THE SEEDLESS WATERMELON 
The fruit of real good Seedless Watermelon has only a trace of seed just like those of 
young cucumbers. Anybody can eat whole inside without feeling any seed. We also found 
out that when one gets used to eating Seedless Watermelon he does not feel like eating ordinary 
Seedy Watermelon. 
Inferior strain of Seedless Watermelon has too distinct seed coat, often colored. Such cannot 
be called seedless though the seed has no inside. 
We have done lots of breeding so as to produce only high quality strains, which have the 
most undeveloped seed coat, combined with high grade eating quality. 
Another advantage of Seedless Watermelon (CTriploid Watermelon) is its high disease 
resistant, vigorous growing habit commonly noticed in Fy Hybrid strains. Seedless Watermelon 
is actually an Fy Hybrid. A hybrid between Tetraploid and Diploid. On going over our trial 
ground we found out the most resistant vine is the Tetraploid, then Triploid (Seedless Vine), 
ordinary diploid (Common Watermelon) vine runs out first. It is so conspicuous that anybody 
who inspected the trial field was astonished. It is a known fact the seedless plants withstand 
against common fungi which attacks them such as Fusarium, Anthracnose, etc. It is also proved 
that the crop of Seedless Watermelon is generally 30% to 50% heavier than the parents or 
ordinary seedy one. It is also noted that the rind of Seedless Strains are tougher than ordinary 
types of same thickness, thus increasing the shipping quality. 
The sugar content or sweetness is higher than ordinary Watermelon. After careful researches 
it was proved that the sugar content is the highest in Tetraploid, then Triploid (Seedless) and 
then diploid or ordinary Watermelon. This is for the same variety. 
The drawbacks of the Seedless, is, first, its requirement of high temperature to germinate 
the seed, 80 degress Fahrenheit is its optimum temperature, second, slow growth in the. start, 
though once starts growing it grows rapidly and vigorously, third, its requirement of pollen-plant 
in the quantity of about 10% to 20%. Seedless strain does not bear fruits by itself. However, 
if such Seedless Watermelon vines are planted near ordinary Watermelon field, then no special 
pollen plants are necessary. The bees will carry pollen from other fields. The first fruits 
generally shows slightly noticeable seed coats than the following fruits. 
We are offering only the best two strains which we selected out of our extensive trials 
which extended over several dozen varieties : 
DESCRIPTION 
Seedless Watermelon No. 4 (Straight Green, Not Striped) 
10-15 lbs., round, flesh deep rose red. Very sweet, rind thin 3/4 inch. Vigorous grower. 
Seedless Watermelon No. 13 (Green Striped) 
12-15 lbs., round flesh deep rose, very sweet, rind thin 3/4 inch. Vigorous grower, 
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