which is a global fruit genetics,  licensing, IP, and agriculture technology  

company in Palm Desert, California. In the 1980s, Sun World crossbred Italia,  

Muscat of Alexandria, and Dzhidzhigi Kara  from Turkmenistan with seedless types like  

Sugraone to create a range of fascinating  grape cultivars, one of which became Autumn  

Crisp grape. After an 11-year development period,  the first commercial production began in 2012.

Sun World International, LLC of California  has the US Plant Patent for the variety as  

well as the name registration, Autumn Crisp. In  November of 2009, the US plant patent was issued.