| Watermelon Variety Trials - 2003 | ||||
| Variety | Soluble solids | Seed or Seedless | Taste preferencez | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 5408 |
11.3 | Seed | 9.7 | Outstanding taste |
 5413 |
11.3 | Seed | 9 | Outstanding taste |
 Vertigo |
11.2 | Seedless | 8.1 | Outstanding taste |
 Sweet Slice |
10.9 | Seedless | 6.7 | |
 Carosel |
10.7 | Seedless | 6.8 | |
 Sugar Slice |
10.5 | Seedless | 7 | |
| WX 264 | 10.3 | Seed | 9.4 | |
 Sunny |
10.3 | Seed | 7.8 | Yellow |
 Dillion |
10.1 | Seedless | 4.5 | |
 Gold Strike |
10 | Seed | 9.1 | Yellow |
 Campeche |
10 | Seedless | 8.3 | |
 7167 |
10 | Seedless | 8.3 | |
 7187 |
10 | Seedless | 7.7 | |
 Rojo Grande |
10 | Seed | 7 | |
 Sugar Heart |
10 | Seedless | 6.5 | |
 Ole |
10 | Seed | 5.5 | |
 Samba |
9.7 | Seedless | 9 | |
 Duke |
9.7 | Seed | 7.8 | |
 Royal Sweet |
9.7 | Seed | 6 | |
| WX 28 | 9.7 | Seed | 5.2 | |
 5015 |
9.3 | Seedless | 7.4 | |
 Sweet Delight |
8.7 | Seedless | 6.3 | |
 Palomar |
8.7 | Seedless | 4.3 | |
 7177 |
8 | Seedless | 7.5 | |
 Tri X 313 |
7.7 | Seedless | 5.7 | |
 4040 |
7 | Seedless | 7 | |
|
Soluble solids rating and taste test preference of the 26 watermelon
varieties from the Crystal City location of the state wide variety trial. z 1 = worst, 10 = best |
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