| Table 1. Triploid watermelon entries, fruit descriptions,
and seed sources. Gulf Coast Research and Education Center, Bradenton. Spring
2003.
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Entry |
Description |
Source2 |
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Cooperstown |
Oval. (10.2 × 11.0
inches). Indistinct, broad medium-green stripes on light-green
background. Similar to ‘Tri-X 313’. Rind-0.8 inch
thick. Flesh color1-3.8 |
Seminis |
|
Dillon |
Oval. (9.4 × 11.0
inches). Indistinct, wide dark-green shape on light-green
background. ‘Tri-X-313’ type. Rind-0.9 inch thick.
Flesh color-4.3. |
Hazera |
|
Fandango |
Blocky. (9.8 × 10.4
inches). Distinct, dark-green stripes on medium-green
background. Rind-0.9 inch thick. Flesh color-4.5. |
Shamrock |
|
Genesis |
Oval. (9.3 × 10.0
inches). Indistinct, wide medium-green stripes on light-green
background. Similar to ‘Tri-X 313’. Rind-0.8 inch
thick. Flesh color-5.0. |
Shamrock |
|
Gypsy |
Oval/Round. (9.6 × 9.9
inches). Indistinct, dark-green stripe on medium-green
background. Rind-0.9 inch thick. Flesh color-4.3. |
Harris Moran |
|
HA 5002 |
Oval. (9.2 × 11.6
inches). Indistinct, wide dark-green stripes on light-green
background. ‘Tri-X-313 ’ type. Rind-0.9 inch
thick. Flesh color-3.7. |
Hazera |
|
HA 5015 |
Oval. (10.1 × 11.8
inches). Indistinct, wide dark-green stripes on light-green
background. ‘Tri-X-313’ type. Rind-1.0 inch thick.
Flesh color-4.2. |
Hazera |
|
HSR 2920 |
Round. (9.4 × 9.1
inches). Very dark-green rind. Similar to ‘Sugar Baby’.
Rind-0.9 inch thick. Flesh color-4.7. |
Hollar |
|
HSR 3005 |
Oval. (9.3 × 10.6
inches). Indistinct, medium-green stripe on light-green, hazy
background. Rind-0.8 inch thick. Flesh color-4.3. |
Hollar |
|
Imagination |
Round. (9.2 × 9.5
inches). Dark-green rind. Seed-less ‘Sugar Baby’
type. Rind-0.7 inch thick. Flesh color-3.2. |
Syngenta |
|
Millionaire |
Oval. (9.3 × 10.9
inches). Indistinct, wide dark-green stripes on light-green
background. Similar to ‘Tri-X 313’. Rind-0.9 inch
thick. Flesh color-4.0. |
Harris Moran |
|
Olympia |
Oval. (9.1 × 11.3
inches). Dark-green stripes on medium-green background.
Rind-0.8 inch thick. Flesh color-4.0. |
Seminis |
|
Omega |
Oval. (9.2 × 11.4
inches). Light-green stripes on dark-green background. ‘Allsweet’
type. Rind-1.0 inch thick. Flesh color-3.2. |
Seminis |
|
Revolution |
Elongated. (8.7 × 13.5
inches). Wide, dark-green stripes alternating with narrow
light-green stripes. ‘Allsweet’ type. Rind-1.1 inch
thick. Flesh color-4.5. |
Sunseeds |
|
RWT 8145 |
Blocky. (8.9 x 13.3 inches). Wide, dark-green stripe on
light-green background. ‘Allsweet’ type. Rind-0.8 inch
thick. Flesh color-4.8. |
Syngenta |
|
SR 8021WM |
Oval. (9.4 × 11.3
inches). Indistinct, wide, dark-green stripe on light-green
background. Similar to Tri-X-313. Rind-0.8 inch thick.
Flesh color-4.8. |
Sunseeds |
|
SSC 31829 |
Oval. (9.6 × 10.8
inches). Indistinct, wide, dark-green stripe on light-green
background. Similar to Tri-X-313. Rind-0.9 inch thick.
Flesh color-4.9. |
Shamrock |
|
Sugar Slice |
Oval. (9.6 × 10.0
inches). Indistinct, broad medium-green stripe on light-green
background. Rind-0.9 inch thick. Flesh color-3.4. |
Willhite |
|
Summer Sweet #5244 |
Oval/blocky. (9.8 × 10.6
inches). Wide dark-green stripes on light-green background.
Rind-0.9 inch thick. Flesh color-4.3. |
Abbott&Cobb |
|
Sunny |
Oval. (10.0 × 13.3 inches).
Dark-green stripe on light-green background. Similar to ‘Allsweet’
rind. Rind-1.0 inch thick. Flesh color-4.0.
Gold-colored flesh. |
Willhite |
|
Super Seedless 7167 |
Oval. (9.8 × 11.4
inches). Dark-green stripes on light-green background.
Rind-0.8 inch thick. Flesh color-4.7. |
Abbott&Cobb |
|
Super Seedless 7177 |
Oval. (9.5 × 11.2
inches). Indistinct, medium-green stripes on light-green
background. Similar to ‘Tri-X 313’. Rind-0.8 inch
thick. Flesh color-3.7. |
Abbott&Cobb |
|
Super Seedless 7187 |
Oval. (9.4 × 10.8
inches). Indistinct, medium-green stripes on light-green
background. Similar to ‘Tri-X 313’. Rind-0.9 inch
thick. Flesh color-4.7. |
Abbott&Cobb |
|
Sweet Delight |
Oval. (9.6 × 11.7
inches). Indistinct, wide, dark-green stripe on light-green
background. Similar to Tri-X-313. Rind-0.7 inch thick.
Flesh color-4.0. |
Syngenta |
|
Sweet Slice |
Oval. (9.6 × 10.7
inches). Medium-green stripe on light-green background.
Rind-0.9 inch thick. Flesh color-3.8. |
Willhite |
|
SWT 6903 |
Round/oval. (9.9 × 9.8
inches). Narrow, medium-green stripes on light-green
background. Rind-0.8 inch thick. Flesh color-4.5. |
Sakata |
|
SWT 8706 |
Oval/round. (10.1 × 10.5
inches). Indistinct, dark-green stripes on light-green
background. Similar to ‘Tri-X-313’. Rind-1.0 inch
thick. Flesh color-3.7. |
Sakata |
|
Talladega |
Elongated. (9.5 × 11.1
inches). Dark-green stripes on light-green background.
Similar to ‘Tri-X-313’. Rind-0.9 inch thick. Flesh color-4.3. |
Sakata |
|
Trillion |
Oval. (9.0 × 10.9
inches). Indistinct, medium-green stripes on light-green
background. Similar to ‘Tri-X 313’. Rind-0.8 inch
thick. Flesh color-3.3. |
Abbott & Cobb |
|
Tri-X 313 |
Oval. (9.3 × 11.2
inches). Indistinct, broad medium-green stripes on light-green
background. Rind-0.9 inch thick. Flesh color-4.8. |
Syngenta |
|
Tri-X Palomar |
Round. (9.7 × 9.7
inches). Indistinct, narrow dark-green stripes on medium-green
background. Rind-0.9 inch thick. Flesh color-4.5. |
Syngenta |
|
USS 2121 |
Round. (9.0 × 8.8
inches). Very dark-green rind. Similar to ‘Sugar Baby’.
Rind-0.7 inch thick. Flesh color-4.3. |
U.S. Seedless |
|
USS 2231 |
Round. (10.0 × 9.9
inches). Distinct, dark-green stripe on medium-green
background. Rind-0.8 inch thick. Flesh color-4.8. |
U.S. Seedless |
|
USS 2286 |
Round. (9.6 × 10.5
inches). Indistinct, wide dark-green stripe on light-green
background. Rind-0.9 inches. Flesh color-orange. |
U.S. Seedless |
|
USS 2330 |
Round/oval. (10.3 x 10.7 inches). Bright, indistinct, wide dark-green
stripe on light-green background. Rind-0.9 inch thick. Flesh color-4.0. |
U.S. Seedless |
|
WX 28 |
Elongated. (9.2 × 15.5
inches). Indistinct, wide, medium-green stripe on light-green
background. ‘Allsweet’ type. Rind-1.1 inch thick.
Flesh color-2.5. |
Willhite |
|
XP 4510759 |
Oval. (9.3 × 11.3 inches).
Indistinct, medium-green stripes on light-green background.
Rind-0.8 inch thick. Flesh color-4.7. |
Seminis |
|
ZG 8016 |
Round. (9.2 × 9.5
inches). Very dark-green rind similar to ‘Sugar Baby’.
Rind-0.9 inch thick. Flesh color-4.3. |
Zeraim Gedera |
|
ZG 8801 |
Oval. (9.6 × 10.4
inches). Solid, medium-green rind. Rind-0.9 inch
thick. Flesh color-3.8. |
Zeraim Gedera |
|
ZG 8818 |
Oval. (8.9 × 10.4
inches). Solid, dark olive-green rind. Rind-0.8 inch
thick. Flesh color |
Zeraim Gedera |
1 Flesh color: 1 = light pink, 5 = deep red.
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Abbott & Cobb, Inc |
Sakata Seed America, Inc. |
Syngenta Seeds, Inc. |
| P.O. Box 307 |
18095 Serene Dr. |
P.O. Box 4188 |
| Feasterville, PA 19053-0307 |
Morgan Hill, CA 95037 |
Boise, ID 83711-4188 |
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www.acseed.com |
www.sakata.com |
www.syngenta.com |
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| Harris Moran Seed Company |
Seminis Vegetable Seed, Inc. |
U.S. Seedless |
| P.O. Box 4938 |
2700 Camino del Sol |
P.O. Box 3066 |
| Modesto, CA 95352 |
Oxnard, CA 93030-7967 |
Falls Church, VA 22043 |
|
www.harrismoran.com |
www.seminis.com |
www.usseedless.com |
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| Hazera Seeds, Inc. |
Shamrock Seed Co., Inc. |
Willhite Seed Inc. |
| 2250 East Imperial Hwy.,
Suite 200 |
3 Harris Place |
Box 23 |
| El Segundo, CA 90245 |
Salinas, CA 93901 |
Poolville, TX 76487 |
|
www.hazera.co.il |
shamrock@shamrockseed.com |
www.willhiteseed.com |
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| Hollar Seeds, Inc. |
Sunseeds |
Zeraim Gedera Ltd. |
| P.O. Box. 106 |
P.O. Box 2078 |
P.O. Box 103 |
| Rocky Ford, CO 81067-0106 |
Morgan Hill, CA 95038-2078 |
Gedera 70750 Israel |
|
www.hollarseeds.com |
www.sunseeds.com |
www.zeraimgedera.com |
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