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'Golden Crown' Melons
 
Sub-Category: Watermelon
 
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Description: Watermelon. 6- to 9-foot vines bear oval, 5- to 7-pound, red-fleshed, black-seeded fruit with rind that ripens to golden-yellow when mature. Tolerant to powdery mildew and anthracnose. 1991 All American Selection Winner.
AAS Winner in the year 1991
Days To Maturity: 78
Seed Sources:
 
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Reviewed on 09/17/2008 by flora2b - An intermediate gardener

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British Columbia, Canada
Frost Free Season: 103 - 123 days
Soil Texture: Clay
Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day

Have only grown this variety one year, from direct ground seeding. The two plants produced typical vine sprawl, with 9+ melons. Very tasty, sweet, sweet, sweet football sized fruit, ripening August 10. Waited til the rind turned yellow with a few greenish bumps on the bottom and the attached tendril dried. Will be growing this again....earlier than sugar baby!!!
 
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