Table 1. Diploid watermelon entries, fruit descriptions, and seed sources. Gulf Coast Research and Education Center, Bradenton. Spring 2002.
 

Entry

Description

Source2

Celebration

Blocky. (9 ¾ × 14 ¼ inches). Dark-green rind with light-green stripes. ‘Allsweet’ type. Rind-0.7 inch thick. Flesh color1-4.6.

Syngenta

Dulce

Elongated/blocky. (9 ½ × 16 ¾ inches). Dark-green rind with light-green stripes. ‘Allsweet’ type. Rind - 0.8 inch thick. Flesh color-3.3.

Willhite

Festival

Elongated. (9 ¼ × 16 inches). Narrow light-green stripes on dark-green background. ‘Allsweet’ type. Rind-0.7 inch thick. Flesh color-4.4.

Willhite

Gold Strike

Blocky. (9 ½ × 13 ¼ inches). Distinctive dark-green stripe on light-green background. Rind-0.6 inch thick. Flesh color-Bright orange-4.6.

Willhite

HSR 2616

Elongated. (8 ½ × 16 ½ inches). Dark-green rind with light-green stripes. ‘Allsweet’ type. Rind-0.6 inch thick. Flesh color-4.4.

Hollar

  HSR 2942

  Blocky. (9 × 15 ½ inches). Dark-green rind with light-green stripes. ‘Allsweet’ type. Rind-0.6 inch thick. Flesh color-4.8.

 Hollar

  Jamboree

  Elongated/blocky. (9½ × 15 ¾ inches). Dark-green rind with light-green stripes. ‘Allsweet’ type. Rind-0.7 inch thick. Flesh color-4.7.

 Syngenta

Mardi Gras

Elongated. (9 × 15 inches). Indistinct light-green stripes on dark-green background.  ‘Allsweet’ type. Rind-0.7 inch thick. Flesh color-4.5.

Syngenta

Montreal

Blocky. (9 ½ × 13 ½ inches). Dark-green stripes on light-green background.  ‘Allsweet’ type. Rind-0.6 inch thick. Flesh color-4.4.

Sunseeds

Olé

Blocky. (9 ½ × 15 ¼ inches). Dark-green stripes on light-green background. ‘Allsweet’ type. Rind-0.6 inch thick. Flesh color-4.8.

Willhite

Piñata

Elongated/oval. (9 ¾ × 14 ½ inches). Wide dark-green stripes on light-green background. ‘Allsweet’ type. Rind-0.8 inch thick. Flesh color-3.9.

Willhite

Rojo Grande

Elongated. (9 × 16 inches). Dark-green stripes on light-green background. ‘Allsweet’ type. Rind-0.7 inch thick. Flesh color-4.1.

Willhite

RWM 8074

Elongated/blocky. (9 ½ × 15 ¾ inches). Dark-green rind with light-green stripes. ‘Allsweet’ type. Rind-0.6 inch thick. Flesh color-4.6.

Syngenta

RWM 8133

Blocky. (9 × 14 ½ inches). Dark-green rind with light-green stripes. ‘Allsweet’ type. Rind-0.7 inch thick. Flesh color-4.4.

Syngenta

RWM 8134

Blocky. (9 ½ × 16 ½ inches). Dark-green rind with light green stripes. ‘Allsweet’ type. Rind-0.7 inch thick. Flesh color-4.8.

Syngenta

RWM 8142

Blocky. (10¼ × 13 ¾ inches). Dark-green rind with light-green stripe. ‘Allsweet’ type. Rind-0.7 inches thick. Flesh color-4.3.

Syngenta

Sangria

Elongated. (8 ¾ × 15 ½ inches). Light-green stripes on dark-green background. ‘Allsweet’ type. Rind-0.6 inch thick. Flesh color-4.8.

Syngenta

Summer Flavor 790

Elongated. (9 ½ × 13 ¾ inches). Dark-green stripes on light-green background. ‘Allsweet’ type. Rind-0.7 inch thick. Flesh color-4.7.

Abbott & Cobb

Summer Flavor 800

Elongated/blocky. (9 ¾ × 14 ½ inches). Dark-green stripes on light-green background. ‘Allsweet’ type. Rind-0.8 inch thick. Flesh color-4.6.

Abbott & Cobb

SW 403

Blocky. (9 ½ × 14 ¾ inches). Light-green stripes on dark-green background. ‘Allsweet’ type. Rind-0.6 inches. Flesh color-4.5.

Southwestern

SWD 7201

Oblong/blocky. (10 ½ × 14 ¼ inches). Dark-green stripes on light-green background. Rind-0.6 inch thick. Flesh color-4.2.

Sakata

98212

Elongated. (9¼ × 15 ½ inches). Light-green stripes on dark-green background. ‘Allsweet’ type. Rind-0.6 inch thick. Flesh color-4.6.

Sakata
 

1Flesh color: 1 = light pink, 5 = deep red. 1 = light orange, 5 = deep orange.
     
2Abbott & Cobb, Inc. Southwestern Vegetable Seed, LLC Willhite Seed Inc.
P.O. Box 307 P.O. Box 11449 Box 23
Feasterville, PA 19053-0307 Casa Grande, AZ 85230 Poolville, TX 76487
www.acseed.com www.southwesternseed.com www.willhiteseed.com
     
Hollar Seeds, Inc. Sunseeds  
P.O. Box 106 P.O. Box 2078  
Rocky Ford, CO 81067-0106 Morgan Hill, CA 95038-2078  
www.hollarseeds.com www.sunseeds.com  
     
     
Sakata Seed America, Inc. Syngenta Seeds, Inc.  
18095 Serene Dr. P.O. Box 4188  
Morgan Hill, CA 95037 Boise, ID 83711-4188  
www.sakata.com www.syngenta.com  

 
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