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Dixie Queen
80-90 days — Beautiful melons averaging about 25-28 lbs.
with a light green rind with pronounced darker stripes.
Rind is thin but tough and resilient and makes a good shipper. The
scarlet flesh is firm and very sweet, vines are vigorous providing
lots of sunburn protection. Very productive melon.
Iopride
(small seed type)
100 days — The fruits are dark green with darker green
stripes. They are oblong and blocky with sweet, bright-red flesh
and a high sugar content. Holds long at maturity. Developed at the
University of Iowa for upland soils and for resistance to fusarium
wilt and anthracnose (race 1). Although once popular, it has
become quite rare.
Iopride was developed by
Lewis
Peterson of the Department of
Horticulture at Iowa State.1
From my
experience growing this melon I think this is one of the easiest
melons to grow. In all the years I have grown it, it has never
failed to produce a crop. I have had extremely wet as well as dry
and hot seasons, and when others failed, this one always came
through for me.
This strain
will get bigger than it is typically described. I average 25 to 30
pounds and normally have a lot of 40 pound ones. It has a good
fruit set. I cannot say enough good things about it."
Mountain Sweet
90 to 95 days — This is an old variety dating back to the 1800s.
Melons are round and slightly oblong. The outside coloring is
moderately green with darker stripes intermingled with mottled
shades of green, Rind is 1 to 1-1/2 inches thick but thinner on
the blossom end. Can reach sizes of 100 pounds but will weigh 40
to 60 pounds on average under normal conditions. Seed are large
and brownish black. Real nice sweet taste.
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White Seeded Watson
(large
seed type)
95 days — The largest growing
of the "Watson" melons. Can exceed 100 pounds if properly pruned
and under favorable growing conditions. Average weight will run
from 30 to 70 pounds. Has a blue-green rind, sweet taste and seed
are cream color.
Shape is long with
blunt ends but some fruit will run shorter and more blockier.
Vines are rank and vigorous having large leaves that helps to
prevent sunburn. Due to the size of this melon and its
vigorous growth it is highly advised to leave the melons on the
vine two weeks after you think they are ripe. They will hold quite
awhile after ripening.
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