delicious flavor. Ripens 
in September. 
Sultan 
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The Sultana is particularly adapted 
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Thompson Seedless 
to light sandy soils, where it often 
produces as much as four tons to the 
acre; in sections throughout the north¬ 
ern part of the state it has proven to 
be much more resistant to mildew 
than any other variety. 
One of the strongest features, in 
favor of the Sultana, is the fact that it 
is much favored by bakeries, confec¬ 
tioners and housewives on account of 
its tart flavor which takes or fills the 
place which was once occupied by the 
imported dried currant. The bunches 
are large and compact, round and 
greenish in color but should be left 
until quite yellow before picking for 
drying. Ripens in August. 
Thompson Seedless Mr - w 
Thompson, 
Sr., of Yuba City, Cal., procured the 
cuttings of this variety in the year 
1878, from Elwanger & Barry, a New 
York State Nursery Company, who 
stated that the cuttings were secured 
by them from Constantinople, Turkey. 
In the foothill sections and early 
ripening sections it has been found 
exceedingly valuable for early shio- 
ment. The bunches are long and com¬ 
pact and withstand shipping well. 
The berries are oval in shape, greenish yellow in color, turning to bright 
yellow when fullv ripe. They contain no seeds whatever and their keeping 
qualities are of the best. 
The Thompson can, no doubt, be grown over a larger variety of soils than 
