Manjri Naveen : Farmer’s point of view
1. This is a clonal selection from the centennial seedless of University of California, Davis, California, USA.
2. The variety is early ripening by about 20-25 days as compared to Thompson Seedless.
3. This variety has less of labour requirement due to self thinned bunches, balanced canopy and is also moderately tolerant to downy mildew. Hence, shoot thinning, bunch thinning, berry thinning etc. are not required. Even the use of bioregulators like GA3 and CPPU is restricted, recommended concentration should be strictly followed.
4. It has natural bold berries and has high recovery of exportable fruits > 90% as compared to 55-60% from Thompson Seedless.
5. Because it is early maturing variety, it adds to the fruit basket instead of replacement of Thompson Seedless, so that the packing houses and cold storage units can be employed for longer period.
6. Over all there is a saving of nearly 50-60 per cent manual labour required for various operations in the vineyard for this variety as compared to Thompson Seedless.
7. Presently this variety fulfils all the standard requirements for table grape suited to more or less for export markets.
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