In commercial production, strands are usually pruned off to about half length to improve fruit size and quality. Bunches are often covered with weather resistant paper, open at the bottom, to protect from rain, birds and to some extent insects. Production in the U.S. is mainly in California, with some in Arizona. Individual fruits vary in shape from nearly round to cylindrical and from 0.75 to 1 inch diameter. Each contains a single rather large seed.
Surface is smooth in the growing fruit, becoming wrinkled as the fruit ripens and loses moisture.
Fruit of most varieties loses most of its moisture before barvest. All except seed.