Description
Sugar Crisp is a late-season green seedless table grape bred by David Cain for International Fruit Genetics (IFG) in California, released under the code name IFG Eleven. The long, elongated berries are very crisp with low acidity and a high sugar content, and it ripens around a month after Thompson Seedless, in early September in the Delano area. It stores exceptionally well.
Characteristics
White/green seedless table grape; elongated crisp berries; low acid, very sweet; very productive; late season (about a month after Thompson Seedless); excellent storage
Growing Tips
According to the patent, Sugar Crisp is very productive, can be spur pruned and needs little or no gibberellin for berry size, which keeps management simple. Being a late variety it needs a long, warm season to ripen properly. IFG highlights its excellent storage, so the fruit keeps well after picking.