A DESCRIPTIVE LIST 


Pounds Days 
SWEETHEART 20-25 85-90 
A home garden type. 
Fruits: Medium sized, round to blocky ended, oval. Remain 
edible for a long time. 
Rind : Tough, elastic, light green with fine dark green veining. 
Flesh: Bright red. crisp, fair quality. 
Seeds: Medium sized, black. 

Georgia Sweetheart (See page 11) 
TENDERSWEET (BANKHEAD; LONG LUSCIOUS GOLDEN 
HONEY) 30-35 75-80 
Fruits: Large, elongated, cylindrical. 
Rind: Dark green with a distinct lighter green stripe from 
end to end, thick, making a good shipper. 
Flesh: Golden yellow, very tender and preferred by some to 
red fleshed melons. 
Seeds: White, smeared. 
TEXAS SWEET (TEXAS SWEETHEART) 30-45 90 
Fruit: Elongated and oval, very large. 
Rind: Medium to dark green with mottled blotches in striped 
formation; tough. 
Flesh: Red, very sweet. 
Seed: Very small, black in appearance, actually white specks 
on black. 
/ THURMOND GRAY, Walt Resistant 35-40 90-95 
Fruits: Long, large thick, cylindrical, of exceptional shipping 
quality. 
Rind: Very hard and tough; light green with veining of 
darker green. 
Flesh: Deep red, solid, fine flavored, sweet. 
Seeds: Medium sized, brown. 
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