We picked the second watermelon of the season from Ezekiel’s landrace watermelon project.
When I cut it open, he went, “Oh shoot…” as it fell in half. The inside was pink and white, and looked unripe – though the melon had appeared finished in the field.
Then we tasted it, and it was sweet and delicious.
Apparently, this particular melon is just pink!
The flavor is mild and sweet, getting more tart towards the thick rind. Very refreshing.
The seeds are large and white, with the occasional dark seed mixed in. I wish we had taken a picture of the exterior, but we forgot to do so. It looked like a classic, oval melon, and clocked in at 15lbs.
It looked rather like this melon:
Looks like it’ll be an interesting year as we see what has happened with our various crosses. I’m curious to see if we get any more orange melons.
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Way to go, Ezekiel! Looking forward to seeing more of the experiment results!
Experiments are so interesting and fun! You never know what you will come out with…but so cool!
Awesome! I have some of these la stave watermelon seeds growing in my garden now! I can’t wait to see what I get
Pink might make a nice sparkling wine. If not then a fine vinegar.
I’d be interested in trading for the orange watermelon seeds.
I picked one watermelon last year that was that color with just a hint of orange. It sat around in the kitchen area for a few months and just didn’t rot, so it must has been a cross of a storage watermelon with something else. Finally in January I decided it had sat around long enough so I cut it open to see how it looked. Now, most storage watermelons should be eaten by Thanksgiving for best results. This was January so I wasn’t expecting much. It wasn’t awful but it was pretty mushy, but boy did the ducks and goose enjoy a melon treat in January.
How very cool. Congrats to Ezekiel on finding such an interesting melon in his landrace.