A large-fruited, midseason, seedless, white table grape. Origin: orig. in Fresno, Calif., by D.W. Ramming and R. Tarailo, USDA Horticultural Crops Research Laboratory. Crimson Seedless × B40-208, with embryo rescue used to produce seedlings; cross made in 1988; sel. in 1991; tested as C45-59; introd. in 1999; not patented. Tree: Fruit: white; seedless with one to two aborted seeds that are very small and unnoticeable; large (naturally 5-6 g) and responds to gibberellic acid at bloom and berry set but requires rates lower than those for Thompson Seedless, and gibberellic acid application plus girdling can increase berry weight by 1 g; flavor sweet with mild muscat when fruit is very ripe and exposed to light; nonslipskin and medium skin thickness; ripens at the end of Thompson Seedless season at Fresno. Cluster: conical with shoulder; loose to well filled; large, 320-544 g.
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