This hybrid is the twins of 158. Plant set early fruits and very productive. Fruit is short oblong in shape, 3.5-5 kg in weight, with black stripes on the dark green skin. Rind is thin but tough enough to carry long distance. Flesh is bright red, firm, crisp and very sweet. It can be harvested in68-70 days from sowing.
The early yellow flesh watermelon, fruit is round in shape, 4-5 kg, deep yellow flesh, tender and sweet. It can be harvested in 68-70 days from sowing.
This hybrid is early, small fruit watermelon, 2.5-3.5 kg. Fruit is oval shape, dark green skin with black stripes, thin rind but tough enough for long distance transportation. Flesh is deep red, firm and very sweet. This variety is easy to grow, very prolific and good tolerant to hot and wet condition. It can be harvested in 68-70 days from sowing.
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.
This hybrid is very early and prolific. Fruit is oblong, 2.5-3 kg in weight, light green with dark green stripes, thin and tough rind. Flesh is deep red, firm, crisp and very sweet. It can be harvested in 68-70 days from sowing.
This is an early variety with the attractive curd skin. Plant is high productivity of good fruit setting, glossy dark green flesh. Fruit has small shiny fresh green color curds, 600-700 grams in weight, 7×30 cm in size, tender and mild bitter taste. It can be harvested in 65-70 days from sowing.
An early variety, very vigourous plant, rather sharp leaves. Good tolerance to poor conditions. Maturity is in 35-40 days after transplant.
Large somewhat round leaves of light green. Very vigorous and high yielding plant. Maturity is in 35-40 days after transplants
Flowers may be male or female or contain both types of reproductive structures; several leaflike bracts are present below each flower; and the fruit may be a capsule, utricle, nutlet,drupe, or berry.
An early variety with heart shaped leaves and an attractive red and green color.
Most vigorous growth, and excellent taste & aroma. Maturity is in 35-40 days from transplanting
Flowers may be male or female or contain both types of reproductive structures; several leaflike bracts are present below each flower; and the fruit may be a capsule, utricle, nutlet,drupe, or berry.
A glossy green color, large fruit, cylindrical in shape with a round end. Plant is vigorous and disease tolerant.
About 25 cm long, 7 cm width, weight 400 g. Fruit reach maturity in 50-55 days.
Philippine type An early, fast-growing variety, dark green color, long, round end fruit with attractive ribbed, stripes. Flesh is of mild bitterness. Highly tolerant to disease About 34 cm long, 6.5 cm in width weight 440 g. Fruit maturity reached in 55-60 days.
Philippine type Fruit average 440 g and are 33 cm long and 8-9 cm in width. These dark green fruit reach maturity in 50-55 days after sowing, Suitable for planting all the year round.
Indian Type
BG 4710 |
BG 1911 |
Chinese Type
BG 4711 |
BG 4712 |
BG 4713 |
| CR 151 |
CR 152 |
Philippine Type
| F1 - 2004 |
Strada 153 |
Variety Comparison Chart |
growers-guide |
The bitter melon (Chinese: ??; pinyin: kugua), also called bitter gourd, karela, balsampear, or balsamapple, is the edible fruit of the tropical and subtropical plant Momordica charantia, named for its bitter taste, considered the most bitter among all edible vegetables. The young shoots and leaves of the plant may be eaten as greens, and are not particularly bitter.
The original home of bitter gourd is not known except that it is a native of the tropics. It is widely grown in South Asia and Southeast Asia, as well as in China and the Caribbean. It is often used in Chinese cooking for its bitter flavour. It is also cultivated extensively all over India and a type of chips called karela chips are quite relished. It is however seldom mixed with other vegetables due to its extreme bitterness.
This early, netted melon has attractive with thick netting. Fruit is round in shape, grayish green rind, 1-1.2 kg in weight. Flesh is bright orange color, juicy and very sweet with 14-15% Sugar content. It can be harvested in 75-80 days from sowing.
This excellent flesh quality variety is attractive with netting and flesh color. Fruit is round with well thick netting, 1.3-1.5 kg in weight. Flesh is deep orange color, good flavor, thick and very sweet with 15% sugar content. It can be harvested in 75-80 days from sowing. Good storage and long shelf-life.
This hybrid has vigorous vines and sets fruit very well. Round fruit is large, 1.5-1.8 kg in weight. Flesh is green, aromatic, juicy and very sweet with 14-15% sugar content. It can be harvested in 80-85 days after flowering.
MELON FACTS: Seven groups of melons are cultivated:
Reticulatis group, the netted, or nutmeg, melons, including the small muskmelons, with net-ribbed rind and sweet orange flesh;
Cantalupensis group, the cantaloupes (named for Cantalupo, near Rome, where these melons were early grown from southwestern Asian stock), characterized by rough warty rind and sweet orange flesh;
Inodorus group, the winter melons, including the large, smooth-skinned, mildly flavoured, and light green- to white-fleshed honeydew, casaba, and Persian melons;
Flexuosus group, the snake or serpent melons, up to 7 cm in diameter and about 1 metre (3 feet) long, with slightly acid cucumber-like flesh;
Conomon group, the Oriental pickling melons, with greenish flesh, neither musky nor sweet;
Chito group, the mango melons, with fruit usually the size and shape of a lemon or orange, and flesh whitish and cucumber-like;
Dudaim group, sometimes called the stinking melons, characterized by orange-sized, highly fragrant and inedible ornamental fruit.
This honey dew type hybrid is early, oval-round shape, smooth-white skin with few nets occasionally. Flesh is green color, very thick, tender and very sweet with 15-16% sugar content. Weighs about 1.8-2.0 kg, good for storage and shipping. It can be harvested in 80-85 days from flowering.
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.
An early, prolific fruits and small seeded variety, fruit is oblong in shape, light green color with dark green stripes tough enough rind to carry long distance, 6-8 kg in weight. Flesh is bright red, crisp and sweet. It can be harvested in 70-72 days from sowing.
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.
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.