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'Sweetie #6' Melons

Sub-Category:	Muskmelon/Cantaloupe

Sub-Category 2:
Description:	Hybrid. 1- to 2-pound, oval fruit with smooth, greenish-white skin and swirled, orange and green flesh. Keeps well. Prone to split in excessive rains. Resistant to fusarium 0,1 and 2; powdery and mildews.
Days To Maturity:	75
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Rating Summary

Overall: (3.0 Stars) Taste: (4.0 Stars) Yield: (2.0 Stars) Ease/Reliability: (3.0 Stars)

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Number of Reviews: 1

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Reviewed on 10/15/2004 by Bob B - An experienced gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Chemung, New York, United States Frost Free Season: 103 - 123 days Soil Texture: Clay Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40') Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
Sweetie will work in my hilltop location, and has fruits before my usual French Orange Charenais. I had lots of splitting problems due to the heavy rains and the voles found the thin skin easy to chew thru. I enjoyed the mellons harvested.

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