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'Raspa' Melons

Sub-Category:	Watermelon

Sub-Category 2:
Description:	Watermelon. Plants bear blocky, 22- to 24-pound fruit with firm, dark-pink flesh. Plant provides a good cover to protect fruit from sun.
Days To Maturity:	80-85
Seed Sources:

Rating Summary

Overall: (5.0 Stars) Taste: (4.5 Stars) Yield: (4.5 Stars) Ease/Reliability: (4.5 Stars)

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Number of Reviews: 2

KEY: O=Overall Rating, T=Taste, Y=Yield, E=Ease

Reviewed on 07/30/2009 by Rayrose - An intermediate gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Lexington, South Carolina, United States Frost Free Season: More than 203 days Soil Texture: Clay Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40') Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
Very good melon. Looks very much like crimson sweet, but has better yields.

Reviewed on 01/26/2005 by hoosier - An experienced gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Indiana, United States Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days Soil Texture: Loam Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40') Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
healthy grower with crispy sweet flesh....a winner

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