Watermelon - WM 4140

This hybrid Crimson Sweet watermelon has very vigorous vines and leaves. Fruit is oblong in shape, light green skin with deep green stripes, 10-15 kg in weight. Flesh is red, firm and sweet. Maturity is 80-85 days from sowing. Good for long distant transportation.

Watermelon - WM 4126

This hybrid watermelon is early, medium small Crimson Sweet variety. Fruit is oval shape, 2.5-4.0 kg in weight and has though tin rind with dark green stripes on the deep green skin. The deep red fresh is firm, crisp and very sweet. It can be harvested in 68-70 days from sowing.

Watermelon - WM 4123 Solo

The very attractive crimson sweet type hybrid watermelon has very strong vines, provides the unique oblong fruit of 10-12 kg, with dark green broad stripes on the deep green and yellow-green color skin. Flesh is pink-deep red color, juicy, crisp and very sweet. It can be harvested in 78-82 days from sowing. Tolerant to Fusarium.

Watermelon - WM 4112

This hybrid is early maturity and good fruit set. It is round in shape, 8-10 kg in weight, light green with dark green stripes rind. Flesh is red, crisp, firm, sweet, good for storage and shipping. It can be harvested in 68-70 days from sowing.

Watermelon - 145 Wanchai

A hybrid crimson sweet watermelon round type. Plant is strong, fast growing, and early maturity. Fruit is 7-9 kg, light green with deep green stripes. Flesh is red color, crisp and sweet flavour. It can be harvested in 75-78 days from sowing. Tolerant to Fusarium.

 

 

DID YOU KNOW? Watermelon - (Citrullus lanatus, formerly C. vulgaris), succulent fruit of the gourd family (Cucurbitaceae), native to tropical Africa, but under cultivation on every continent except Antarctica. Its vines grow prostrate, with branched tendrils, deeply cut leaves, and flowers borne singly in the axil of a leaf. Each light yellow flower produces either pollen or fruit. The sweet, juicy flesh may be reddish, white, or yellow. Flesh colour, shape of the fruit, and thickness of the rind depend on the variety. Weight varies from 1 to 2 kg (2.5 to 5 pounds) to 20 kg or more. The number of fruits per vine varies from 2 or 3 to 15.

The history of watermelons is a long one; there is a Sanskrit word for watermelon, and fruits are depicted by early Egyptian artists, indicating an antiquity in agriculture of more than 4,000 years.

Watermelon contains vitamin A and some vitamin C. It is usually eaten raw. The rind is sometimes preserved as a pickle.

Watermelon - WM 148

A vigorous plant and vines, very productive crimson sweet type hybrid watermelon. Fruit is 10-12 kg, oblong in shape, green rind with dark green stripes. Flesh is red, crisp, and sweet. It can be harvested in 78-80 days from sowing. Tolerant to Fusarium.

DID YOU KNOW? Watermelon - (Citrullus lanatus, formerly C. vulgaris), succulent fruit of the gourd family (Cucurbitaceae), native to tropical Africa, but under cultivation on every continent except Antarctica. Its vines grow prostrate, with branched tendrils, deeply cut leaves, and flowers borne singly in the axil of a leaf. Each light yellow flower produces either pollen or fruit. The sweet, juicy flesh may be reddish, white, or yellow. Flesh colour, shape of the fruit, and thickness of the rind depend on the variety. Weight varies from 1 to 2 kg (2.5 to 5 pounds) to 20 kg or more. The number of fruits per vine varies from 2 or 3 to 15. The history of watermelons is a long one; there is a Sanskrit word for watermelon, and fruits are depicted by early Egyptian artists, indicating an antiquity in agriculture of more than 4,000 years. Watermelon contains vitamin A and some vitamin C. It is usually eaten raw. The rind is sometimes preserved as a pickle.