Remy: Thompson seedless are naturally small berries. What you are seeing is somewhere near the normal berry size of that cultivar. Commercial growers achieve larger berries by spraying gibberellic acid to first thin the fruit off each cluster and then to plump up the remaining berries. They also use other tricks like girdling the trunk. You could do this. It's not that hard. But it doesn't increase the flavor or sweetness and may do the opposite. Doing a better job of pruning, thinning, and other cultural tasks can increase berry size somewhat if they are limiting factors. Commercially berry size increase is used only for Thompsons destined for table grape use or other special applications like Jumbo raisins. The normal raisins are grown with small berries just like yours. So the vast majority of Thompsons are grown like yours with small berries.

Same here... salads, salads, sauces, roasted, salads, roasted.... but I *still* haven't had a BLT this summer and I'm not sick of tomatoes yet. :) I've never roasted my tomatoes before, but tried it recently because of the raves on this forum and we absolutely LOVE them roasted, especially when they're mixed colors!!! they're so versatile too! It's late in the season here, but I still have plenty of sun gold, red grape, and way too many green zebra. :o) Your shrimp w/ sun gold combo sounds really good to me!

That's similar to the one I got from a cookbook of mine but the proportions are different. I like the brown sugar on it though as well as the nuts. GRAPE SALAD (serves 8-10) 1 lb red grapes 1 lb green grapes 8 oz pkg cream cheese, softened 1/2 cup sugar 8 oz container sour cream 1 TBL vanilla 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar 3/4 cup chopped pecans Place grapes in a large serving bowl. Combine cheese & granulated sugar, stirring well. Combine sour cream & vanilla in a separate bowl. combine cream cheese mixture & sour cream mixture. Add to grapes, stirring well. Top w/brown sugar & pecans. DO NOT STIR. Cover & chill overnight.~~What Can I Bring? Jr League of N. Virginia

I like just about every recipe I've tried of hers. I remember this on her show but haven't made it yet. Thanks for posting it, Ann.