Flame Seedless
Vitis vinifera L.
Flame Seedless is a grape variety with red berries.1
Its country of origin is United States.2
In 2023 it covered 5,243 hectares of bearing vineyards worldwide, ranking 110 of 1497 varieties in the database.2
The largest area is in Argentina: 5,188 ha (99% of the world total), across 3 countries.2
Between 2000 and 2023 its area grew by 857%.2
VIVC lists its parents as Gargiulo 4320 × (red Malaga X Tifafihi Ahmer) X (muscat Of Alexandria X Thompson Seedless), as given by the breeder or the literature.1
Crossed in 1961 by Weinberger, John H.; Harmon, F. N.1
VIVC records 7 other names for it.1
Area by country
Area, 2023
Where Flame Seedless grows
Countries from the University of Adelaide database; dots mark country centres, not regions.
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Other names
F32-137 · Flaim Sidles · Flem Sidles · Heike · Heike Seedless · Red Flame · Red Flame Seedless
Parents
Other varieties from United States
Sources
- VIVC passport no. 4141. Vitis International Variety Catalogue (VIVC), Julius Kühn-Institut, 2026. level 2
- Database of Regional, National and Global Winegrape Bearing Areas by Variety, 2000 to 2023. Anderson K., Nelgen S., Puga G. Wine Economics Research Centre, University of Adelaide (CC BY 4.0), 2026. level 3