15 Watermelons You Should Check Out

Posted by Carol Miller|January 9, 2018

Compare these varieties’ disease resistances, regions, and other features to find the right one for you.

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Captivation from Rispens Seeds

Breeder: Syngenta
Type: Seedless crimson sweet
Disease resistance/Tolerance: Intermediate resistance to Fusarium Wilt (race 1) and Anthracnose (race 1)
Days to Maturity: 89
Yield Potential: 45-count size
Region(s): Midwest, Northeast
Other attributes: Dark skin color, works well in a planting schedule with ‘Fascination.’
Syngenta-US.com/Seed
RispensSeeds.com
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Cheetah F1 from Hazera

Type: Personal seedless tiger striped
Days to Maturity: 60 to 75
Yield Potential: 4- to 6-lb fruit; likelihood for six melons per box
Region(s): Flexible variety for most regions and seasons
Other attributes: Excellent internal qualities, such as deep-red color, crunchy and tasty flesh with a high brix and long shelf live.
Hazera.com
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Excursion from Syngenta

Type: Seedless
Disease resistance/Tolerance: High resistance to Colletotrichum orbiculare (Co), race 1; Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. niveum (Fon), race 1
Days to Maturity: 81
Yield Potential: 50% or more 36-count fruit; Region: Eastern U.S.
Other attributes: Large, oval-shaped fruit with a classic Crimson stripe appearance. Matures up to seven days earlier than the current standard. Improved flesh quality over standard varieties in this segment.
Syngenta-US.com/Seed
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Kingman from Seed America

Type: Triploid
Days to Maturity: 85, from transplant
Region: All growing regions
Other attributes: Ranked “top marketable yielder” in recent university trials Nice round-oval shape. Tiny pips and deep red, flavorful flesh.
SakataVegetables.com
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Ocelot F1 from Hazera

Breeder: Eran Yossov
Type: Personal seedless tiger striped
Days to maturity: 60-70
Yield potential: Size is 3 to 5 lb., with a high percentage of 8 in the box
Region(s): Good for early, medium and late seasons, flexible variety for most regions
Other attributes: Excellent internal qualities, such as deep red flesh color, crunchy and tasty, extra-high brix, and a long shelf life
Hazera.com
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Premont from Clifton Seed Company

Breeder: Colorado Seed Company
Type: Seedless watermelon
Disease resistance/Tolerance: Intermediate resistance to Co, race 1 and Fon, race 1
Days to Maturity: 90 to 95
Region: Eastern U.S.
Other attributes: Attractive deep red flesh is super crisp with igh brix and small seed pips. Premont has excellent shipping capabilities and shelf life
CliftonSeed.com
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Red Amber from Enza Zaden

Type: Crimson
Days to Maturity: 89
Yield Potential: Averages 16 to 20 lbs.
Other attributes: Red Amber has a strong, vigorous plant that produces a uniform set of high quality oval fruit. The very dark red interior has a crisp texture and contrasts well with the medium green background and medium dark green stripe.
EnzaZaden.com
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Red Garnet from Enza Zaden

Type: Crimson
Days to maturity: 84
Yield potential: The strong vigorous plant produces uniform 16 – 20 lb oval fruit with deep red flesh
Region(s): Wide adaptability in trials in the eastern US & Texas
Other attributes: Red Garnet is a prolific dark green crimson type seedless watermelon
EnzaZaden.com
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Red Opal from Seedway

Breeder: Enza Zaden
Type: Crimson seedless watermelon
Days to Maturity: 84
Yield Potential: 45 counts
Region: Eastern U.S.
Other attributes: Red Opal has shown itself to be a very prolific seedless watermelon with a concentrated set of fruit. The light green background with a medium dark green stripe contrasts well with the bright red internal flesh color.
Seedway.com
EnzaZaden.com
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Sweet Polly from Siegers Seed Co.

Type: Hybrid triploid crimson sweet
Disease resistance/Tolerance: Intermediate resistance to Co, race 1 and Fon, races 0,1
Days to Maturity: 88
Other attributes: Sweet Polly is an oval, blocky watermelon with vivid red flesh. It weighs 15 to 18 lbs at maturity.
Siegers.com
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Unbridled from Sakata

Type: Triploid
Days to maturity: From transplant, 85 days
Region(s): All growing regions
Other attributes: Very strong vines, bears fruit with crisp, firm, and tasty flesh
SakataVegetables.com
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Solitaire F1 from Golden Valley Seed

Type: Mini seedless
Other attributes: Personal seedless variety, very firm and crisp flesh, excellent taste and flavor.
GoldenValleySeed.com
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Tailgate from Seminis

Distributors: Rupp Seeds; Stokes Seeds
Type: Triploid hybrid; Crimson sweet
Disease resistance/Tolerance: Tolerance to hollow heart; HR: Co, race 1; IR: Fon, race 1
Days to Maturity: 84 to 85
Region: Eastern U.S.
Other attributes: Excellent internal characteristics like small pips, low frequency of hard seed and hollow heart. This oblong, 8 kg watermelon with vigorous vines has high brix and excellent pulp quality.
Seminis.com; RuppSeeds.com; StokesSeeds.com
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Triple Crown Improved from Seeds by Design

Type: Improved 52-44
Days to Maturity: 85 to 90 from transplanting
Region: All of U.S.
SeedsByDesign.com
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USAQ 16104 from VoloAgri

Type: Personal Crimson sweet
Yield Potential: 9 melons/square meter with 1-foot spacing in CA trial
Other attributes: The bright scarlet flesh is crisp and full flavored with a brix of 11 in trials. Size is 2 to 3 kg, and it’s extremely strong and productive.
VoloAgri.com