Sultanine

The sultanine is a Cépage of table. It is very cultivated in the world for the production of fresh grapes and the preparation of dry grapes. The name evokes the vine of the Sultan.

The grapes are pleasant to consume in a fresh state since they do not have pips. The true destination is the drying of bays. They are easy to store in a dry and easily transportable state.

Origin and geographical distribution

The sultanine could be of origin Afghanistan. In Pachto, the word kismish (see synonymous) means grape to dry .

The first world producer is the Turkey with an acreage estimated at 120.000 hectares.

In the United States, the type of vine is marketed under the name of Thompson Seedless . William Thompson was the first commercially to cultivate the sultanine close to Yuba City. In 2000, 97% of the surface intended for type of vines of table were reserved for the Thompson Seedless. The result is often called grape or Golden delicious grape.

Other large producers are the Iran (50.000 hectares), the Greece (25.000 hectares), Afghanistan (20.000 hectares), the Chile, the Australia, the Syria, the China, the Iraq and the South Africa.

Pierre Galet considers the surface world planted at 438.000 hectares what places the sultanine like first type of vine cultivated in the world.

Characters ampelographic

Extrémité of the young branch is aranéeux, green clearly
Jeunes sheets are glabrous and brilliant
adult Feuilles, with 5 lobes with acute and narrow side sines, a petiolar sine in quadrant sometimes on superimposed board, teeth ogival, average, a glabrous limb.

Farming aptitudes

Maturity is of second time: 10 days after the chasselas.

Technological potential

The bunches are large and the bays are of size small. The bunch is truncated, loose, with many secondary ailerons. Pulp contains only atrophied, very small pips or completely apyrene. The sultanine is very vigorous. It must be cut long. The type of vine is sensitive to the Mildiou, the Oïdium and the Anthracnose.

To produce table grapes of quality, farming techniques are essential, of which in particular the annular Incision, the polishing and the application of growth regulator like the gibberellic Acide (AG3) a few days after flowering.

Synonyms

The sultanine is also known under the names of akouno, banati, bealo bez sows, cekizdecsis, fehér szultan, kechmiche yellow, kechmish white, keeshmeesh, kichmichi (Kandahar, Afghanistan), kishmish white, kishmish safid, KIS-put alb, kismis, kismis belii ovalny, perzsiai fehér, roumined, seedless white, sultana, sultani, sultanina, sultanine white, szultan szölö, tchekirdeksis, Thompson seedless