Vegetables
Year Introduced: 2016
Heredity: Open Pollinated
Country of Origin: USA
Hybridizer or Originator: Mabry family of Cobb County, Georgia

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
Eating Methods: Raw
Fermented
Resistances: Drought tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Sow in situ
Can handle transplanting
Pollinators: Various insects
Containers: Not suitable for containers
Conservation status: Endangered (EN)

Conservation status:
Conservation status: Endangered
Image
Common names
  • Watermelon

Photo Gallery
Location: Victory Seed Company - Liberal, OR
Date: 2015
Image used with permission of the Victory Seed Company.
Location: Victory Seed Company - Liberal, OR
Date: 2015
Image used with permission of the Victory Seed Company.
Location: Victory Seed Company - Liberal, OR
Date: 2015
Image used with permission of the Victory Seed Company.

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