‘Southern Sensation Seedless’ Grape
2022
Scheiner, Justin | Stein, Larry | Clark, John R. | Moore, James N. | Worthington, Margaret | Kamas, James
‘Southern Sensation Seedless’ is a table grape cultivar (Vitis hybrid) developed by the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture. It is the second cooperative release with Texas A&M University (Moore et al., 2011). ‘Southern Sensation Seedless’ has medium to large, attractive clusters with yellow, thin-skinned berries with insignificant seed remnants. The skin is tender and the fruit has a neutral flavor. Winterhardiness is a limitation of the cultivar because it routinely experienced cane and trunk injury during testing in west-central Arkansas. ‘Southern Sensation Seedless’ is recommended as a fresh-fruit cultivar for on-farm and local market sales in U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) hardiness zones 7b or warmer. The most significant characteristic of ‘Southern Sensation Seedless’ is its apparent Pierce’s disease resistance (Xylella fasitidiosa Wells et al.) in central and coastal Texas, which is an area of the United States with extremely high Pierce’s disease pressure. Pierce’s disease resistance has not been definitively proved, but it is recommended for trial in areas where this disease is prevalent.
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