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'Small Shining Light' Melons

Sub-Category:	Watermelon

Sub-Category 2:
Description:	Early-season Russian heirloom watermelon. Vines bear round 10- to 12-inch, red-fleshed fruit with very dark green rind.
Days To Maturity:	80-90
Seed Sources:	Seed Savers Exchange - updated in 2014

Rating Summary

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

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Number of Reviews: 1

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

Reviewed on 09/21/2012 by Ferdzy - An intermediate gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Ontario, Canada Frost Free Season: 143 - 163 days Soil Texture: Sand Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40') Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
This is a nice little round watermelon that could easily be mistaken for Sugar Baby. (In fact, I often do.) However, I have found that this one does much better for us than Sugar Baby, producing larger melons. It also holds and keeps well. We will keep growing this one again and again. Highly recommended

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