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To: greeneyes

Those are nice varieties, but they don’t quite match up with what I need. Sugar Baby, according to the description on the packet, weighs 8-10 pounds, twice as much as I can lift with my messed-up shoulder. And cantaloupe isn’t a watermelon ;)

I do have several varieties of non-watermelon melons, I’m planning to grow Rich Sweetness 132 this year. It would cross with a cantaloupe.


56 posted on 01/04/2013 2:36:21 PM PST by Ellendra (http://www.ustrendy.com/ellendra-nauriel/portfolio/18423/concealed-couture/)
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To: Ellendra

Well, the sugar babies I grew didn’t get that large, but I thought you could try to cross them with a smaller one.

I know you said watermelon, but I figured you might be doing something similar with cantaloupe.

Have you ever had a vine peach? They are tiny cantaloupes that are native to North America, very mild flavor, but could be canned in a syrup and likely would pick up whatever flavor syrup you used. They also might cross with something and produce an interesting product.


60 posted on 01/04/2013 2:51:10 PM PST by greeneyes (Moderation in defense of your country is NO virtue. Let Freedom Ring.)
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