| Table 1. Triploid watermelon entries, fruit descriptions,
and seed sources. Gulf Coast Research and Education Center, Bradenton. Spring
2002.
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Entry |
Description |
Source2 |
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Dillon |
Oval. (9.8 × 11.5 inches). Indistinct, wide dark-green
shape on light-green background. ‘Tri-X-313’ type. Rind-0.7 inches
thick. Flesh color-3.6. |
Hazera |
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Fandango |
Blocky. (10.1 × 11.1 inches). Distinct, dark-green
stripes on medium-green background. Rind-0.6 inch thick. Flesh
color-5.0. |
Shamrock |
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Freedom |
Elongated/blocky. (9.1 × 13.8 inches). Distinct
dark-green stripes on light-green background. ‘Jubilee’ type stripe.
Rind-0.7 inch thick. Flesh color-4.7. |
Sunseeds |
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Gem Dandy |
Oval. (9.6 × 11.0 inches). Indistinct, wide medium-green
stripes on light-green background. Similar to ‘Tri-X 313’. Rind-0.8 inch
thick. Flesh color-3.7. |
Willhite |
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Genesis |
Oval. (9.6 × 10.2 inches). Indistinct, wide medium-green
stripes on light-green background. Similar to ‘Tri-X 313’. Rind-0.7 inch
thick. Flesh color-4.4. |
Shamrock |
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HA 5015 |
Oval. (9.4 × 11.9 inches). Indistinct, wide dark-green
stripes on light-green background. ‘Tri-X-313’ type. Rind-0.7 inches
thick. Flesh color - 3.7. |
Hazera |
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HA 6033 |
Blocky/oval. (10.6 × 13.1 inches). Indistinct, wide
medium-green stripes on slightly darker background. Rind-0.8 inches
thick. Flesh color-4.4. |
Hazera |
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HSR 2402 |
Oval. Narrow, distinct, dark-green stripe on
medium-green background. Rind-0.8 inches thick. Flesh color-3.3 |
Hollar |
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HSR 2877 |
Round. (10.3 × 10.2 inches). Irregular dark-green stripe
on light-green background. Rind-0.7 inches. Flesh color-3.9. |
Hollar |
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HSR 2908 |
Round. (9.8 × 10.0 inches). Distinct, narrow, dark-green
stripe on medium-green background. Rind-0.7 inches thick. Flesh
color-4.3 |
Hollar |
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Omega |
Oval/blocky. (10.0 × 12.2 inches). Dark-green stripes on
medium-green background. Rind-0.7 inches thick. Rind color-4.0. |
Seminis |
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Premiere |
Oval. (9.9 × 12.0 inches). Indistinct, broad
medium-green stripes on light-green background. Rind-0.7 inches thick.
Flesh color-3.6. |
Southwestern |
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Red Sunshine |
Oval. (10.0 × 10.7). Indistinct, wide, dark-green
stripes on light-green background. ‘Tri-X-313’ type. Rind-0.7 inches
thick. Flesh color-3.3. |
U.S. Seedless |
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Red Sweet |
Oval. (9.9 × 10.4 inches). Distinct, narrow,
medium-green stripe on light-green background. Rind-0.8 inches thick.
Flesh color-3.7. |
U.S. Seedless |
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Revolution |
Elongated. (8.8 ×13.3 inches). Wide, dark-green stripes
alternating with narrow light-green stripes. ‘Allsweet’ type. Rind-0.7
inch thick. Flesh color-4.5. |
Sunseeds |
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RWT 8096 |
Oval. (9.2 × 11.3 inches). Wide medium-green stripes on
light-green background. Similar to ‘Tri-X 313’. Rind-0.8 inch thick.
Flesh color-4.0. |
Syngenta |
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Samba |
Oval/blocky. (10.2 × 12.3 inches). Wide, medium green
stripes on light-green background. Rind-0.7 inches thick. Flesh
color-4.2. |
Shamrock |
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Seedless Sangria |
Semi-elongated. (9.2 × 14.6 inches). Dark-green rind
with broken, light-green stripes. ‘Allsweet’ type. Rind-0.8 inches
thick. Flesh color-4.6. |
Syngenta |
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Slice n’Serve 830 |
Round/oval. (9.8 × 11.0 inches). Indistinct, broad
medium-green stripes on light-green background. Rind-0.6 inch thick.
Flesh color-4.1. |
Southwestern |
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Sugar Shack |
Oval. (9.2 × 11.6 inches). Wide medium-green stripes on
light-green background. Similar to ‘Tri-X-313’. Rind-0.7 inch thick.
Flesh color-3.7. |
Sugar Creek |
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Sugar Slice |
Oval. (9.8 × 10.8 inches). Indistinct, broad
medium-green stripe on light-green background. Rind-0.7 inches thick.
Flesh color-4.0. |
Willhite |
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Sugar Time |
Blocky/oval. (9.9 × 11.2 inches). Indistinct,
medium-green stripes on light-green background. Rind-0.7 inch thick.
Flesh color-4.5. |
Sugar Creek |
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Summer Sweet #5244 |
Oval/blocky. (9.7 × 11.3 inches). Wide dark-green
stripes on light-green background. Rind-0.4 inch thick. Flesh color-4.0. |
Abbott&Cobb |
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Super Seedless
7167 |
Oval. (9.5 × 11.5 inches). Dark-green stripes on
light-green background. Rind-0.7 inches thick. Flesh color-3.7. |
Abbott&Cobb |
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Super Seedless
7177 |
Oval. (9.1 × 12.0 inches). Indistinct, medium-green
stripes on light-green background. Similar to ‘Tri-X 313’. Rind-0.7 inch
thick. Flesh color-4.0. |
Abbott&Cobb |
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Super Seedless
7187 |
Oval. (9.6 × 11.6 inches). Indistinct, medium-green
stripes on light-green background. Similar to ‘Tri-X 313’. Rind-0.7 inch
thick. Flesh color-3.9. |
Abbott & Cobb |
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Sweet Slice |
Oval. (9.3 × 10.2 inches). Medium-green stripe on
light-green background. Rind-0.8 inches thick. Flesh color-2.9. |
Willhite |
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SW 4625 |
Oval. (9.4 × 10.5 inches). Medium-green stripes on
light-green background. ‘Tri-X-313’ type. Rind-0.7 inches. Flesh
color-3.0. |
Southwestern |
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SW 4930 |
Blocky. (9.7 × 15.6 inches). Dark-green stripes on
medium-green background. Rind-0.8 inches. Flesh color-3.8 |
Southwestern |
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Talladega |
Elongated. (9.7 × 11.3 inches). Dark-green stripes on
light-green background. Similar to ‘Tri-X-313’. Rind-0.8 inch thick.
Flesh color-3.9. |
Sakata |
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Trillion |
Oval. (9.2 × 11.2 inches). Indistinct, medium-green
stripes on light-green background. Similar to ‘Tri-X 313’. Rind-0.8 inch
thick. Flesh color-2.5. |
Abbott & Cobb |
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Tri-X 313 |
Oval. (9.3 × 11.6 inches). Indistinct, broad
medium-green stripes on light-green background. Rind-0.7 inch thick.
Flesh color-3.9. |
Syngenta |
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Tri-X Carousel |
Oval. (9.4 × 11.5 inches). Broad green stripes on
light-green background. Similar to ‘Tri-X 313’. Rind-0.7 inch thick.
Flesh color-3.8. |
Syngenta |
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Tri-X Palomar |
Round. (10.1 × 9.8 inches). Indistinct, narrow
dark-green stripes on medium-green background. Rind-0.8 inch thick.
Flesh color-3.5. |
Syngenta |
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XWT 8706 |
Round/oval. (9.9 × 10.7 inches). Distinct, broad
medium-green stripes on dark-green background. Rind-0.8 inch thick.
Flesh color-4.0. |
Sakata |
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XWT 8707 |
Round/oval. (9.9 × 10.7 inches). Distinct, broad
medium-green stripes on dark-green background. Rind-0.7 inch thick.
Flesh color-4.2. |
Sakata |
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ZG-8805 |
Oval. (9.6 × 12 inches). Indistinct, wide, medium-green
stripes on light-green background. Rind-0.7 inches thick. Flesh
color-3.7. |
Zeraim Gedera |
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ZG-8820 |
Oval. (9.0 × 11.5 inches). Light-green stripes on
dark-green background. ‘Allsweet’ type. Rind-0.7 inch thick. Flesh
color-3.9. |
Zeraim Gedera |
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ZG-8825 |
Oval. (8.7 × 10.4 inches). Light-green stripes on
dark-green background. ‘Allsweet’ type. Rind-0.6. Flesh color-3.7 |
Zeraim Gedera |
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ZG-8828 |
Oval. (8.8 × 10.6 inches). Medium-green stripe on
light-green background. Rind-0.6 inches. Flesh color-3.8. |
Zeraim Gedera |
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1 Flesh color: 1 = light pink, 5 = deep red.
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Abbott & Cobb, Inc |
Shamrock Seed Co., Inc. |
U.S. Seedless |
| P.O. Box 307 |
3 Harris Place |
P.O. Box 3066 |
| Feasterville, PA 19053-0307 |
Salinas, CA 93901 |
Falls Church, VA 22043 |
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www.acseed.com |
shamrock@shamrockseed.com |
www.usseedless.com |
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| Hazera Seeds, Inc. |
Southwestern Vegetable Seed,
LLC |
Willhite Seed Inc. |
| 2250 East Imperial Hwy.,
Suite 200 |
P.O. Box 11449 |
Box 23 |
| El Segundo, CA 90245 |
Casa Grande, AZ 85230 |
Poolville, TX 76487 |
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www.hazera.co.il |
www.southwesternseed.com |
www.willhiteseed.com |
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| Hollar Seeds, Inc. |
Sugar Creek Seed, Inc. |
Zeraim Gedera Ltd. |
| P.O. Box. 106 |
P.O. Box 508 |
P.O. Box 103 |
| Rocky Ford, CO 81067-0106 |
Hinton, OK 73047 |
Gedera 70750 Israel |
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www.hollarseeds.com |
www.sugarcreekseed.com |
www.zeraimgedera.com |
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| Sakata Seed America, Inc. |
Sunseeds |
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| 18095 Serene Dr. |
P.O. Box 2078 |
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| Morgan Hill, CA 95037 |
Morgan Hill, CA 95038-2078 |
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www.sakata.com |
www.sunseeds.com |
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| Seminis Vegetable Seed, Inc. |
Syngenta Seeds, Inc. |
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| 2700 Camino del Sol |
P.O. Box 4188 |
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| Oxnard, CA 93030-7967 |
Boise, ID 83711-4188 |
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www.seminis.com |
www.syngenta.com |
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