90 days. A long striped melon, tough rind, firm red flesh. Small seed, 25 to 30 pounds. Keeps well. Excellent shipper.

85 days. A melon with fruit very similar to Crimson Sweet, blocky shape, average 20-22 pounds. Tests show a higher sugar content and better flesh color than Crimson Sweet. Small seeds are dark brown. Plants are tolerant to Fusarium Wilt, Downy Mildew and Anthracnose Race 1, and Anthracnose Race 2. Very high yields, excellent quality.

To the best of our knowledge Big Crimson is almost identical to Crimson Sweet except it is larger, several days later. The melons are more likely to weigh 30 pounds compared to 22 pounds for Crimson Sweet. Big Crimson is very high yielding and produces a tremendous tonnage of beautiful melons. Small seeds. A very good shipper and highly productive.

85 days. Big Stripe is a large, oblong stripe averaging up to 30 lbs. The rind has a light green background with darker green stripes. The rind color holds well and is slow to fade. High yield potential. It is larger than Desert Storm or Patriot. Strong vigorous plants providing good cover for fruit. Flesh is red and sweet. Tolerant to Fusarium Wilt. Good shipper. Big Stripe could be very helpful in areas where larger size watermelons are desired.

90 days. Large melon with a glossy solid black-green rind. Deep red flesh that is sweet, tender and crisp. Large grayish-black seed. Hardy, mid-season, good shipper. Average 40-45 pounds. When properly pruned and weather and soil conditions are favorable, could weigh 75-80 pounds.

80-85 days. Charlene is a blocky Charleston Gray type watermelon with seed the size of Charleston Gray. It has a red sweet flesh. The fruit averages 22-25 lbs. It has a tough rind for excellent shipping qualities and is tolerant to Fusarium wilt. It is very productive and produces high percentage of uniform size and shaped fruit.

85 days. The Charleston Gray 133 is a long melon with light green rind. The fine red flesh has a firm texture and a sweet flavor. Average size 22 to 30 lbs. Large seeds are brownish black. The hard thin rind makes an excellent shipper. The uniform size melons are tolerant to sunburn. Long bearing vigorous vines.

85 day. A small sweet Allsweet type hybrid watermelon that averages 20-22 lbs. We recommend Chiquita in areas where many of the other hybrids get too large. It has a firm red flesh, good taste and a tough rind, is productive and excellent for shipping. Small black seed. Tolerant to Fusarium Wilt.

100 days. If it’s large attractive melons you wish to grow, don’t fail to try a few of the “Cobb Gem,” perhaps the largest watermelon in the United States. We grew them on trial that weighed 130 pounds. They are beautiful things, heavy producers, large seeds grayish black, average size, flesh red, cutting qualities fair, and are grown principally for show melons and to win prizes.

85 days. The blocky round melons average about 25 pounds. An attractive melon with a light and dark green striped rind, small dark brown seed and deep red firm fine-textured flesh. This melon fills the need for a round striped melon with good cutting and shipping qualities. Desirable features consist of fewer and smaller seed, sweeter flavor with thin rind. Crimson Sweet is well adapted for long distance shipping.