WATERMELONS WaTermeLoN CuLTure After ALL danger of frost and when the soil temperature reaches 600 F, sow 5-6 seeds 2-3" apart in hills
6-8' apart each way. Thin to 2 or 3 plants per hill. For an even earlier crop, sow 3 to 5 seeds in a peat pot in early May and plant out in early June. This should give you melons two weeks earlier than when directly sown. ½ oz. contains about 125 seeds.
yeLLoW doLL Hybrid - 65 Day Extra-early for short season gardens. Perfect ‘icebox’ melon with unusually sweet, bright- yellow flesh. Fruits are round, weigh 6-8 lbs. each and have thin rinds. If space is limited, they can even be trellised. #04140 (A) Pkt. (25 seeds) $2.85; 2 pkts. $4.85; (J) ¼ oz. $17.95
Crest
NeW QueeN Hybrid - 75 Day 1999 AAS Winner. Gourmet icebox-type with exceptionally sweet, unique bright-orange flesh. Small, 5-6 lb. fruits have medium-green colored skin with dark-green stripes. Flesh is exceptionally crisp, sweet and juicy. Vigorous vines can spread up to 9' and bear heavy yields. #04125 (A) Pkt. (20 seeds) $3.25; 2 pkts. $5.45; 4 pkts. $9.25
CreST Hybrid - 80 Day An excellent storing melon. Flesh is medium red and the rind light green with a slight mottle. Eating quality is excel- lent with a sweet delicious fla- vor. Melons weigh around 20 lbs and have a high yield of uniform fruit. Good disease resistance.
Yellow Doll
Jade STar Hybrid - 75 Day This improved ‘Sugar Baby” type melon is sure to be a hit in your garden. Its earliness and size make it just right for the average family. It has a uniform dark green rind and when opened reveals a bright red flesh that is crisp and sweet. Round fruits weigh about 12 to 15 lbs. at maturity. #04057 (A) Pkt. (25 seeds) $2.85; (J) ¼ oz. $18.95
#04047 (A) Pkt. (30 seeds) $2.75; 2 pkts. $4.50
WHy groW Hybrid WaTermeLoNS? Hybrid watermelons are well-shaped and uniform. The flesh texture is always crisp and without fiber (this is what makes for outstanding flavor), and built-in disease tolerance means hybrid watermelons give a continuous production and more fruit. Pick watermelons when the little tendril on the stem turns brownish and starts to dry and when the skin color on the underside of the watermelon turns from whitish to cream color.
Shiny Boy
SWeeT beauTy Hybrid - 77-80 Day 2004 AAS Winner. Easy-to-grow with early maturity. Superior taste and texture in an oblong shaped, green-striped fruit. Averages 6 to 7 lbs with juicy red flesh. Vigorous vines up to 9 ft. long with a semi-erect habit. #04079 (A) Pkt. (20 seeds) $2.95; 2 pkts. $4.95;
Sweet Beauty Sugar Baby
W Sugar baby - 74 Day Early and productive – the standard for “icebox” melons. Round fruits, 7-9” in diameter, weigh 8-10 lbs. and when ripe, the rind is almost black. Red flesh is fine-grained, solid, crisp, sweet and juicy. Well suited for the kitchen garden as vines can be grown on a trellis. #04105 (A) Pkt. (50 seeds) $2.35; 2 pkts. $3.95; (L) 1 oz. $6.50
W Very reliable ❧ Spring Special 4Easy to grow ❦ Heirloom c VBS Exclusive
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SHiNy boy Hybrid - 90 Day 2011 AAS Winner. Was num- ber one in taste tests at the AAS trials this last year for its tropical sweet flavor and its crisp textured deep red flesh. Can be harvested 75 days from transplanting, but must be started indoors in northern cli- mates. The fruits can be 20 lbs. or more and the melon is dark green with wide stirpes. #04076 (A) Pkt. (35 seeds) $2.95; 2 pkts. $4.95;
Moon and Stars New Queen
Crimson Sweet CrimSoN SWeeT - 90 Day
A watermelon with unusual vigor and resistance to Fusarium and Anthracnose wilts. Produces 15 to 25 lb. melons that are blocky in shape with a thin rind. Flesh is bright red, firm and unusu- ally sweet. The seeds are smaller than most melons. A good melon for northern climates. #04045 (A) Pkt. (50 seeds) $2.45; (K) ½ oz. $4.45
Triple Crown
TripLe CroWN Hyb. - 80-82 Day Excellent eating quality. Seed- less triploid produces large, 18-20 lb. blocky, slightly oblong fruits with medium green, dark- striped rinds. Flesh is bright red, juicy, firm, crisp, delicious- ly sweet and virtually seedless. The few whitish seeds that may be present will be soft and ed- ible. Requires a pollinator so we include 5 seeds of Sugar Baby in each packet plus complete growing instructions. #04135 (A) Pkt. (10 seeds + pollinator) $5.45; 2 pkts. $9.95
Seedless Trillion
mooN aNd STarS 90 Day
An early-ripening strain of this legendary heirloom variety that has 25 to 35 lb. watermelons. The dark green rind has pea- sized bright yellow blotches and one large bright yellow blotch which gives rise to the name of this melon. Plants are good in dry seasons and disease resistant. #04071 (A) Pkt. (25 seeds) $2.35; (K) ½ oz. $9.95
Fax Orders (888)500-7333 - Phone Orders (800)349-1071 TriLLioN - 80-82 Day Seedless
The flesh of this watermelon is deep red, juicy and seedless. The melon is blocky to slightly oval weighing up to 16 to 18 pounds. The rind is light green with darker green stripes. Excel- lent overall in quality and yield. #04051 (A) Pkt. (10 seeds + pollinator) $4.25; 2 pkts. $7.95; 5 pkts $15.95
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