A technique is described by which mature fruit has been produced on Sultana vines in the first season. The vines were propagated by aerial layering. The best development of inflorescences and fruit occurred when layers were removed from the parent at budburst. Other techniques failed to produce mature fruit in the first season. These included propagation from dormant cuttings, grafting or budding dormant fertile buds to rooted cuttings, and application of growth substances to inflorescences and/or shoots of rooted cuttings.