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A proven performer in European markets, Top Gun has shown a more uniform shape and better fruit quality compared to other Crimson Sweet types. This watermelon variety has excellent seedling vigor and matures in approximately 83 days with 21- to 24-pound globe-shaped fruit, bright red flesh, and a "classy" Crimson Sweet rind appearance.	Sangria is the gold standard for eating quality in the allsweet market. Typically the premium priced watermelon in the market, this variety’s relied upon performance has created a unique following among growers, brokers, shippers, and consumers. Sangria’s interior quality is characterized by dark red flesh with high sugars and unsurpassed eating quality.	Mardi Gras is a widely-adapted allsweet hybrid and has delivered high yields of uniformly shaped fruit. Under difficult growing conditions, its strong vine has supported the fruit without the bottle-necking seen in other varieties under similar conditions. It is able to consistently produce watermelons in the size range preferred by brokers and retailers. Mardi Gras’ superior field holding ability also allows growers to take advantage of market fluctuations.
Jamboree is an excellent choice when size commands a premium. In commercial fields in the Northeast, Texas, Mexico, Florida, and Southern California, it has produced large watermelons with dependable uniformity of fruit shape. Its allsweet heritage is clearly identifiable in the deep red flesh and excellent flavor. Under stress type conditions, Jamboree has demonstrated the ability to produce larger size fruit for added benefit in the market.	Escarlett is an allsweet-type hybrid with a high yield potential and excellent flavor and flesh quality. This variety typically produces large watermelons with an elongated shape. The flesh is firm with small seeds and small seed pockets. In trials, Escarlett has shown improved yields compared to current “standard” varieties and has performed exceptionally well in Texas and Mexico.

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Melody offers growers the advantage of early maturity that is 5 - 7 days earlier than Tri-X® Brand 313. This seedless watermelon hybrid produces a uniform, medium-sized fruit with a globe shape and an attractive red flesh. It also features a smooth skin and a deeper rind color than standard seedless varieties. With a heavy and concentrated fruit set, the average fruit weighs 14 -16 lbs. This variety has the added benefit of intermediate resistance to anthracnose and fusarium wilt race 1.	Summer King (formerly RWT8203) performs well under hot, summer growing conditions and produces uniform, medium-sized fruit size with attractive red flesh. Similar to TRI-X® Brand 313, this seedless watermelon has a stronger, larger plant and smaller pips in the flesh. It also has larger leaves for improved plant vigor and fruit cover.	Sweet Delight features fruit weighing about 21 pounds, about two to three pounds larger than TRI-X® Brand 313. It has bright red flesh and excellent uniformity of the oval fruit shape. This watermelon offers good fruit set and has shown adaptation for the markets in Mexico, Texas, and the Eastern and Western United States.
TRI-X® Brand 212 is the “smaller brother” of TRI-X® Brand 313. It has the same adaptability as its bigger brother, but with an average fruit weight of two pounds less. This “medium” sized seedless watermelon has shown excellent uniformity and very good fruit set with the same excellent fruit quality that has made TRI-X® Brand 313 a legend in its own time.	TRI-X® Brand 313, christened the “Original Seedless,” sets the standard for all other triploid watermelons. From seed germination to harvest, this variety has adapted to many climactic regions of the world with established performance. TRI-X® Brand 313 has no peer in quality and consistency, and features a firm texture, crispness of flesh, and sweetness.	TRI-X® Brand Palomar features firm, crisp, solid, bright red flesh. The fruit is wrapped with a unique rind pattern easily identified by growers and consumers. Palomar has shown excellent yield potential with high fruit setting ability and improved fruit arrivals due to the firm flesh. The firm flesh also gives it exceptional field holding ability. In trials, this variety has shown low incidence of hollow heart, resulting in a higher quality watermelon.
Specialty Seedless
Imagination features a glossy black rind, deep red flesh, and a compact size that can create a sensation in the seedless specialty markets. This true Sugar Baby seedless has a sweet, crisp, mouth watering flesh. It is a widely adaptable and early maturing variety with a vigorous plant, attractive appearance, and outstanding quality. Imagination is well-suited to all major watermelon markets, not just markets where Sugar Baby types are in demand.	Amarillo stands out with its brilliant, deep yellow flesh and large, distinctive globe shape. In trials, this watermelon has shown less tendency to hollow heart than other yellow-fleshed varieties, resulting in more harvestable fruit.	Matrix (RWT 8145) is an elongated seedless watermelon with an Allsweet-type rind pattern. It has shown excellent fruit quality with an average fruit weight from 16 to 21 pounds, plus an improved fruit set, better uniformity, and larger fruit size than current competitive varieties. It offers excellent plant vigor, less hollow heart than competing varieties, and the added advantage of intermediate resistance to fusarium and anthracnose.
Grafting
Emphasis is a lagenaria-type root stock for grafting seedless watermelon. It has a relatively shallow root system that does best under cold/cool and wet growing conditions and also does well in heavier soils. It does not perform well under hot and dry conditions. This root stock has demonstrated good performance under soil disease pressure, and offers intermediate resistance to fusarium wilt. The grafted plants have good fruit setting ability and can be 20% larger with darker red flesh and a larger fruit size than non-grafted plants. Emphasis has performed well in the Eastern United States. It is available exclusively through the Full Count™ program.	Strong Tosa is an interspecific squash hybrid type for grafting watermelon and melon. It has a deep root system that performs best under hot and dry conditions, and offers good performance under soil disease pressure. This root stock produces a very strong, vigorous plant that can be 50% larger than non-grafted plants. Its fruit can also be larger with darker red flesh and greater flesh firmness. Strong Tosa has intermediate resistance to fusarium wilt and vine decline (Monosporascus cannonballus). It is available exclusively through the Full Count™ program.

ALLSWEET TYPES
Variety	Description	Approx. Days to Maturity	Avg. Shape & Weight	Flesh	Rind	Seeds	Disease Resistance
Celebration	Celebration is typically the earliest maturing Allsweet hybrid and features bright red flesh with excellent interior quality and good uniformity of shape.	83	Blocky. 22 - 26 lbs.	Bright red.	Dark green with broken light green stripes.	Large. Mottled. Dark brown.	IR: Co (1); Fon (0,1)
Escarlett	Escarlett is an Allsweet-type hybrid with a high yield potential, excellent flavor and flesh quality, and typically produces large watermelons with an elongated shape.	86	Elongated 24 - 28 lbs.	Dark red	Dark green with broken light green stripes.	Small size. Dark Brown	IR: Co (1); Fon (1)
Jamboree	Jamboree has produced large watermelons with dependable uniformity of fruit shape in the Northeast US, Texas, Florida, Southern California and Mexico.	88	Elongated blocky. 23 - 27 lbs.	Bright, deep red. Nice texture.	Dark green with broken light green stripes.	Medium size. Dark brown.	IR: Co (1); Fon (0,1)
Mardi Gras	Mardi Gras is a widely-adapted Allsweet hybrid and has delivered high yields of uniformly shaped fruit.	88	Elongated. 21 - 24 lbs.	Bright red.	Dark green with broken light green stripes.	Medium size. Dark brown to black.	IR: Co (1); Fon (0,1)
Sangria	Sangria is the gold standard for eating quality in the allsweet market, and is characterized by dark red flesh with high sugars.	87	Elongated. 20 - 23 lbs.	Deep red.	Dark green with broken light green stripes.	Medium size. Dark brown.	IR: Co (1); Fon (0,1)
Top Gun	A proven performer in European markets, Top Gun has shown a more uniform shape and better fruit quality compared to other Crimson Sweet types.	83	Globe. 21-24 lbs.	Bright red.	Medium green with broad, medium dark green stripes.	Large size. Mottled. Dark brown.	IR: Co (1); Fon (0,1)
RED FLESH TYPES - SEEDLESS
Variety	Description	Approx. Days to Maturity	Avg. Shape & Weight	Flesh	Rind	Seeds	Disease Resistance
Melody	Melody is a globe shaped seedless hybrid with deeper rind color that Tri-X 313. Fruit set is heavy and concentrated with an attractive dark red flesh.	79	Globe 14-16 lbs.	Bright red.	Medium green with deep green stripes	Seedless	IR: Co (1); Fon (1)
Summer King	Summer King (RWT8203) is a Tri-X 313 type with a stronger plant and smaller pips in the flesh. Adaptability should be similar to T-X 313 but with a larger plant and medium-large fruit size. Leaves are larger to provide improved plant vigor and fruit cover. Very uniform fruit size and shape.	88	Blocky 17-19	Red	Medium thick rind that is durable for shipping.	Seedless	IR: Co (1); Fon (1)
Sweet Delight	Sweet Delight features fruit weighing about 21 pounds, about two to three pounds larger than TRI-X® Brand 313.	88	Oval. 17-21 lbs.	Bright red.	Light green with hazy, broad, medium dark green stripes.	Seedless
TRI-X Brand 212	TRI-X® Brand 212 offers fruit about two pounds less than TRI-X® Brand 313, and has shown excellent uniformity and fruit set with superior fruit quality.	82	Round to short oval. 13-16 lbs.	Red, crisp.	Light green with hazy, broad, medium dark green stripes.	Seedless
TRI-X Brand 313	TRI-X® Brand 313 sets the standard for all other triploid watermelons and has no peer in quality and consistency.	85	Oval 15-18 lbs.	Red, crisp.	Light green with hazy, broad, medium dark green stripes.	Seedless
TRI-X Brand Palomar	TRI-X® Brand Palomar features firm, crisp, solid, bright red flesh and is wrapped with a unique rind pattern easily identified by growers and consumers.	86	Round. 15-18 lbs.	Bright red, firm, crisp.	Medium dark green with narrow, dark green stripes.	Seedless
ELONGATED TYPES - SEEDLESS
Variety	Description	Approx. Days to Maturity	Avg. Shape & Weight	Flesh	Rind	Seeds	Disease Resistance
Matrix	Matrix is an elongated seedless watermelon with an allsweet-type rind pattern, excellent fruit quality, and an average fruit weight from 16 to 21 pounds.	87	Elongated 16-20 lbs.	Red.	Dark green with broken, light stripes.	Seedless	IR: Co (1); Fon (1)
SPECIALTY TYPES - SEEDLESS
Variety	Description	Approx. Days to Maturity	Avg. Shape & Weight	Flesh	Rind	Seeds	Disease Resistance
Amarillo	Amarillo stands out with its brilliant, deep yellow flesh and large, distinctive globe shape.	82	Globe. 15 lbs.	Bright, deep yellow.	Medium green with narrow, dark green stripes.	Seedless
Imagination	Imagination features a glossy black rind, deep red flesh, and compact size for seedless specialty markets.	80	Round. 12-15 lbs.	Bright red.	Solid, very dark green	Seedless
GRAFTING
Variety	Description	Growing Conditions	Rooting Depth	Disease Resistance
Emphasis	Emphasis is a lageneria- type root stalk that does well under cool growing conditions	Cool	Shallow	IR: Fon (0,1,2)
Strong Tosa	Strong Tosa is an interspecific squash hybrid type for grafting watermelon and melon and it does well under hot growing conditions.	Hot	Moderate to Deep	HR: Fon (0,1,2) IR: Monosporascus Cannonballus (Vine Decline)
POLLENIZERS
Variety	Description	Approx. Days to Maturity	Avg. Shape & Weight	Flesh	Rind	Seeds	Disease Resistance
SP-1	A multi-branched thin vine plant with lacey type leaves. This Super Pollenizer™ grows over the top of commercial seedless varieties and produces pollen over an extended period of time with no required "dedicated plant space" in a seedless watermelon field. Plant is non- competitive and grows well in a seedless field.	75	5.5 lbs.	Creamy white	Light green exterior with very narrow darker green stripes. Rind is brittle and fruit can be easily be crushed when stepped on.
SP-4	This new Super Pollenizer™ offers an excellent package of intermediate disease resistance to: Fusarium wilt races 0, 1 and 2; plus Anthracnose. SP-4 is basically the same as SP-1 but now has the added benefit of disease resistance and has shown to be very "durable" under disease pressure and adverse growing conditions.	75	4.2	Creamy white	Light green exterior with very narrow darker green stripes. Similar to SP-1. Rind is brittle and fruit can be easily crushed when stepped on.		IR: Co (1); Fon (0,1,2)

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