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'Congo' Melons

Sub-Category:	Watermelon

Sub-Category 2:
Description:	Watermelon. Vines bear cylindrical, 30- to 50-pound, red-fleshed, green-rinded fruit with dark green stripes. 1950 All American Selection.
	AAS Winner in the year 1950
Days To Maturity:	99
Seed Sources:	Henry Field's Seed and Nursery Co. - updated in 2013

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

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Reviewed on 05/04/2006 by farmerdill - An experienced gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Richmond, Georgia, United States Frost Free Season: 183 - 203 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 large melon. As a shipping melon, in the 30- 40 lb class. Very popular maket melon in the fifties, before being replaced by the Charleston Grey. It has good taste and texture in its prime, but tends to get watery when over ripe. Good producer.

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