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'Crest' Melons |
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Watermelon
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Early Charleston gray type hybrid watermelon. Vines bear large, oval, 23-pound, mottled gray-green fruit with red flesh and small, dark-brown seeds. Resistant to Fusarium wilt and Anthracnose.
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80
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| Rating Summary |
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Overall: (5.0 Stars)
Taste: (5.0 Stars)
Yield: (5.0 Stars)
Ease/Reliability: (5.0 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
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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
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| Excellent melon. I tried this variety this year and it was my best perfomer. Great yields on
very short plants, because it crown sets. Would be ideal, if you have limited space.
A top ten melon. |
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Reviewed on 06/27/2008 by
farmerdill
- An experienced gardener
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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
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| This is the earliest ripening melon that I have this year, beating the icebox types. While it has the color signature of the Charleston Grey, it is round oval rather than long. A crown setting melon that sets early melons at the base of the plant. Size was hampered by by an extreme drought this year, but one of the best tasting hybrids I have encountered. |
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