Himrod is a
white table grape, released in 1952 by the
New York Agricultural Experiment Station in
Geneva, New York
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. It is seedless and known for its sweet flavor and ripening quickly . Himrod is considered very productive and reliable.
Himrod resulted from a cross of
Ontario
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by
Thompson Seedless
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, Palestine, Pakistan, Afghanistan, India). It is a ...
, a particularly successful cross which resulted in the eventual release of four cultivars, the others being
Interlaken
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,
Romulus
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, and
Lakemont. All were named for towns in the
Finger Lakes
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region, near Geneva, New York. These grapes are all quite productive, but they have some differences.
See also
*
Lakemont (grape)
References
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Hybrid grape varieties