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'Yellow Sugar Lump' Melons

Sub-Category:	Watermelon

Sub-Category 2:
Description:	Watermelon. Vines bear small, striped fruit with pale, lemon-yellow flesh and thin rind.
Days To Maturity:	85
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Overall: (4.0 Stars) Taste: (4.0 Stars) Yield: (4.0 Stars) Ease/Reliability: (4.0 Stars)

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Reviewed on 07/23/2007 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
I grew this little Japanese icebox melon back in the sixties, when Henry Field offered as Red, Yellow and White Sugarlumps. The Yellow was productive but paled in comparison to the Yellow Doll. A good but not great melon.

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