The largest breeder of table grapes has licensed one type of this fruit to Bakersfield-based grower Grapery, Cotton Candy.

[5][6] Cain was a fruit breeder who in the 1970s worked in Fresno, California as a researcher with the USDA, developing new varieties of table grapes and seedless raisins.

[12] In April 2021, the company broke ground on development of a $12 million breeding research and campus in McFarland, California, as part of its twenty-year anniversary celebration.

[13] IFG invents, develops, and licenses proprietary hybrid fruit varieties in the United States and other countries.

The varieties are patented, and IFG's income is derived from licensing the intellectual property rights in the plants it develops.

[15] IFG breeds custom varieties of fruits including grapes and cherries, patents them and licenses them to growers.