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Hort. Series # 233

Jonathan R. Schultheis, Vegetable Extension Specialist and Keith D. Starke, Research Associate, Department of Horticultural Science, NC State University, Raleigh, NC

Acknowledgments: We gratefully acknowledge the assistance of Rodney Mozingo (Superintendent) and Wesley Hairre (Horticulture Supervisor), Horticultural Crops Research Station, Clinton, NC, as well as, the personnel at the research station for their help in establishing, maintaining, and harvesting the cultigen evaluation studies. We want to acknowledge the following summer employees for their assistance with the studies: Maxton Collins, Benjamin Indermaur, Ryan Jarrett, Kimberly McAllister, Tanner Seay and Emma Westbrook.

The cooperation and support of Bayer Crop Science; Enza Zaden; Hazera; HM Clause; Origene Seeds; Sakata Seed Company; Seedway; Seminis; Syngenta; United Genetics and VoloAgri were also appreciated. We also want to acknowledge, support for this study was provided by the US Department of Agriculture, National Institute of Food and Agriculture, for the CucCAP Specialty Crop Research Initiative grant under award number 2015-51181-24285.

General Cultural Practices

These watermelon studies were grown on black plastic mulch and fertigated with drip tube. Pesticides used on all plots were chemicals labeled for that crop, (2019 North Carolina Agricultural Chemicals Manual).

Disclaimer

This publication presents data from the triploid standard size and mini watermelon cultigen evaluation studies conducted during 2019. Information in this report is believed to be reliable but should not be relied upon as a sole source of information. Limited accompanying detail is included but excludes some pertinent information, which may aid interpretation.

Watermelon Cultural Practices for 2019 Cultigen Studies, Horticultural Crops Research Station, Clinton, NC

Introduction

Growing conditions for the 2019 watermelon crop were generally very favorable throughout the season. North Carolina showed a modest increase in watermelon production from 2017 to 2018.

In 2017 acreage was reported at 6,300 acres and in 2018 acreage was reported at 6,700. North Carolina ranks 7th among watermelon producing states and represents 6 % of the U.S. acreage which totaled 115,800 acres in 2018. This translates into an economic value of $21 million to North Carolina. The average fruit sizes for the 2019 watermelon crop were not as large as they were in 2018; however, overall fruit sizes were still slightly above average throughout the 2019 growing season (P. Westerbeek, personal communication). Recent reports indicate that standard size watermelon (wholes) still account for 80 % of the US market followed by mini-watermelon (10 %) and cut watermelon (10 %).

Materials and Methods

Once all seeds were received from participating companies, they were planted into 72 cell Poly trays to grow transplants (Hummert Int.; Earth City, MO). Seeds of standard and mini size cultigens were sown on 4 April 2019 and 2 April 2019, respectively. The planting medium used was “fine germinating mix”, a commercial soilless mix (SunGro, Agawam, MA). Approximately 3 weeks after seeding, transplants were placed in a “hardening” greenhouse for approximately one week before being transplanted in the field. Telone II (12 gal/ac) was applied to the entire study area on 25 April 2019. K-Mag fertilizer (0-0-22-22S-11Mg) was applied pre-plant at a broadcast equivalent rate of 160 lbs/ac on 29 March. On 12 April the following pre-plant fertilizers were also applied to the entire study area (1.74 ac) in a broadcast equivalent rate of: (0-0-50) at 250lbs./ac; (15.5-0-0) at 200 lbs./ac and (18-46-0) at 100 lbs./ac. Black polyethylene plastic (1.25 mil thick high density plastic film, 60 inches wide; B.B. Hobbs, Clinton, NC) was laid on 25 April 2019. Standard and mini size triploid plants were established in the field on 13 May and 10 May 2019, respectively. Plot size for standard triploid size watermelons was 1 row, 10 plants per plot, 25 feet long with alleys of 10 feet between plots. In most cases, plots with missing plants were replanted approximately 3 days after planting to achieve 100% plant stand. ‘‘SP-7’’ and ‘‘Wild Card Plus’’ diploid pollinizer plants were used in the 2019 growing season. Alternate plantings of ‘‘SP-7’’ and ‘Wild Card Plus’ (4 plants/plot) were used as the pollinizer plants in each plot within the study. ‘SP-7’ pollenizer plants were planted after triploid plants 1 and 7 while ‘Wild Card Plus’ pollinizer plants were planted after triploid plant 4 and 10 in each plot. Row middles were 10 feet for all watermelon types and in-row spacing was 2.5 feet for the standard size triploid watermelons. Drip tape (NETAFIM, 12 inch spacing, 0.24 gph; NETAFIM, Tel Aviv, Israel) was installed beneath the plastic mulch and was utilized to fertigate the crop throughout the growing season. The following herbicides were applied to row middles on 8 May 2019; Sandea (1 oz/ac) and Strategy (4pt/ac). A subsequent application of Gramoxone (1qt/ac) plus crop oil (1 qt/ac) was spot sprayed on weed escapes on 22 May 2019.

Insecticides Carbaryl (1 qt/ac) and Asana (8 oz/ac) were rotated and applied as a preventive measure on the following dates; 23 and 31 May 2019; 14, 21 and 27 June 2019; 3, 10 and 26 July 2019. Insecticide products were sprayed in rotation to avoid potential development of insect resistance.

Miticides Abba Ultra (8 oz/ac), Bantar (1lb/ac) and Portal (1 qt/ac) were rotated and applied on the following dates; 21 and 27 June 2019; 10 July 2019. These miticide products were rotated to avoid potential development of mite resistance to these products.

A total of 49 lbs/ac N, 46 lbs/ac P and 160 lbs/ac K were all applied broadcast (pre-plant) to the entire study area. Liquid fertilizer with 4-0-8 analysis was initially applied through drip tape fertigation on 21 May 2019 and similarly on the following dates; 22, 28 and 31 May 2019; 3, 4, 6, 12, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 24, 25 and 27 June 2019; 1, 8 and 10 July 2019.  A total of 71 lbs/ac N, 0 lbs/ac P and  141 lbs/ac K were applied via fertigation throughout the growing season. Cumulative totals of applied fertilizer for the growing season were: 120 lbs/ac N, 46 lbs/ac P, 301 lbs/ac K, 20 lbs/ac S and 10 lbs/ac Mg.

Fungicides were initially applied on 31 May 2019 and similarly on the following dates: 14, 21 and 27 June 2019; 3, 10 July 2019. The following fungicides were rotated to avoid potential development of resistance from diseases; Bravo (1 qt/ac), Cabrio (16 oz/ac), Copper (1 lb/ac), Inspire (1pt/ac), Manzate (3 lb/ac), Presidio (4 oz/ac), Pristine (1 lb/ac), Quadris (14 oz/ac) and Tanos (8 oz/ac). Insect and disease pressure was minimal throughout the season with the exception of a flare up of spider mites that did moderate damage to watermelon vines in the entire study just prior to first harvest. The labeled rate of Abba Ultra, Portal and Bantar was applied for mite control. Significant crop vine loss occurred due to mites that resulted in significant sun scald on many fruit in the study. Each fruit was harvested when ripe, weighed and categorized statistically by size category.

Standard size triploid watermelon harvests (3) took place on: 17, 25 and 31 July 2019. For the triploid standard size watermelon test, fruits were placed in the following categories: ≤ 9.0 lbs, 9.1 – 13.5 lbs, 13.6 – 17.5 lbs, 17.6 – 21.4 lbs, and ≥ 21.5 lbs. Fruits were considered marketable if they weighed 9.1 lbs or more. Fruit are often commercially marketed by number or count per bin with 9.1-13.5 lbs fruit termed 60-count, 13.6 – 17.5 lbs fruit termed 45 count, 17.6 – 21.4 lbs fruit termed 36-count, and fruit 21.5 lbs or larger termed 30-count. We used these weight designations to categorize the harvested fruits in this study. The most popular standard triploid fruit size has typically ranged from 12-16 lbs and the majority of fruit harvested in this study ranged between 9.1 and 13.5 lbs. The mini triploid watermelon transplants were established in the field on 10 May 2019. Plot size for mini triploid size watermelons was 1 row, 8 plants per plot, 15 feet long with alleys of 10 feet between plots. Alternate plantings of ‘SP-7’ and ‘Wild Card Plus’ (4 plants/plot) were used as the pollenizer plants in this study. ‘SP-7’ pollenizer plants were planted after triploid plants 1 and 5 while ‘Wild Card Plus’ pollenizer plants were planted after triploid plant 3 and 7. Row middles were 10 feet for all watermelon types and in-row spacing was 1.9 feet for the mini size triploid watermelons. 

Mini triploid watermelon harvests (3) occurred on: 17 and 25 July 2019; 5 August 2019. For the mini triploid watermelon test, fruits were placed in the following categories: ≤ 3.0 lbs, 3.1 – 7.0 lbs, 7.1 – 9.0 lbs, and ≥ 9.1 lbs. Evaluations of each watermelon entry included yields, fruit size, production earliness, soluble solids, using a hand held digital refractometer (Atago, Vernon Hills, IL), fruit shape and size, exterior and interior descriptions (rind pattern, length/width ratio, seed trace size, occurrence of hard seeds, hollow heart incidence and severity, and flesh color), and interior flesh firmness.

Hard seed in triploid fruit was determined according to the USDA standards. Fruits were cut longitudinally in half, and then these halves were cut laterally. The number of hard seeds exposed on the cut surface were counted and recorded.

This is the sixth year we have rated for hard seeds according to the USDA standards. Evaluations of each melon entry included; yield, fruit size, production earliness, soluble solids, fruit shape and size and interior flesh firmness. Flesh firmness was taken by using a Penetrometer FT 011 with a 7/16” plunger tip, (QA Supplies LLC, Norfolk, Va.), and recorded in pounds. Soluble solids were measured by cutting a piece of fruit from the center of the fruit and squeezing out the fruit juice onto the digital refractometer (Atago, Vernon Hills, IL). Samples were obtained by cutting the center of the fruit from the stem to blossom end. Pressure was then taken in five areas of the fruit; stem end, top side, ground spot side, blossom end, and center.  Pressure was not taken on fruit with hollow heart. The reported measures on flesh firmness are an average of the five sample areas and are an average value taken for five fruit per plot or 20 fruits per cultigen. Most of the quality measurements were taken at the first or second harvests.

Financial Support

In addition to seed companies, this research was supported by the College of Life and Agricultural Sciences, North Carolina Agriculture Research, North Carolina Cooperative Extension Services and the North Carolina Watermelon Association. This research was also supported by a grant from USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture Specialty Crop Research Initiative (2015-51181-24285).

Table 1. Triploid Red-Flesh Watermelon Seed Sources and Descriptions; 2019

Entry No.

Cultigen

Company

Description

1 Arizonita United Genetics Seed Co Fairly distinct green stripe on light green background; medium to small oval to slightly round fruit; medium to large (36 to 45 count).
2 Boneci Origene Fairy distinct narrow to medium stripe on light green background; smaller fruit more round with medium size fruit more blocky; mostly small to medium (60 to 45 count) with few large (36 count).
3 Captivation Syngenta Indistinct, medium width, mainly dark green stripes on light green background; blocky/oval shapes; sizes mainly medium to small (36 to 45 count).
4 Charismatic Sakata Indistinct, medium width, medium to dark green stripes with light to medium green background; mainly short round shapes; thick rind; small to medium size (60 to 45 count).
5 Crunchy Red HM Clause Elongated shape, blocky; indistinct; medium to dark green stripes; medium width on light green background
6 Declaration Bayer Crop Science Fairly distinct medium width dark green stripe on pale green background; blocky oval to slightly round fruit; mainly medium to large (36 to 45 count)
7 Embasy Bayer Crop Science Indistinct, medium wide, medium to dark green stripes on a light green background; slightly oval to round; mainly medium size (45 count).
8 Exclamation Syngenta Fairly distinct, medium width, medium to dark green stripes on a light green background, short blocky shapes or round; mainly medium to large size fruit (45 to 36 count).
9 Excursion Syngenta Idistinct, medium width medium to dark green stripes with light to medium green backround; medium to large sized fruit. 45 to 30 count)
10 Fascination Syngenta Indistinct, medium to large width, dark green stripes on light green background; oval shape in large fruit and long round in smaller fruits; size mainly medium (45 count).
11 Golden Crisp Syngenta Distinct narrow green stripe on lighter green background; slightly oval to oblong; fruit mostly medium sized (45 count) with some small and large (60 to 36 count).
12 Maxima Origene Fairly distinct, dark green stripes on a medium green background; shape is round to longer than round; fruit mostly large in size (36 count).
13 Red Amber Enza Zaden distinct medium stripes on medium green background; cream to yellow ground spot on several fruit; fruit mostly oblong; fruit mostly medium size with some smaller (45 to 60 count).
14 Red Garnet Enza Zaden Indistinct wide dark green stripes on light green background; fruit mostly oblong in shape; sizes are small to medium (60 to 45 count).
15 Red Opal Seedway LLC Indistinct narrow to medium width stripes; medium green on light green background; – sizes tend to be smaller with many in 60 to 45 count range.
16 Secretariat Sakata Indistinct medium to light green stripes on a light green background; thick rind; round to long round or oval; mostly small to medium in size (60 to 45 count).
17 Sweet Gem Syngenta Dark green exterior with more distinct stripes appearing on mature fruit; mostly round to slightly oval; mostly medium (45 count) with some small (60 count).
18 Tailgate Seminis Indistinct, medium to wide width dark green stripes with light green background; fruit are round to oval; fruit mostly medium sized but variable (45 count).
19 Troubadour HM Clause Distinct, narrow to medium width dark green stripes on light green background; fruit are slightly oval with smaller fruit tending to be more round; sizes variable (60 to 36 count).
20 Turnpike HM Clause Distinct medium width with medium to dark green stripes on light green background; fruit are consistent, medium size; mostly round to slightly oval shape; 45 to 60 count.
21 Warrior Bayer Crop Science Indistinct, medium to wide width dark green stripess on medium green background; oval or blocky fruit; variable sizes from small to larger fruits (60 to 36 count).
22 7197 HQ Bayer Crop Science Indistinct, medium width, medium to dark green stripess on light green background; oval/short blocky shapes; mainly 45 and 60 count.
23 E26C.00063 Enza Zaden Indistinct medium width mainly dark green stripess; mainly round to slightly oblong; mostly 60 to 45 count; distinct ground spot is yellow on many ripe fruit.
24 ORS 6064f Origene ndistinct narrow to medium width dark green stripess on light green background; medium size fruit oblong with some small fruit more round; most fruit 60 to 45 count; some knottyness on few fruit
25 ORS 6203a Origene Indistinct medium width stripes on light green background; mostly oblong to slightly round fruit; sizes range from mainly 60 to 45 count.
26 ORS 6371 Origene Fairly distinct narrow to medium width dark green stripes on light green background; fruit mostly oblong to slightly round; size variable ranging from 60 to 36 count.
27 ORS 6375a Origene Fairly distinct dark green stripes on light green background; mostly oblong to slightly round fruit with few smaller fruit round and few medium fruit blocky; variable fruit sizes ranging 60 to 30 count
28 ORS 6406b Origene Fairly distinct narrow to medium width stripes on lighter green background; mostly round to more oblong shape; variable sizes from 60 to 36 count.
29 SV0241WA Seminis Distinct dark green stripes on light green background; mostly oval to oblong shape; sizes mostly 60 to 45 count.
30 SV0502WA Seminis Distinct dark green stripes on light green background; mostly oblong to oval with some fruit more round; sizes 60 to 45 count.
31 SW 1981 Seedway LLC Fairly distinct narrow to medium width dark green stripes on light green background; large fruit blocky to oval with smaller fruit mostly oval; mostly 45 count with some 60 and some 36 count.
32 WDL 6404 Syngenta Mostly solid dark green with narrow green stripes appearing on more mature fruit; distinct yellow groundspot on several fruit; variable fruit sizes ranging from 60 to 36 count.

Figure 1. Standard triploid watermelon photographs. Clinton, NC, 2019

Table 2. Triploid Red-Flesh watermelon hybrid cultivar trial. Fruit weight, (cwt.), per acre by various weight classes including average fruit size¹ for harvest 1. Clinton, NC 2019.

Cultivar

Cwt. (x100) by size

Total Fruit Wt. / Acre

Mkt. Fruit

Wt. / Acre2

 ≤ 9.0

9.1 -13.5

13.6 – 17.5

17.6 – 21.4

 ≥ 21.5

Arizonita 9 103 100 42 94 348 339
Boneci 13 95 101 49 25 283 270
Captivation 12 91 111 64 0 279 267
Charismatic 20 71 133 11 24 259 238
Crunchy Red 4 88 132 40 0 264 260
Declaration 0 79 144 52 0 276 276
Embasy 11 85 178 72 38 383 372
Exclamation 3 112 170 74 25 384 382
Excursion 13 50 102 41 105 311 298
Fascination 26 74 102 53 0 255 229
Golden Crisp 9 69 119 84 26 306 297
Maxima 0 26 76 124 53 279 279
Red Amber 12 83 119 72 12 298 286
Red Garnet 4 108 104 29 0 246 241
Red Opal 23 93 105 63 13 297 274
Secretariat 20 142 129 20 13 325 304
Sweet Gem 12 71 115 30 14 242 230
Tailgate 3 68 114 96 51 332 329
Troubadour 26 149 84 10 0 268 243
Turnpike 13 126 94 41 0 274 262
Warrior 4 103 130 103 0 341 337
7197 HQ 13 124 135 52 25 348 335
E26C.00063 14 77 67 30 12 200 186
ORS 6064f 12 56 126 0 0 193 181
ORS 6203a 17 105 49 0 0 172 154
ORS 6371 3 39 109 70 38 259 256
ORS 6375a 4 65 96 103 76 345 340
ORS 6406b 0 50 66 82 39 237 237
SV0241WA 27 112 119 63 0 321 294
SV0502WA 43 103 83 0 0 229 186
SW 1981 0 44 161 41 97 342 342
WDL 6404 4 91 116 85 40 337 333
Average 12 86 112 53 26 289 277
LSD (0.05) 52 121 184 123 147 189 194

¹ Yields are calculated using 100 percent seedless watermelon population. ‘SP – 7’ pollenizers were interplanted after triploid plants 1 and 7 and ‘Wild Card Plus’ pollenizers were interplanted after triploid plants 4 and 10 (4 total pollenizer plants/plot). Fruit  weights for each category are rounded to the nearest whole number.
² Includes fruit ≥ 9.1 pounds.

Table 3.1. Triploid Red-Flesh watermelon hybrid cultivar trial. Bin boxes per acre by various weight classes including average fruit size¹ for harvest 1. Clinton, NC 2019.

Cultivar

Bin boxes / acre by size grade2

Mkt. Bins / Acre3   

 ≤ 9.0

9.1- 13.5

13.6- 17.5

17.6- 21.4

 ≥ 21.5

Arizonita 1 15 14 6 13 48
Boneci 2 14 14 7 4 39
Captivation 2 13 16 9 0 38
Charismatic 3 10 19 2 3 34
Crunchy Red 1 13 19 6 0 37
Declaration 0 11 21 7 0 39
Embasy 2 12 25 10 5 53
Exclamation 0 16 24 11 4 55
Excursion 2 7 15 6 15 43
Fascination 4 11 15 8 0 33
Golden Crisp 1 10 17 12 4 42
Maxima 0 4 11 18 8 40
Red Amber 2 12 17 10 2 41
Red Garnet 1 15 15 4 0 34
Red Opal 3 13 15 9 2 39
Secretariat 3 20 18 3 2 43
Sweet Gem 2 10 16 4 2 33
Tailgate 0 10 16 14 7 47
Troubadour 4 21 12 1 0 35
Turnpike 2 18 13 6 0 37
Warrior 1 15 19 15 0 48
7197 HQ 2 18 19 7 4 48
E26C.00063 2 11 10 4 2 27
ORS 6064f 2 8 18 0 0 26
ORS 6203a 2 15 7 0 0 22
ORS 6371 0 6 16 10 5 37
ORS 6375a 1 9 14 15 11 49
ORS 6406b 0 7 9 12 6 34
SV0241WA 4 16 17 9 0 42
SV0502WA 6 15 12 0 0 27
SW 1981 0 6 23 6 14 49
WDL 6404 1 13 17 12 6 48
Average 2 12 16 8 4 40
LSD (0.05) 8 17 26 18 21 28

1 Yields are calculated using 100 percent seedless watermelon population. ‘SP-7’ pollenizers were interplanted  after triploid plants 1 and 7 while ‘Wild Card Plus’ pollenizers were interplanted after triploid plants 4 and 10 (4 total   pollenizer plants/plot). Fruit weights for each category are rounded to the nearest whole number.
2 Values were determined based upon 700 lb bin box weight.
3 Includes fruit ≥ 9.1 pounds.

Table 3.2. Triploid Red-Flesh watermelon hybrid cultivar trial. Bin boxes per acre by various weight classes including average fruit size¹ for harvest 1. Clinton, NC 2019.

Cultivar

% Total Yield by Count4

Avg lb./ fruit

30

36

45

60

Arizonita 27 12 27 32 17.6
Boneci 9 15 39 33 14.1
Captivation 0 21 42 32 13.8
Charismatic 8 5 54 26 12.9
Crunchy Red 0 19 46 33 13.8
Declaration 0 20 50 30 14.5
Embasy 11 18 45 23 15.0
Exclamation 4 21 45 28 14.7
Excursion 30 14 35 17 16.2
Fascination 0 22 39 29 13.1
Golden Crisp 10 32 35 21 15.3
Maxima 22 41 26 10 17.8
Red Amber 4 23 40 26 14.2
Red Garnet 0 14 41 43 13.3
Red Opal 6 22 36 30 13.8
Secretariat 4 6 38 45 13.2
Sweet Gem 5 11 50 30 13.5
Tailgate 15 29 36 20 16.1
Troubadour 0 5 30 55 12.0
Turnpike 0 15 27 52 13.0
Warrior 0 31 37 31 15.0
7197 HQ 7 15 38 36 14.0
E26C.00063 6 12 33 42 13.0
ORS 6064f 0 0 62 30 12.8
ORS 6203a 0 0 36 49 11.7
ORS 6371 18 26 43 12 16.6
ORS 6375a 19 29 30 21 16.4
ORS 6406b 14 30 31 26 15.9
SV0241WA 0 18 38 35 13.1
SV0502WA 0 0 42 44 11.3
SW 1981 31 11 45 13 17.4
WDL 6404 11 29 33 26 16.0
Average 8 18 39 31 14.4
LSD (0.05)  – –  – –  – –  – – 5.5

4 Culls (≤ 9.0 lbs) are included in calculation for total yield by count for each respective bin category. Therefore, total will not equal 100 percent.

Table 4. Triploid Red-Flesh watermelon hybrid cultivar trial. Fruit number for harvest 1 by various weight classes (per acre) including fruit number per plant. Clinton, NC 2019.

Cultivar

Rank1

Fruit size category

Total Number

Total Mkt. No.2

Fruit No./ Plant

≤9.0

9.1 -13.5

13.6 -17.5

17.6 -21.4

≥21.5

Arizonita 8 109 926 653 218 218 2124 2015 1.0
Boneci 18 218 817 653 272 109 2069 1851 1.0
Captivation 19 163 817 708 327 0 2015 1851 0.9
Charismatic 23 327 653 871 54 109 2015 1688 0.9
Crunchy Red 20 109 762 871 218 0 1960 1851 0.9
Declaration 12 0 708 926 272 0 1906 1906 0.9
Embasy 2 163 708 1143 381 163 2559 2396 1.2
Exclamation 1 109 926 1089 381 109 2614 2505 1.2
Excursion 22 163 436 653 218 436 1906 1742 0.9
Fascination 25 381 653 653 272 0 1960 1579 0.9
Golden Crisp 13 163 599 762 436 109 2069 1906 1.0
Maxima 26 0 218 490 653 218 1579 1579 0.7
Red Amber 14 163 708 762 381 54 2069 1906 1.0
Red Garnet 21 54 926 708 163 0 1851 1797 0.9
Red Opal 15 327 817 708 327 54 2232 1906 1.0
Secretariat 5 272 1198 817 109 54 2450 2178 1.1
Sweet Gem 24 163 653 762 163 54 1797 1634 0.8
Tailgate 9 54 599 708 490 218 2069 2015 1.0
Troubadour 16 327 1307 545 54 0 2232 1906 1.0
Turnpike 17 163 1089 599 218 0 2069 1906 1.0
Warrior 4 54 871 817 544 0 2287 2232 1.1
7197 HQ 3 218 1089 871 272 109 2559 2341 1.2
E26C.00063 30 272 708 436 163 54 1634 1361 0.8
ORS 6064f 31 163 490 817 0 0 1470 1307 0.7
ORS 6203a 32 218 926 327 0 0 1470 1252 0.7
ORS 6371 27 54 327 708 381 163 1634 1579 0.8
ORS 6375a 10 54 545 599 545 327 2069 2015 1.0
ORS 6406b 29 0 436 436 436 163 1470 1470 0.7
SV0241WA 6 381 1035 762 327 0 2505 2124 1.2
SV0502WA 28 653 980 545 0 0 2178 1525 1.0
SW 1981 11 0 381 1035 218 381 2015 2015 1.0
WDL 6404 7 54 762 762 436 163 2178 2124 1.0
Average – – 174 752 725 279 102 2032 1858 0.9
LSD(0.05) – – 791 1058 1185 650 568 1424 1355 0.7

1 Ranked according to total marketable number.
2 Includes fruit ≥ 9.1 pounds.

Table 5. Triploid Red-Flesh watermelon hybrid cultivar trial. Fruit weight, (cwt.), per acre by various weight classes including average fruit size¹ for harvests 2-3. Clinton, NC, 2019.

Cultivar

Cwt. (x100) by size

Total / Acre

Mkt / Acre3

≤ 9.0

9.1 – 13.5

13.6 – 17.5

17.6 – 21.4

≥ 21.5

Arizonita 16 126 69 10 0 220 204
Boneci 10 47 23 31 0 112 102
Captivation 25 79 60 30 24 218 193
Charismatic 8 117 34 42 0 201 193
Crunchy Red 21 117 43 10 0 191 170
Declaration 15 91 74 0 0 180 166
Embasy 21 68 94 20 0 202 181
Exclamation 17 102 85 76 12 292 275
Excursion 17 60 36 41 0 154 137
Fascination 13 22 8 11 0 54 41
Golden Crisp 16 36 26 10 25 113 96
Maxima 15 50 111 84 37 298 283
Red Amber 0 79 75 52 50 256 256
Red Garnet 3 105 50 10 0 168 165
Red Opal 20 63 32 10 0 125 105
Secretariat 15 89 8 0 0 113 97
Sweet Gem 20 72 9 10 0 111 90
Tailgate 40 90 9 20 13 172 132
Troubadour 32 44 57 0 0 132 101
Turnpike 38 90 42 10 0 181 143
Warrior 4 60 28 54 0 146 142
7197 HQ 26 59 56 32 12 186 160
E26C.00063 15 39 31 42 14 140 126
ORS 6064f 0 171 74 31 0 276 276
ORS 6203a 4 162 146 21 37 371 366
ORS 6371 8 99 64 61 54 285 277
ORS 6375a 8 71 60 60 54 254 246
ORS 6406b 29 113 59 54 39 295 266
SV0241WA 23 79 87 10 12 210 187
SV0502WA 41 66 43 51 0 201 160
SW 1981 24 79 25 42 29 199 175
WDL 6404 13 68 54 41 0 176 163
Average 17 82 52 31 13 195 177
LSD (0.05) 48 126 121 129 104 274 274

¹ Yields are calculated using 100 percent seedless watermelon population. ‘SP – 7’
pollenizers were interplanted after triploid plants 1 and 7 while ‘Wild Card Plus’
pollenizer plants were interplanted after triploid plants 4 and 10 (4 pollenizer
plants/plot). Fruit weights for each category are rounded to the nearest whole number.
² Ranked according to total marketable weight.
³ Includes fruit ≥ 9.1 pounds.

Table 6.1. Triploid Red-Flesh watermelon hybrid cultivar trial. Bin boxes per acre by various weight classes including average fruit size¹ for harvests 2-3. Clinton, NC, 2019.

Cultivar

Bin boxes / acre by size grade2

Mkt. Bins / Acre3   

 ≤ 9.0

9.1- 13.5

13.6- 17.5

17.6- 21.4

 ≥ 21.5

Arizonita 2 18 10 1 0 29
Boneci 1 7 3 4 0 15
Captivation 4 11 9 4 3 28
Charismatic 1 17 5 6 0 28
Crunchy Red 3 17 6 1 0 24
Declaration 2 13 11 0 0 24
Embasy 3 10 13 3 0 26
Exclamation 2 15 12 11 2 39
Excursion 2 9 5 6 0 20
Fascination 2 3 1 2 0 6
Golden Crisp 2 5 4 1 4 14
Maxima 2 7 16 12 5 40
Red Amber 0 11 11 7 7 37
Red Garnet 0 15 7 1 0 24
Red Opal 3 9 5 1 0 15
Secretariat 2 13 1 0 0 14
Sweet Gem 3 10 1 1 0 13
Tailgate 6 13 1 3 2 19
Troubadour 5 6 8 0 0 14
Turnpike 5 13 6 1 0 20
Warrior 1 9 4 8 0 20
7197 HQ 4 8 8 5 2 23
E26C.00063 2 6 4 6 2 18
ORS 6064f 0 24 11 4 0 39
ORS 6203a 1 23 21 3 5 52
ORS 6371 1 14 9 9 8 40
ORS 6375a 1 10 9 9 8 35
ORS 6406b 4 16 8 8 6 38
SV0241WA 3 11 12 1 2 27
SV0502WA 6 9 6 7 0 23
SW 1981 3 11 4 6 4 25
WDL 6404 2 10 8 6 0 23
Average 2 12 7 4 2 25
LSD (0.05) 7 18 17 18 15 39

¹ Yields are calculated using 100 percent seedless watermelon population. ‘SP-7’ pollenizer plants were interplanted after triploid plants 1 and 7 while ‘Wild Card Plus’ pollenizer plants were interplanted after triploid plants 4 and 10 (4 pollenizer plants per/plot). Fruit weights for each category are rounded to the nearest whole number.
² Values were determined based upon 700 lb bin box weight.
³ Includes fruit ≥ 9.1 pounds.

Table 6.2. Triploid Red-Flesh watermelon hybrid cultivar trial. Bin boxes per acre by various weight classes including average fruit size¹ for harvests 2-3. Clinton, NC, 2019.

Cultivar

% Total Yield by Count4

Avg lb./ fruit

30

36

45

60

Arizonita 0 5 27 59 11.7
Boneci 0 21 19 53 12.0
Captivation 4 5 12 46 11.5
Charismatic 0 22 20 55 12.5
Crunchy Red 0 3 16 68 10.8
Declaration 0 0 43 45 11.7
Embasy 0 7 35 50 11.9
Exclamation 4 18 26 46 12.7
Excursion 0 37 20 33 13.9
Fascination 0 14 12 56 10.8
Golden Crisp 8 3 31 26 11.5
Maxima 9 22 46 21 15.1
Red Amber 14 15 37 34 14.8
Red Garnet 0 6 26 65 11.4
Red Opal 0 5 22 53 11.2
Secretariat 0 0 6 81 10.4
Sweet Gem 0 5 11 64 10.7
Tailgate 5 9 3 54 9.8
Troubadour 0 0 36 45 10.2
Turnpike 0 3 31 48 10.4
Warrior 0 24 17 28 14.2
7197 HQ 3 8 16 58 11.9
E26C.00063 5 15 17 28 13.0
ORS 6064f 0 14 25 62 12.8
ORS 6203a 7 5 40 46 13.1
ORS 6371 11 15 25 46 13.8
ORS 6375a 17 15 30 35 14.5
ORS 6406b 10 13 25 41 12.5
SV0241WA 3 4 46 31 11.5
SV0502WA 0 14 12 24 10.4
SW 1981 7 14 9 45 12.3
WDL 6404 0 16 23 56 13.0
Average 3 11 24 47 12.1
LSD (0.05)  – –  – –  – –  – – 6.0

4 Culls (≤ 9.0 lbs) are included in calculation for total yield by count for each respective bin category. Therefore, total will not equal 100 percent.

Table 7. Triploid Red-Flesh watermelon hybrid cultivar trial. Fruit number for harvests 2-3 by various weight classes (per acre) including fruit number per plant. Clinton, NC, 2019.

Cultivar

Rank1

Fruit size category

Total Number

Total Mkt. No.2

Fruit No./ Plant

≤9.0

9.1 -13.5

13.6 -17.5

17.6 -21.4

≥21.5

Arizonita 8 218 1143 436 54 0 1851 1634 0.9
Boneci 29 163 436 163 163 0 926 762 0.4
Captivation 14 381 708 381 163 109 1742 1361 0.8
Charismatic 10 109 1089 218 218 0 1634 1525 0.8
Crunchy Red 11 272 1089 272 54 0 1688 1416 0.8
Declaration 15 218 817 490 0 0 1525 1307 0.7
Embasy 16 327 599 599 109 0 1634 1307 0.8
Exclamation 3 327 926 545 381 54 2232 1906 1.0
Excursion 24 218 545 218 218 0 1198 980 0.6
Fascination 32 163 218 54 54 0 490 327 0.2
Golden Crisp 31 218 327 163 54 109 871 653 0.4
Maxima 6 218 436 708 436 163 1960 1742 0.9
Red Amber 7 0 708 490 272 218 1688 1688 0.8
Red Garnet 12 54 1035 327 54 0 1470 1416 0.7
Red Opal 27 272 545 218 54 0 1089 817 0.5
Secretariat 25 218 817 54 0 0 1089 871 0.5
Sweet Gem 30 272 653 54 54 0 1035 762 0.5
Tailgate 22 599 871 54 109 54 1688 1089 0.8
Troubadour 28 490 436 381 0 0 1307 817 0.6
Turnpike 17 599 871 272 54 0 1797 1198 0.8
Warrior 23 54 545 163 272 0 1035 980 0.5
7197 HQ 18 381 545 381 163 54 1525 1143 0.7
E26C.00063 26 218 381 218 218 54 1089 871 0.5
ORS 6064f 2 0 1525 490 163 0 2178 2178 1.0
ORS 6203a 1 54 1470 980 109 163 2777 2723 1.3
ORS 6371 4 109 871 436 327 218 1960 1851 0.9
ORS 6375a 9 109 653 381 327 218 1688 1579 0.8
ORS 6406b 5 436 1035 381 272 163 2287 1851 1.1
SV0241WA 13 381 708 599 54 54 1797 1416 0.8
SV0502WA 19 653 599 272 272 0 1797 1143 0.8
SW 1981 20 327 653 163 218 109 1470 1143 0.7
WDL 6404 21 218 599 327 218 0 1361 1143 0.6
Average – – 259 745 340 160 54 1559 1300 0.7
LSD(0.05) – – 735 1132 787 671 437 1818 1740 0.8

1 Ranked according to total marketable number.
2 Includes fruit ≥ 9.1 pounds.

Table 8. Triploid Red-Flesh watermelon hybrid cultivar trial. Weight (cwt.), for cumulative harvests (1-3) per acre of fruit harvested byvarious weight classes including average fruit size1. Clinton, NC, 2019.

Cultivar

 Rank

Cwt. (x100) by size

Total /  Acre

Mkt /  Acre

 ≤ 9.0

9.1 – 13.5

13.6 – 17.5

17.6 – 21.4

 ≥ 21.5

Arizonita 5 25 229 169 52 94 568 543
Boneci 27 23 143 124 80 25 395 372
Captivation 16 36 170 171 95 24 497 460
Charismatic 20 28 187 167 53 24 460 432
Crunchy Red 21 25 204 175 50 0 455 430
Declaration 18 15 171 218 52 0 456 442
Embasy 4 32 153 271 91 38 585 554
Exclamation 1 20 214 256 150 37 676 657
Excursion 19 29 109 138 83 105 465 436
Fascination 32 38 96 109 65 0 309 271
Golden Crisp 25 26 105 145 94 50 419 393
Maxima 3 15 76 187 209 90 577 562
Red Amber 6 12 162 194 124 62 554 542
Red Garnet 22 8 213 154 40 0 414 406
Red Opal 26 42 156 137 74 13 421 379
Secretariat 24 35 231 137 20 13 437 402
Sweet Gem 30 32 143 124 40 14 352 320
Tailgate 15 44 158 123 117 64 504 461
Troubadour 29 57 193 140 10 0 401 344
Turnpike 23 51 216 137 52 0 455 405
Warrior 14 9 163 158 157 0 487 479
7197 HQ 12 39 183 191 84 37 534 495
E26C.00063 31 29 115 98 72 26 341 312
ORS 6064f 17 12 227 200 31 0 469 457
ORS 6203a 8 22 267 195 21 37 542 521
ORS 6371 7 11 137 173 131 92 544 533
ORS 6375a 2 13 137 156 164 130 598 586
ORS 6406b 10 29 163 125 137 78 532 503
SV0241WA 13 50 191 206 73 12 531 481
SV0502WA 28 84 169 126 51 0 431 346
SW 1981 9 24 123 185 84 126 541 517
WDL 6404 11 17 160 170 126 40 513 496
Average – – 29 168 164 84 38 483 454
LSD (0.05) – – 66 157 211 177 173 1611 281

1 Yields are calculated using 100 percent seedless watermelon population. ‘SP – 7’ pollenizers were interplanted after triploid plants 1 and   7 while ‘Wild Card Plus’ pollenizer plants were planted after triploid plants 4 and 10 (4 pollenizer plants/plot). Fruit weights for each  category are rounded to the nearest whole number. 
2 Ranked according to total marketable weight.
3 Includes fruit ≥ 9.1 pounds.

Table 9.1. Triploid Red-Flesh watermelon hybrid cultivar trial. Bin boxes per acre for cumulative harvests (1-3) by various weight classes including average fruit size1,Clinton, NC, 2019.

 Cultivar

Rank2

Bin Boxes / Acre

Total

Total Mkt.3

 ≤ 9.0

9.1- 13.5

13.6- 17.5

17.6- 21.4

 ≥ 21.5

Arizonita 5 4 33 24 7 13 81 78
Boneci 27 3 20 18 11 4 56 53
Captivation 16 5 24 24 14 3 71 66
Charismatic 20 4 27 24 8 3 66 62
Crunchy Red 21 4 29 25 7 0 65 61
Declaration 18 2 24 31 7 0 65 63
Embasy 4 5 22 39 13 5 84 79
Exclamation 1 3 31 37 21 5 97 94
Excursion 19 4 16 20 12 15 66 62
Fascination 32 5 14 16 9 0 44 39
Golden Crisp 25 4 15 21 13 7 60 56
Maxima 3 2 11 27 30 13 82 80
Red Amber 6 2 23 28 18 9 79 77
Red Garnet 22 1 30 22 6 0 59 58
Red Opal 26 6 22 20 11 2 60 54
Secretariat 24 5 33 20 3 2 62 57
Sweet Gem 30 5 20 18 6 2 50 46
Tailgate 15 6 23 18 17 9 72 66
Troubadour 29 8 28 20 1 0 57 49
Turnpike 23 7 31 20 7 0 65 58
Warrior 14 1 23 23 22 0 69 68
7197 HQ 11 6 26 27 12 5 76 71
E26C.00063 31 4 16 14 10 4 48 45
ORS 6064f 17 2 32 29 4 0 67 65
ORS 6203a 8 3 38 28 3 5 77 74
ORS 6371 7 2 20 25 19 13 78 76
ORS 6375a 2 2 20 22 23 19 85 84
ORS 6406b 10 4 23 18 20 11 76 72
SV0241WA 13 7 27 29 10 2 76 69
SV0502WA 28 12 24 18 7 0 62 49
SW 1981 9 3 18 26 12 18 77 74
WDL 6404 12 2 23 24 18 6 73 71
Average – – 4 24 23 12 6 69 65
LSD (0.05) – – 9 22 30 25 25 38 40

¹ Yields are calculated using 100 percent seedless watermelon population. ‘SP – 7’ pollenizers were interplanted after triploid plants 1 and 7 while ‘Wild Card Plus’ pollenizer plants were  planted after triploid plants 4 and 10 (4 pollenizers per/plot). Fruit weights for each category are rounded to the nearest whole number.
² Ranked according to total marketable weight.
³ Includes fruit ≥ 9.1 pounds.

Table 9.2. Triploid Red-Flesh watermelon hybrid cultivar trial. Bin boxes per acre for cumulative harvests (1-3) by various weight classes including average fruit size¹,Clinton, NC, 2019.

 Cultivar

% Total Yield by Count4

Avg. lbs./  fruit

30

36

45

60

Arizonita 17 10 28 41 14.5
Boneci 6 19 32 37 13.2
Captivation 3 21 33 36 13.3
Charismatic 6 11 37 41 12.6
Crunchy Red 0 11 38 46 12.5
Declaration 0 12 48 37 13.4
Embasy 6 16 46 27 14.0
Exclamation 5 21 38 33 13.8
Excursion 20 20 30 24 15.0
Fascination 0 21 36 31 12.7
Golden Crisp 10 22 36 25 14.2
Maxima 15 36 32 15 16.4
Red Amber 11 23 34 30 14.8
Red Garnet 0 10 37 51 12.5
Red Opal 3 17 33 36 12.7
Secretariat 3 5 29 55 12.3
Sweet Gem 4 11 34 42 12.5
Tailgate 13 22 26 30 13.4
Troubadour 0 3 35 48 11.3
Turnpike 0 12 29 48 11.8
Warrior 0 30 34 34 14.6
7197 HQ 7 15 36 35 13.0
E26C.00063 6 17 28 39 12.0
ORS 6064f 0 6 41 50 12.8
ORS 6203a 7 4 36 50 12.8
ORS 6371 16 24 34 24 15.2
ORS 6375a 21 27 27 23 15.9
ORS 6406b 12 22 26 34 13.9
SV0241WA 2 14 36 37 12.2
SV0502WA 0 9 28 40 10.7
SW 1981 23 14 34 23 15.5
WDL 6404 6 25 32 34 14.5
Average 7 16 34 36 13.4
LSD (0.05) – – – – – – – – 4.0

4 Culls (≤ 9.0 lbs) are included in calculation for total yield by count for each respective bin category. Therefore, total will not equal 100 percent.

Table 10. Triploid Red-Flesh watermelon hybrid cultivar trial. Fruit number for cumulative harvests (1-3), by various weight classes (per acre)including fruit number per plant. Clinton, NC, 2019.

Cultivar

Rank1

Fruit size category

Total Number

Total Mkt. No.2

Fruit No./ Plant

≤9.0

9.1 -13.5

13.6 -17.5

17.6 -21.4

≥21.5

Arizonita 4 327 2069 1089 272 218 3975 3648 1.9
Boneci 28 381 1252 817 436 109 2995 2614 1.4
Captivation 15 545 1525 1089 490 109 3757 3213 1.7
Charismatic 16 436 1742 1089 272 109 3648 3213 1.7
Crunchy Red 13 381 1851 1143 272 0 3648 3267 1.7
Declaration 17 218 1525 1416 272 0 3430 3213 1.6
Embasy 3 490 1307 1742 490 163 4193 3703 1.9
Exclamation 1 436 1851 1634 762 163 4846 4410 2.2
Excursion 24 381 980 871 436 436 3104 2723 1.4
Fascination 32 545 871 708 327 0 2450 1906 1.1
Golden Crisp 29 381 926 926 490 218 2940 2559 1.4
Maxima 11 218 653 1198 1089 381 3539 3321 1.6
Red Amber 5 163 1416 1252 653 272 3757 3594 1.7
Red Garnet 18 109 1960 1035 218 0 3321 3213 1.5
Red Opal 25 599 1361 926 381 54 3321 2723 1.5
Secretariat 23 490 2015 871 109 54 3539 3049 1.6
Sweet Gem 30 436 1307 817 218 54 2831 2396 1.3
Tailgate 21 653 1470 762 599 272 3757 3104 1.7
Troubadour 26 817 1742 926 54 0 3539 2723 1.6
Turnpike 22 762 1960 871 272 0 3866 3104 1.8
Warrior 19 109 1416 980 817 0 3321 3213 1.6
7197 HQ 8 599 1634 1252 436 163 4084 3485 1.9
E26C.00063 31 490 1089 653 381 109 2723 2232 1.3
ORS 6064f 9 163 2015 1307 163 0 3648 3485 1.7
ORS 6203a 2 272 2396 1307 109 163 4247 3975 2.0
ORS 6371 10 163 1198 1143 708 381 3594 3430 1.7
ORS 6375a 6 163 1198 980 871 545 3757 3594 1.7
ORS 6406b 12 436 1470 817 708 327 3757 3321 1.7
SV0241WA 7 762 1742 1361 381 54 4302 3539 2.0
SV0502WA 27 1307 1579 817 272 0 3975 2668 1.8
SW 1981 20 327 1035 1198 436 490 3485 3158 1.7
WDL 6404 14 272 1361 1089 653 163 3539 3267 1.6
Average – – 432 1497 1065 439 157 3590 3158 1.7
LSD(0.05) – – 987 1407 1363 917 698 1611 1712 0.7

1 Ranked according to total marketable number, largest being 1, smallest being 38.
2 Includes fruit ≥ 9.1 pounds.

Table 11.1. Triploid Red-Flesh watermelon hybrid cultivar trial. Interior fruit quality. Clinton, NC, 2019.¹

Cultivar

 SS2

Flesh

Color3

Sd. Trace

Size4

Hard Seed

Population5

 LD6

 Rind7

Flesh

Firmness8

Vine

Foliage9

Arizonita 12.7 3.3 2.2 0.2 1.2 13.3 3.2 7.7
Boneci 12.5 3.6 3.1 0.9 1.1 15.5 3.2 4.9
Captivation 12.5 3.1 2.2 1.1 1.2 14.6 3.2 6.1
Charismatic 12.7 3.1 1.2 0.6 1.1 19.1 3.0 6.6
Crunchy Red 12.6 2.6 1.4 1.0 1.3 16.9 3.1 6.0
Declaration 12.7 3.0 2.2 5.4 1.3 17.3 3.0 6.1
Embasy 12.8 3.1 1.5 0.4 1.2 17.2 3.2 7.4
Exclamation 12.1 3.2 1.9 1.4 1.1 16.5 3.5 7.1
Excursion 12.5 3.4 2.1 0.4 1.2 14.4 3.0 6.1
Fascination 13.0 3.3 1.3 1.1 1.3 15.8 3.2 5.1
Golden Crisp 11.5 Yellow 1.5 0.3 1.4 15.8 6.2 5.9
Maxima 12.9 3.4 2.2 0.6 1.1 16.4 3.2 7.6
Red Amber 11.8 2.9 2.0 0.2 1.3 16.3 3.3 7.5
Red Garnet 12.6 3.1 2.2 0.4 1.2 14.5 3.0 6.5
Red Opal 13.0 3.0 1.6 0.3 1.3 16.4 2.9 6.8
Secretariat 12.6 3.1 1.3 0.3 1.3 18.1 3.2 6.4
Sweet Gem 12.3 3.4 2.0 0.1 1.1 15.6 2.7 7.4
Tailgate 12.8 3.4 1.5 0.5 1.2 16.0 3.3 6.5
Troubadour 11.9 3.1 2.4 0.7 1.3 13.6 3.3 5.6
Turnpike 12.4 3.1 2.1 0.4 1.1 14.0 3.2 6.5
Warrior 11.7 3.0 2.0 0.2 1.2 15.8 2.9 6.2
7197 HQ 12.8 2.9 2.1 0.1 1.2 16.7 3.1 6.6
E26C.00063 12.4 3.3 2.1 0.2 1.3 13.4 3.2 5.1
ORS 6064f 13.0 3.6 2.9 0.5 1.3 12.6 3.0 8.0
ORS 6203a 12.5 3.3 2.6 1.0 1.2 12.1 3.1 7.5
ORS 6371 12.9 3.2 1.8 0.8 1.2 18.9 3.0 6.7
ORS 6375a 12.5 3.5 2.4 0.3 1.1 17.1 3.2 7.0
ORS 6406b 12.6 3.3 2.7 0.3 1.1 16.9 3.3 6.1
SV0241WA 12.8 3.1 1.4 0.2 1.3 14.7 3.0 5.6
SV0502WA 12.2 3.3 1.1 0.2 1.2 14.7 3.3 5.6
SW 1981 12.0 3.6 1.8 0.8 1.3 14.4 2.9 6.6
WDL 6404 12.0 3.3 2.0 1.5 1.0 14.4 2.9 6.5
Average 12.5 3.2 2.0 0.7 1.2 15.6 3.2 6.5
LSD(0.05) 1.6 0.6 1.1 5.1 0.1 4.2 0.6 0.7

1 Most measurements were obtained from fruits in harvests 1 and 2.
2 SS = Indicates sweetness, average of 5 melons per replication (20 total).
3 Rating: 1 = yellow, 2 = pink, 3 = red, 4 = medium-dark red, 5 = blood red.
4 Rating: 1=small (i.e. tomato), 3=medium, 5=large.
5 Average number of hard seeds couted within 5 melons per replication (20 total).
6 LD = Length and diameter ratio, average of 5 melons per replication (20 total).
7 Rind = Rind thickness (mm), measured from rind to where white and colored flesh meet. 
8 Fruit pressure was taken by a penetrometer, Fruit Pressure Tester –  FT011 from QA Supplies LLC, Norfolk Va.
9 Vine Foliage = assessment of vine vigor; 9=very vigorous, 7=good vigor, 5=marginal, 1=dead foliage.

Table 11.2. Triploid Red-Flesh watermelon hybrid cultivar trial. Interior fruit quality. Clinton, NC, 2019.¹

Cultivar

Hollow Heart Ratings10

 HH0

 HH1

 HH2

 HH3

 HH4

Arizonita 85 15 0 0 0
Boneci 90 0 0 10 0
Captivation 100 0 0 0 0
Charismatic 80 10 5 0 5
Crunchy Red 100 0 0 0 0
Declaration 65 20 5 5 5
Embasy 85 5 10 0 0
Exclamation 90 5 0 5 0
Excursion 95 0 5 0 0
Fascination 90 0 10 0 0
Golden Crisp 100 0 0 0 0
Maxima 100 0 0 0 0
Red Amber 90 0 10 0 0
Red Garnet 60 30 5 5 0
Red Opal 80 20 0 0 0
Secretariat 85 5 10 0 0
Sweet Gem 65 10 10 15 0
Tailgate 95 0 5 0 0
Troubadour 85 5 10 0 0
Turnpike 100 0 0 0 0
Warrior 50 30 10 10 0
7197 HQ 65 30 0 5 0
E26C.00063 85 10 5 0 0
ORS 6064f 85 10 5 0 0
ORS 6203a 100 0 0 0 0
ORS 6371 60 10 10 15 5
ORS 6375a 95 5 0 0 0
ORS 6406b 100 0 0 0 0
SV0241WA 80 20 0 0 0
SV0502WA 95 5 0 0 0
SW 1981 95 0 5 0 0
WDL 6404 100 0 0 0 0
Average 86 8 4 2 0
LSD(0.05) – – – – – – – – – –

10 HH Percentage Rating Scale:
HH0: No crack in flesh
HH1: Slight crack in flesh
HH2: Small crack in flesh
HH3: Med. separation in flesh
HH4: Complete separation in flesh to rind.
**HH3 & HH4 = Non-marketable

Triploid-Mini Watermelon

Figure 2. Mini triploid watermelon photographs. Clinton, NC, 2019.

Triploid-Mini Watermelon Seed Sources; 2019.

 Entry No.

 Cultigen

 Company

1 Ana Origene Seeds
2 Beach Ball Seminis
3 Cheetah Hazera
4 Extazy Hazera
5 Nectaro Hazera
6 Ocelot Hazera
7 Petite Perfection Syngenta
8 Sirius Syngenta
9 ORS12748 Origene Seeds
10 ORS70258 Origene Seeds
11 ORS7163 Origene Seeds
12 ORS7204c Origene Seeds
13 ORS7204g Origene Seeds
14 ORS7241a Origene Seeds
15 USAW 16104 VoloAgri

Table 12. Triploid-Mini watermelon hybrid cultivar trial. Fruit weight, (cwt.), per acre by various weight classes including average fruit size1 for early season harvests 1-2. Clinton, NC 2019.

 Cultivar

Cwt. (x100) by size

Total Fruit  Wt. / Acre

Mkt. Fruit  Wt. / Acre2

Avg. Mkt. Fruit  Wt.

≤ 3.0 lb

3.1 –  7.0 lb

7.1 –  9.0 lb

≥ 9.1lb

Ana 0 146 120 22 288 266 6.3
Beach Ball 4 300 83 28 415 384 6.0
Cheetah 11 183 22 0 215 204 4.9
Extazy 3 147 51 29 230 198 5.8
Nectaro 3 203 51 25 282 255 5.6
Ocelot 8 123 17 0 148 140 5.0
Petite Perfection 7 140 18 0 166 159 4.7
Sirius 7 209 53 14 283 262 5.6
ORS12748 0 127 39 14 180 166 5.6
ORS70258 6 128 78 30 241 206 5.9
ORS7163 2 140 27 35 204 167 5.8
ORS7204c 4 159 70 47 280 229 5.8
ORS7204g 7 135 51 50 243 187 6.0
ORS7241a 0 131 97 38 266 228 6.2
USAW 16104 0 111 58 14 183 169 5.8
Average 4.0 159 56 23 242 215 5.7
LSD (0.05) 18 113 110 86 164 144 1.4

1 Yields are calculated using 100 percent seedless watermelon population. ‘SP – 7’ and ‘Wild Card Plus’ pollenizers were alternately interplanted after triploid plants1, 4, 7 and 10 (4 pollenizer plants/plot). Fruit weights for each category are rounded    to the nearest whole number.
2 Average of fruit ≥ 3.1 to 9 pounds.
3 Includes fruit ≥ 3.1 to 9 pounds.

Table 13. Triploid-Mini watermelon hybrid cultivar trial. Fruit weight, (cwt.), per acre by various weight classes including average fruit size1 for mid to late season, harvests 3-4. Clinton, NC 2019.

 Cultivar

Cwt. (x100) by size

Total Fruit  Wt. / Acre

Mkt. Fruit  Wt. / Acre2

Avg. Mkt. Fruit  Wt.

≤ 3.0 lb

3.1 –  7.0 lb

7.1 –  9.0 lb

≥ 9.1lb

Ana 7 59 11 0 77 70 5.4
Beach Ball 2 34 18 0 54 52 4.8
Cheetah 7 36 16 0 58 51 5.3
Extazy 4 40 11 7 61 50 4.8
Nectaro 2 40 6 0 48 45 4.6
Ocelot 4 114 12 0 129 125 4.7
Petite Perfection 2 38 0 0 40 38 4.3
Sirius 3 88 6 0 97 94 4.8
ORS12748 0 56 25 20 100 81 5.2
ORS70258 0 83 45 40 167 128 5.7
ORS7163 0 65 34 38 137 100 5.1
ORS7204c 4 56 46 23 129 102 6.1
ORS7204g 5 62 45 0 112 107 5.3
ORS7241a 5 98 11 15 129 109 4.9
USAW 16104 0 97 40 15 152 137 5.8
Average 3 64 22 10 99 86 5
LSD (0.05) 13 107 79 74 178 148 2.5

1 Yields are calculated using 100 percent seedless watermelon population. ‘SP – 7’ and ‘Wild Card Plus’ pollenizers were   alternately interplanted after triploid plants1, 4, 7 and 10 (4 pollenizer plants/plot). Fruit weights for each category are rounded    to the nearest whole number.
2 Average of fruit ≥ 3.1 to 9 pounds.
3 Includes fruit ≥ 3.1 to 9 pounds.

Table 14. Triploid-Mini watermelon hybrid cultivar trial. Fruit number for early¹ season harvests 1-2. Clinton, NC, 2019.

 Cultivar

Fruit size category

Total Fruit No./ Acre

Total Mkt. No. / Acre

Frt. No./  Plant

≤ 3.0 lb

 3.1 – 7.0 lb

 7.1 – 9.0 lb

 ≥ 9.1 lb

Ana 0 2614 1525 218 4356 4138 1.5
Beach Ball 145 5300 1089 290 6824 6389 2.4
Cheetah 436 3848 290 0 4574 4138 1.6
Extazy 145 2831 653 290 3920 3485 1.4
Nectaro 145 3920 653 218 4937 4574 1.7
Ocelot 363 2541 218 0 3122 2759 1.1
Petite Perfection 363 3194 218 0 3775 3412 1.3
Sirius 290 4066 653 145 5155 4719 1.8
ORS12748 0 2468 508 145 3122 2977 1.1
ORS70258 290 2396 1016 290 3993 3412 1.4
ORS7163 73 2541 363 363 3340 2904 1.2
ORS7204c 145 3049 871 436 4501 3920 1.6
ORS7204g 290 2468 653 436 3848 3122 1.3
ORS7241a 0 2468 1234 363 4066 3703 1.4
USAW 16104 0 2105 726 145 2977 2831 1.0
Average 179 3054 711 223 4167 3766 1.5
LSD (0.05) 844 2296 1418 817 2624 2352 0.9

1 Ranked according to total marketable number.
2 Average of fruit ≥ 3.1 to 9 pounds.

Table 15. Triploid-Mini watermelon hybrid cultivar trial. Fruit number for mid to late season¹ harvests 3-4. Clinton, NC, 2019.

 Cultivar

Fruit size category

Total Fruit No./ Acre

Total Mkt. No. / Acre

Frt. No./  Plant

≤ 3.0 lb

 3.1 – 7.0 lb

 7.1 – 9.0 lb

 ≥ 9.1 lb

Ana 290 1089 145 0 1525 1234 0.5
Beach Ball 73 799 218 0 1089 1016 0.4
Cheetah 290 799 218 0 1307 1016 0.5
Extazy 145 871 145 73 1234 1016 0.4
Nectaro 73 871 73 0 1016 944 0.4
Ocelot 145 2541 145 0 2831 2686 1
Petite Perfection 73 871 0 0 944 871 0.3
Sirius 145 1815 73 0 2033 1888 0.7
ORS12748 0 1234 290 145 1670 1525 0.6
ORS70258 0 1525 581 363 2468 2105 0.9
ORS7163 0 1307 436 363 2105 1742 0.7
ORS7204c 218 1089 581 218 2105 1670 0.7
ORS7204g 218 1307 581 0 2105 1888 0.7
ORS7241a 218 2105 145 145 2614 2251 0.9
USAW 16104 0 1815 508 145 2468 2323 0.9
Average 126 1336 276 97 1834 1612 1
LSD (0.05) 512 2144 1004 705 2831 2567 1.0

1 Ranked according to total marketable number.
2 Average of fruit ≥ 3.1 to 9 pounds.

Table 16. Triploid-Mini watermelon hybrid cultivar trial. Percent1 of fruit weight per acre per indicated size category – Early¹ season, harvests 1-2. Clinton, NC, 2019.

 Cultivar

Fruit Size Category

 ≤ 3.0 lb

 3.1 – 7.0 lb

 7.1 – 9.0 lb

 ≥ 9.1 lb

Ana 0 51 42 8
Beach Ball 1 72 20 7
Cheetah 5 85 10 0
Extazy 1 64 22 13
Nectaro 1 72 18 9
Ocelot 5 83 11 0
Petite Perfection 4 85 11 0
Sirius 2 74 19 5
ORS12748 0 71 22 8
ORS70258 2 53 32 12
ORS7163 1 69 13 17
ORS7204c 1 57 25 17
ORS7204g 3 56 21 20
ORS7241a 0 49 36 14
USAW 16104 0 61 32 8
Average 2 67 22 9

1 Percentages for each fruit size category for each cultivar were rounded to the nearest  whole number.

Table 17. Triploid-Mini watermelon hybrid cultivar trial. Percent¹ of fruit weight per acre per indicated size category – Mid to late season, harvests 3-4. Clinton, NC, 2019.

 Cultivar

Fruit Size Category

 ≤ 3.0 lb

 3.1 – 7.0 lb

 7.1 – 9.0 lb

 ≥ 9.1 lb

Ana 8 77 14 0
Beach Ball 4 64 33 0
Cheetah 12 61 27 0
Extazy 6 65 18 11
Nectaro 4 83 12 0
Ocelot 3 88 9 0
Petite Perfection 5 95 0 0
Sirius 3 91 6 0
ORS12748 0 56 25 20
ORS70258 0 50 27 24
ORS7163 0 48 25 27
ORS7204c 3 44 35 18
ORS7204g 4 55 41 0
ORS7241a 4 76 9 12
USAW 16104 0 64 26 10
Average 4 68 20 8

1 Percentages for each fruit size category for each cultivar were rounded to the nearest whole number.

Table 18. Triploid-Mini watermelon hybrid cultivar trial. Percent¹ of fruit number per acre per indicated size category – Early Season, harvests 1-2. Clinton, NC, 2019.

 Cultivar

Fruit Size Category

 ≤ 3.0 lb

 3.1 – 7.0 lb

 7.1 – 9.0 lb

 ≥ 9.1 lb

Ana 0 60 35 5
Beach Ball 2 78 16 4
Cheetah 10 84 6 0
Extazy 4 72 17 7
Nectaro 3 79 13 4
Ocelot 12 81 7 0
Petite Perfection 10 85 6 0
Sirius 6 79 13 3
ORS12748 0 79 16 5
ORS70258 7 60 25 7
ORS7163 2 76 11 11
ORS7204c 3 68 19 10
ORS7204g 8 64 17 11
ORS7241a 0 61 30 9
USAW 16104 0 71 24 5
Average 4 73 17 5

1 Percentages for each fruit size category for each cultivar were rounded to the  nearest whole number.

Table 19. Triploid-Mini watermelon hybrid cultivar trial. Percent¹ of fruit number per acre per indicated size category – Mid to late season, harvests 3-4. Clinton, NC, 2019.

 Cultivar

Fruit Size Category

 ≤ 3.0 lb

 3.1 – 7.0 lb

 7.1 – 9.0 lb

 ≥ 9.1 lb

Ana 19 71 10 0
Beach Ball 7 73 20 0
Cheetah 22 61 17 0
Extazy 12 71 12 6
Nectaro 7 86 7 0
Ocelot 5 90 5 0
Petite Perfection 8 92 0 0
Sirius 7 89 4 0
ORS12748 0 74 17 9
ORS70258 0 62 24 15
ORS7163 0 62 21 17
ORS7204c 10 52 28 10
ORS7204g 10 62 28 0
ORS7241a 8 81 6 6
USAW 16104 0 74 21 6
Average 8 73 15 5

1 Percentages for each fruit size category for each cultivar were rounded to the nearest  whole number.

Table 20. Triploid-Mini watermelon hybrid cultivar trial. Fruit weight, (cwt.), per acre by various weight classes including average fruit size¹ for all harvests, 1-4. Clinton, NC 2019.

 Cultivar

Cwt. (x100) by size

Total Fruit  Wt. / Acre

Mkt. Fruit  Wt. / Acre2

Avg. Mkt. Fruit  Wt.

≤ 3.0 lb

3.1 –  7.0 lb

7.1 –  9.0 lb

≥ 9.1lb

Ana 7 205 131 22 365 336 6.3
Beach Ball 6 335 101 28 469 435 5.9
Cheetah 18 218 38 0 273 256 5
Extazy 7 187 62 36 290 248 5.6
Nectaro 5 243 57 25 330 300 5.5
Ocelot 12 237 29 0 277 266 4.9
Petite Perfection 9 179 18 0 206 197 4.6
Sirius 10 297 59 14 380 356 5.5
ORS12748 0 183 64 34 280 246 5.5
ORS70258 6 211 123 69 409 334 6.0
ORS7163 2 206 61 73 342 267 5.7
ORS7204c 8 216 116 69 408 331 5.9
ORS7204g 12 197 97 50 355 294 5.9
ORS7241a 5 229 108 53 395 337 5.8
USAW 16104 0 208 98 29 335 306 6.0
Average 7 223 77 33 341 301 6
LSD (0.05) 23 128 132 123 181 140 1.1

1 Yields are calculated using 100 percent seedless watermelon population. ‘SP – 7’ and ‘Wild Card Plus’ pollenizers were   alternately interplanted after triploid plants1, 4, 7 and 10 (4 pollenizer plants/plot). Fruit weights for each category are rounded    to the nearest whole number.
2 Average of fruit ≥ 3.1 to 9 pounds.
3 Includes fruit ≥ 3.1 to 9 pounds.

Table 21. Triploid-Mini watermelon hybrid cultivar trial. Fruit number for all harvests, 1-4. Clinton, NC, 2019.

 Cultivar

Fruit size category

Total Fruit No./ Acre

Total Mkt. No. / Acre

Frt. No./  Plant

≤ 3.0 lb

 3.1 – 7.0 lb

 7.1 – 9.0 lb

 ≥ 9.1 lb

Ana 290 3703 1670 218 5881 5372 2
Beach Ball 218 6098 1307 290 7913 7405 2.7
Cheetah 726 4646 508 0 5881 5155 2
Extazy 290 3703 799 363 5155 4501 1.8
Nectaro 218 4792 726 218 5953 5518 2.1
Ocelot 508 5082 363 0 5953 5445 2.1
Petite Perfection 436 4066 218 0 4719 4283 1.6
Sirius 436 5881 726 145 7187 6607 2.5
ORS12748 0 3703 799 290 4792 4501 1.7
ORS70258 290 3920 1597 653 6461 5518 2.2
ORS7163 73 3848 799 726 5445 4646 1.9
ORS7204c 363 4138 1452 653 6607 5590 2.3
ORS7204g 508 3775 1234 436 5953 5009 2.1
ORS7241a 218 4574 1379 508 6679 5953 2.3
USAW 16104 0 3920 1234 290 5445 5155 1.9
Average 305 4390 987 319 6002 5377 2
LSD(0.05) 1008 2724 1698 1168 2820 2525 1.0

1 Ranked according to total marketable number.
2 Includes fruit ≥ 3.1 to 9 pounds.

Table 22. Triploid-Mini watermelon hybrid cultivar trial. Percent¹ of fruit weight per acre per indicated size category for all harvests, 1-4. Clinton, NC, 2019.

 Cultivar

Fruit Size Category

 ≤ 3.0 lb

 3.1 – 7.0 lb

 7.1 – 9.0 lb

 ≥ 9.1 lb

Ana 2 56 36 6
Beach Ball 1 71 21 6
Cheetah 6 80 14 0
Extazy 2 64 21 12
Nectaro 1 74 17 7
Ocelot 4 85 10 0
Petite Perfection 5 87 9 0
Sirius 3 78 16 4
ORS12748 0 65 23 12
ORS70258 1 52 30 17
ORS7163 1 60 18 21
ORS7204c 2 53 28 17
ORS7204g 3 55 27 14
ORS7241a 1 58 27 13
USAW 16104 0 62 29 9
Average 2 67 22 9

¹ Percentages for each fruit size category for each cultivar were rounded to the nearest whole number.

Table 23. Triploid-Mini watermelon hybrid cultivar trial. Percent¹ of fruit number per acre per indicated size category for all harvests, 1-4. Clinton, NC, 2019.

 Cultivar

Fruit Size Category

 ≤ 3.0 lb

 3.1 – 7.0 lb

 7.1 – 9.0 lb

 ≥ 9.1 lb

Ana 5 63 28 4
Beach Ball 3 77 17 4
Cheetah 12 79 9 0
Extazy 6 72 15 7
Nectaro 4 80 12 4
Ocelot 9 85 6 0
Petite Perfection 9 86 5 0
Sirius 6 82 10 2
ORS12748 0 77 17 6
ORS70258 4 61 25 10
ORS7163 1 71 15 13
ORS7204c 5 63 22 10
ORS7204g 9 63 21 7
ORS7241a 3 68 21 8
USAW 16104 0 72 23 5
Average 5 73 16 5

1 Percentages for each fruit size category for each cultivar were rounded to the nearest whole number.

Table 24. Triploid-Mini watermelon hybrid cultivar trial. Percent¹ of total fruit weight per acre per indicated harvests. Clinton, NC, 2019.

Cultivar

Harvests 1 to 2

 Harvests 3 to 5

Total Fruit Weight

Ana 79% 21% 36485
Beach Ball 88% 12% 46867
Cheetah 79% 21% 27327
Extazy 79% 21% 29047
Nectaro 86% 14% 32971
Ocelot 54% 46% 27737
Petite Perfection 80% 20% 20626
Sirius 74% 26% 37963
ORS12748 64% 36% 28031
ORS70258 59% 41% 40863
ORS7163 60% 40% 34160
ORS7204c 69% 31% 40834
ORS7204g 68% 32% 35523
ORS7241a 67% 33% 39476
USAW 16104 55% 45% 33494
Average 71% 29% 34094

1 Percentages for each fruit size category for each cultivar were rounded to the nearest whole number.

Table 25. Triploid-Mini watermelon hybrid cultivar trial. Percent¹ of total fruit number per acre per indicated harvests. Clinton, NC, 2019.

Cultivar

 Harvests 1 – 2

 Harvests 3 – 5

Total Fruit No.

Ana 74% 26% 5881
Beach Ball 86% 14% 7913
Cheetah 78% 22% 5881
Extazy 76% 24% 5155
Nectaro 83% 17% 5953
Ocelot 52% 48% 5953
Petite Perfection 80% 20% 4719
Sirius 72% 28% 7187
ORS12748 65% 35% 4792
ORS70258 62% 38% 6461
ORS7163 61% 39% 5445
ORS7204c 68% 32% 6607
ORS7204g 65% 35% 5953
ORS7241a 61% 39% 6679
USAW 16104 55% 45% 5445
Average 69% 31% 6002

1 Percentages for each fruit size category for each cultivar were rounded to the nearest whole number.

Table 26.1. Triploid-Mini watermelon hybrid cultivar trial. Interior fruit quality. Clinton, NC, 2019.¹

Cultivar

 SS

 Flesh Color

Seed

Trace Size

Hard Seed

Population

 LD

 Rind

Flesh

Firmness

Ana 12.2 3.0 2.7 1.1 1.1 13.3 3.0
Beach Ball 12.8 3.2 1.7 1.0 1.1 10.3 4.4
Cheetah 11.7 2.9 2.0 0.5 1.1 11.8 3.4
Extazy 12.3 2.9 1.8 0.8 1.1 15.5 3.4
Nectaro 12.1 3.3 1.3 1.0 1.1 12.3 3.5
Ocelot 12.2 2.9 1.8 0.9 1.1 11.5 3.6
Petite Perfection 12.6 3.3 1.4 0.3 1.1 7.8 3.0
Sirius 11.7 3.0 1.2 0.5 1.1 11.6 3.0
ORS12748 12.3 3.1 2.1 0.7 1.1 11.7 3.5
ORS70258 11.9 2.8 1.3 4.5 1.1 13.3 3.6
ORS7163 11.7 3.1 1.6 1.8 1.1 13.6 4.3
ORS7204c 11.9 3.0 1.2 2.0 1.1 15.7 3.4
ORS7204g 12.2 3.2 1.0 1.8 1.1 15.9 3.9
ORS7241a 12.1 3.2 1.8 2.6 1.1 13.6 3.9
USAW 16104 12.0 3.1 1.8 0.9 1.1 13.7 3.5
Average 12.1 3.1 1.7 1.3 1.1 12.8 3.6
LSD(0.05) 1.5 0.6 1.0 3.7 0.1 3.9 0.9

1 Most measurements were obtained from fruits in harvests 1 and 2.
2 SS = Indicates sweetness, average of 5 melons per replication (20 total).
3 Rating: 1 = yellow, 2 = pink, 3 = red, 4 = medium-dark red, 5 = blood red.
4 Rating: 1=small (i.e. tomato), 3=medium, 5=large.
5 Average number of hard seeds couted within 5 melons per replication (20 total).
6 LD = Length and diameter ratio, average of 5 melons per replication (20 total).
7 Rind = Rind thickness (mm), measured from rind to where white and colored flesh meet. 
8 Fruit pressure was taken by a penetrometer, Fruit Pressure Tester –  FT011 from QA Supplies LLC, Norfolk Va.

Table 26.2. Triploid-Mini watermelon hybrid cultivar trial. Interior fruit quality. Clinton, NC, 2019.¹

Cultivar

Hollow Heart Ratings9

HH0

HH1

HH2

HH3

HH4

HH5

Ana 100 0 0 0 0 0
Beach Ball 100 0 0 0 0 0
Cheetah 100 0 0 0 0 0
Extazy 95 5 0 0 0 0
Nectaro 100 0 0 0 0 0
Ocelot 100 0 0 0 0 0
Petite Perfection 95 5 0 0 0 0
Sirius 100 0 0 0 0 0
ORS12748 100 0 0 0 0 0
ORS70258 100 0 0 0 0 0
ORS7163 100 0 0 0 0 0
ORS7204c 100 0 0 0 0 0
ORS7204g 100 0 0 0 0 0
ORS7241a 95 5 0 0 0 0
USAW 16104 100 0 0 0 0 0
Average
LSD(0.05)

9 HH Percentage Rating Scale:
HH0: No crack in flesh
HH1: Slight crack in flesh
HH2: Small crack in flesh
HH3: Med. separation in flesh
HH4: Complete separation in flesh to rind.
**HH4 & HH5 = Non-marketable