2007, with its cool rainy non-summer and early fall will not go down in history as "The Year of The Melon" in the PNW.  While the idea of fresh juicy watermelon was not necessarily enticing on a 50 degree harvest day in the pouring rain, such conditions are the true test of what you can get away with growing here, and even that year we were flush with sweet juicy red Blacktail Mountain melons.  Icebox sized 4-8lb watermelons are very early and sweet with few seeds. Your best shot at a ripe red watermelon West of the Cascades.  Developed by Glen Drowns of the Sand Hill Preservation Center in the late 70's as a teenager growing up in Idaho.
70-75 days
Packet size: 25 seeds


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