Description
Black Beauty Seedless is better known by its official name, Beauty Seedless. Harold Olmo of the California Agricultural Experiment Station at Davis made the cross in 1941, and the variety was released in 1954. Its parents are Queen of the Vineyards (Szőlőskertek királynője) and Black Kishmish. It is a black, seedless table grape of pure European (vinifera) stock that ripens early, around mid-July in California.
Characteristics
Black seedless table grape; Vitis vinifera; bred by H. P. Olmo at Davis, crossed 1941, released 1954; Queen of the Vineyards × Black Kishmish; hermaphrodite flowers; early ripening (mid-July in California); spur pruned
Growing Tips
University of California advisers train Beauty Seedless as a spur-pruned vine with 12 to 14 two-bud spurs and recommend cluster thinning. They list it for California's North Coast and hot inland valleys, where it ripens around mid-July.