Vegetables
Heredity: Open Pollinated
Country of Origin: USA
Hybridizer or Originator: Lewis Peterson, University of Iowa
Days to harvest: 100

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Vine
Life cycle: Annual
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Flower Color: Yellow
Uses: Vegetable
Edible Parts: Fruit
Resistances: Drought tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Sow in situ
Can handle transplanting
Pollinators: Various insects

Image
Common names
  • Watermelon
Also sold as:
  • Pride of Iowa

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Location: Augusta GA
Date: 2017-07-31
Location: Augusta GA
Date: 2017-06-20
Location: Bon Aqua, TN
Date: 2002
Image used courtesy of the New Hope Seed Company
Location: Augusta GA
Date: 2017-07-29
Iopride is a big melon. These are 36 and 42 lbs respectively.

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