Watermelon Variety Trial

•Lane Agricultural Center

 Oklahoma and Texas

 

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Watermelon Cultivars
•Transplanted May 23, 2001
•Plot Length 30 feet
•9 feet between rows
•Alleys 10 feet
•3 Feet Between Plants Black Plastic Mulch

 

Watermelon Cultivars

•Plastic Mulch

•Drip Irrigation

•Standard Fertility

 

 
Watermelon Cultivars
•Harvest August 2, 2001 (Single Harvest)
•Length, Circumference, Yield
•Flesh Color
•Exterior Color
•Stripe Pattern
•Lycopene on half of cultivars

 

Piρata
 Willhite
•Diploid
•19.8 tons
•Light Red Flesh
•37 x 76 cm

Pinata Watermelon

 

Summer Flavor 800 (ACX 5413)
 Abbott & Cobb
Diploid
•19.0 tons
•Light Red Flesh
•23 x 60 cm Summer Flavor 800 Watermelon

 

 

Big Stripe
 Willhite
•Diploid
•15.8 tons
•Light Red Flesh
•34 x 77 cm Big Stripe Watermelon

 

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RWM

8036 Rogers

Diploid 15.4 tons Pink Flesh

41 x 59 cmRWM 8036 Watermelon

 

RWM 8110Rogers
Diploid
•15.4 tons
•Light Red Flesh
•35 x 55 cm

RWM 8110 Watermelon

 

Sweetheart (Raspa)
 Willhite
•Diploid
•15.3 tons
•Dark Red Flesh
•37 x 83 cm

Sweetheart Watermelon

 

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