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Sultana (grape)

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This article is about the variety of grape called
"Sultana". For the type of dried grapes known as
"sultanas" in some countries, see raisin.

The sultana is a "white" (pale green), oval

seedless grape variety also called the
sultanina, Thompson Seedless (United
States), Lady de Coverly (England), and oval-
fruited Kishmish (Iraq, Iran, Israel, Palestine,
India).[1] It is also known as İzmir üzümü (grape
of İzmir) in Turkey since this variety has been
extensively grown in the region around İzmir. It
is assumed to originate from (Asia Minor),
which later became part of the Ottoman
Empire.[1] In some countries, especially
Commonwealth countries, it is also the name
given to the raisin made from it or from larger
seedless grapes; such sultana raisins are
often called simply sultanas or sultanis. These
are typically larger than Zante currants (which
are also a kind of dried grape, not currants in
the botanical sense), and the Thompson
variety is smaller than many seeded raisins. In
the US and Canada, the name "raisin" is
applied to all dried grapes, so that the
breakfast cereal known as "sultana bran" in
Australia, New Zealand and the United
Kingdom is called raisin bran in the United
States and Canada.[2]

Sultana

Grape (Vitis)

Sultana (Thompson Seedless) grapes

Color of berry skin Blanc

Species Vitis vinifera

Also called sultanina, Thompson

Seedless, Lady de
Coverly, oval-fruited
Kishmish, İzmir üzümü

Notable regions Aegean Region,Turkey

VIVC number 12051

Thompson sultana raisins are small and sweet,

and have a golden colour.[3] Another seedless
grape variety from the former Ottoman Empire,
the round-fruited Kishmish, is also dried to
make a larger sultana raisin.[1]

History

Raisins

Other uses

References

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