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2015 North Carolina State University Watermelon Cultivar Evaluations Horticulture Series #214

Principle Investigators: Jonathan R. Schultheis, Professor and Vegetable Extension Specialist; Keith D. Starke, Research Associate; and W. Bradfred Thompson, Agricultural Research Specialist, Department of Horticultural Science, NC State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7609.
Acknowledgments: We gratefully acknowledge the assistance of Cathy Herring (Superintendent) and Kirby Jones (Horticulture Supervisor), Central Crops Research Station, Clayton, NC, as well as the research station personnel in establishing, maintaining, and harvesting the watermelon cultivar evaluation trial. We want to acknowledge the following for their assistance with the trial: Dennis Adams, Victoria Cox, Brooke Hadley, Elizabeth (Libby) Indermaur, Laura Page, and Dayne Shelor.

The cooperation and support of Bayer Crop Science, Clifton Seed Company, Harris Moran Seed Company, Highmark Seed Company, K & B Development, Origene Seeds, Sakata Seed, Seminis Seed Company, Siegers Seed Company, Syngenta Seeds, Inc., Tri-Hishtil, United Genetics Seeds Company, and US Agriseeds were also appreciated. We also want to acknowledge, support for this study was provided by the US Department of Agriculture, National Institute of Food and Agriculture, for the CucCAP Specialty Crop Research Initiative grant under award number 2015-51181-24285.

General Cultural Practices

Watermelon field trials were grown using the ‘plasticulture’ system which uses black plastic mulch over the plant bed. Drip tape was laid underneath the plastic mulch in order to supply the crop with water and fertilizer (often referred to as ‘fertigation’). Pesticides used in these field trials were chemicals labeled for commercial production of that crop, (2015 North Carolina Agricultural Chemicals Manual).

Disclaimer

This publication presents data from the cultivar evaluation trial conducted during 2015. Information in this report is believed to be reliable but should not be relied upon as the sole source of information. Limited accompanying detail is included but excludes some pertinent information, which may aid interpretation.

Watermelon Cultural Practices for 2015 Cultivar Trial, Central Crops Research Station, Clayton, NC

Introduction

The watermelon production season was generally a very good one for most North Carolina growers. Growing conditions were mainly favorable, the exception being a two week very high temperature, drought period experienced in mid-June. Otherwise, timely rains for producers growing on bare ground resulted in exceptional yields. Acreage harvested in North Carolina has remained relatively steady over the past three seasons (5,667 acres) with 5,800 acres harvested in 2015 (USDA data). Yield per acre averaged 31,000 pounds, which was near the average nationally (30,300 pounds/acre). Prices were extremely high for North Carolina growers in 2015 reaching 21 to 22 cents per pound at their peak. This translated into $32.364 million, up $18.504 million from 2014. North Carolina produced 5% of the U.S. acreage which totaled 115,750. North Carolina ranked 7th in among states in acreage harvested, but ranked 6th in value comprising 6.7% of the total U.S. value which totaled $483,003 million.

Materials and Methods

Once all seed were obtained, they were planted into 72 cell Poly trays to grow transplants (Hummert Int.; Earth City, MO). Seeds of standard size cultigens were sown on 15 April 2015. The planting medium used was “Fine Germinating Mix”, a commercial soilless mix (Carolina Greenhouse and Soil Company; Kinston, NC). Approximately 3 weeks after seeding, transplants were placed in a “hardening” greenhouse for about one week before being established in the field. Standard size triploids were established in the field on 20 May 2015. Telone C-17 fumigant (application rate 10 gal/ac) was incorporated into the soil through soil injection on 5 November 2014. Preplant fertilizer was applied through a broadcast application across the entire area to be planted at a rate of 30 lb/ac N and 80 lb/ac. Plant beds were rowed up after fertilizer was incorporated. Black polyethylene plastic (0.70 mil thick high density plastic film, 48 inches wide; B.B. Hobbs, Clinton, NC) was laid on 15 May 2015. Plot size for standard triploid size watermelons was 1 row, 10 plants per plot, 25 feet long with 10 foot alleys between plots. In most cases, plots with missing plants were replanted approximately 7 days after planting to achieve 100% plant stand. ‘SP-6’ was the sole pollinizer source for the 2015 growing season. Pollinizers were interplanted between plants 1 and 2; 5 and 6; and 9 and 10. Row middles were 10 feet for all watermelon types and in-row spacing was 2.5 feet for standard size triploid watermelons. Drip tape (NETAFIM, 12 inch spacing, 0.24 gph; NETAFIM, Tel Aviv, Israel) was installed underneath the plastic mulch and was utilized to fertigate the crop throughout the growing season. The following herbicides were applied to row middles on 19 May 2015; Gramoxone SL (3pt/ac), Prefar (5qt/ac) and Curbit (4pt/ac). Coragen (5 oz/50 galH20) insecticide and 20-20-20 starter fertilizer (1 lb/50 gal H₂0) were applied in solution at transplanting on 20 May 2015. Liquid fertilizer (12 gal) with a 4-0-8 analysis, was applied through the drip tape on 3 June 2015. Row middles were treated on 5 June 2015 using Gramoxone SL (2/3oz/gal or 2 qt/ac). Fertigation was initiated two weeks after planting and applied weekly throughout 2the growing season. A total of 130 lb/ac N and 261 lb/ac K₂O was applied via fertigation throughout the growing season. Cumulative totals of applied fertilizer for the growing season were 160, 0, and 341lb/ac of N, P₂O₅, and K₂O, respectively. Soil tests indicated soil Phosphorous levels were adequate, therefore, with the exception of liquid fertilizer used at transplanting, no additional P₂O₅ was applied. Insecticide spray applications were applied weekly as a preventative measure beginning 3 June and repeated on the following dates (10, 17, and 24 June; 1, 8, 15, and 22 July; and 20 and 31 August). The following products were alternated during consecutive spray applications to avoid the development of insect resistance: Agri-Mek, Fan Fare and Perm Up. Similarly, fungicides were applied throughout the growing season at weekly intervals. The fungicide program consisted of the following fungicide products being alternated during consecutive spray applications to avoid the development of disease resistance: Bravo, Kocide, Pristine, Penncozeb, Previcur Flex, and Ranman; and applied on the following dates; 11, 18, and 25 June; 2, 9, 16, and 28 July; and 6 and 14 August. Fusarium wilt was confirmed in this field trial through testing by Syngenta and Monsanto. Therefore, Pro-line was applied on 16 and 24 July 2015. This was the first case of Fusarium Wilt, race 2, being identified in the state of North Carolina (Quesada-Ocampo, personal communication).

There were six harvests. The first harvest was 16 July 2015. Subsequent harvests were 23 and 30 July; 6 and 26 August; 9 September. Each fruit was harvested when ripe, weighed and categorized statistically by size category. For the triploid watermelon test, fruits were placed in the following categories; <8.9 lb, 9.0-13.5 lb, 13.6-17.5 lb,17.6-21.4 lb, and 21.5+lb. Fruits were considered marketable if they weighed at least 9 pounds. Fruit are often commercially marketed by number or count per bin with 9-13.5 lb. fruit termed 60-count, 13.6-17.5 lb. fruit termed 45-count, 17.6-21.4 lb. fruit termed 36-count, and fruit 21.5 lb. or larger termed 30-count. We use these weight designations to categorize the fruits harvested in this study. The most popular standard triploid fruit size has typically ranged from 12-16 lb. Evaluations of each watermelon entry included yield, fruit size, production earliness, soluble solids using a hand held digital refractometer, fruit shape and size, exterior and interior descriptions (rind pattern, length/width ratio, seed trace size, occurrence of hard seeds, hollow heart incidence and severity, and flesh color), and interior flesh firmness. Hard seed in triploid fruit was determined according to USDA standards. Fruits were cut longitudinally in half, and then these halves were cut laterally. The number of hard seeds exposed on the cut surface were counted and recorded. This is the third year we have rated for hard seeds according to USDA standards. Fruits were cut longitudinally in half, and then these halves were cut laterally. The number of hard seeds exposed on the cut surface were counted and recorded. This is the third year we have rated for hard seeds according to USDA standards. Flesh firmness was taken by using a Penetrometer FT 011 with a 7/16” plunger tip, (QA Supplies LLC, Norfolk, Va.), and recorded in pounds. Samples were obtained by cutting the center of the fruit from the stem to blossom end. Pressure was then taken in five areas of the fruit; stem end, top side, ground spot side, blossom end, and center. Pressure was not taken on fruit with hollow heart. The reported measures on flesh firmness are an average of the five sample areas and are an average value taken for five fruit per plot or 20 fruit per cultigen. Most of the quality measurements were taken at the first or second harvests.

2015 Trial Note:

This trial was impacted by the occurrence of fusarium wilt, race 2 across the entire field. Although Pro-line was applied twice to control fusarium wilt, many of the watermelon entries were substantially impacted by the disease with the loss of nearly one-half of the plot’s foliage, resulting in significant yield reductions. Some of the entries most affected were from Seminis Seed Company (SV 0241, SV 2757, and SV 7018) and Origene Seeds (Talca, Maxima). The Pro-line will be applied as a preventative treatment in 2016 as it was not applied until some wilting of the plants was observed in the 2015 trial. The late application thus may have been more impactful of the entries listed above.

Yields were average, considering there were six harvests. The loss of foliage to fusarium wilt disease, along with excessive heat during fruit set likely relegated yields to being mostly average.

Financial Support

In addition to seed companies, this research was supported by the College of Life and Agricultural Sciences, North Carolina Agricultural Research, and the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service.

Table 1. Triploid Red-Flesh Watermelon Seed Sources and Descriptions; 2015.

Entry No.	Cultigen	Company	Description
1	7167	Bayer Cropscience	Indistinct, medium width, medium-dark green stripes on light green background; oval/short blocky shape; sizes are mainly large; fairly uniform size fruit
2	7187	Bayer Cropscience	Indistinct, medium width, medium-dark green stripes on light green background; oval/short blocky shape; sizes are variable but more large sized fruit
3	ACX 6177	Bayer Cropscience	Fairly distinct, medium width, dark green stripes on light green background; mainly long round shape; sizes primarily medium to large and uniform in size
4	Captivation	Syngenta	Indistinct, medium to wide, dark green stripes on medium green background; long round to round fruit; mainly medium-large size fruits; several fruit in rep 4 with sclerotia rot
5	Charismatic	Sakata	Indistinct, medium, wide, dark green stripes on medium green background; long round to round fruit shape; mainly small to medium size fruit
6	Crunchy Red	Harris Moran	Indistinct, medium wide, medium to dark green stripes on a light green background; elongated/blocky fruit shape; mainly large fruit size, both uniform in shape and size.
7	Embasy	Bayer Cropscience	Indistinct, medium wide, medium to dark green stripes on a light green background; mainly oval to blocky fruit shape; mainly large sized fruits
8	Exclamation	Syngenta	Fairly distinct, medium width, medium to dark green stripes on a light green background, short blocky shapes or round; sizes mainly medium to large
9	Fascination	Syngenta	Indistinct, medium to large width, dark green stripes on light green background; oval shape in large fruit and long round in smaller fruits; size mainly medium to large.
10	Fascination grafted	Syngenta / Tri-Hishtil	Indistinct, medium to large width, dark green stripes on light green background; oval shape in large fruit and long round in smaller fruits; size mainly medium to large
11	KB 12142	K&B Development	Indistinct, medium width, medium green stripes on light green background; uniform oval shapes; small to medium size fruits
12	Kingman	Sakata	Indistinct, medium wide, medium to dark green stripes on a light green background; long round or oval shapes; smaller fruit are round; fruit size variable from small to large
13	Lucille	Origene Seed	Indistinct, medium width, medium to dark green stripes on medium green background; mainly oval shaped with some smaller round fruit; mainly medium sized fruits, but small and large fruits.
14	Maxima	Origene Seed	Indistinct, medium to wide, very dark green stripes on light to medium green background; mainly long round or short blocky fruits; severe susceptibility shown to fusarium wilt
15	Melody	Syngenta	Indistinct, medium wide, very dark green stripes on medium green background; round fruit with uniform shapes; mainly small fruits with a few medium to large sized fruits
16	Premont	Clifton Seed	Indistinct, medium width, medium to dark green stripes on light green background; large fruit are oval, small fruits long round in shape; size varied from mainly small to medium
17	Razorback	Highmark	Indistinct, medium wide, medium to dark green stripes on light green background; fruit are round to long round in shape; size varied from mainly small to medium; moderate fusarium wilt in rep 4
18	Savannah	Origene Seed	Indistinct, medium wide, dark green stripes on medium green background; fruit sizes range from small to large; oval fruits, but mainly elongated; plot in first rep affected by fusarium wilt
19	Secretariat	Sakata	Indistinct, medium wide, medium to dark green stripes on light green background; larger fruit are blocky, smaller fruits long round; size range from small to large
20	SV0241WA	Seminis	Indistinct, medium to wide, dark green stripes on light green background; short blocky or oval fruit; sizes ranged from small to large; Fusarium wilt affecting plots in reps 1 and 4
21	Summer Breeze (SV2757WA)	Seminis	Indistinct, medium wide, medium to dark stripes on light green background; round or short blocky shapes; size range from small to mainly medium
22	Road Trip (SV7018WA)	Seminis	Indistinct, medium wide, medium green stripes on light green background; short blocky/oval shape; sizes range from small to large
23	SV7112 WA	Seminis	Indistinct, wide, very dark green stripes on light green background; blocky large fruits, oval smaller fruits; small to large size.
24	Joy Ride (SV8298WA)	Seminis	Indistinct, medium wide, dark green stripes on light to medium green background oval fruits that are uniform in shape; size is mainly medium to large
25	Sweet Dawn	Syngenta	Indistinct, medium wide, medium green stripes on light green/white background; fruit are mainly blocky if large and long round if small; size variable from small to large
26	Sweet Polly	Siegers	Fairly distinct, medium wide, dark green stripes on light green background; large fruit are blocky or oval; small fruit more round; size varies from small to medium large
27	Talca	Origene Seed	Indistinct, medium to wide, very dark green stripes on light to medium green background; large fruit are oval/blocky shape, small fruit long round; fruit size varies from small to large
28	Traveler	Harris Moran	Indistinct, medium width, very dark green stripes on medium green background; uniform round fruit; uniform small fruit size
29	Tri-X-313	Syngenta	Indistinct, medium wide, medium to dark green stripes on light green background; mainly oval or blocky fruit; mainly medium to large fruit size
30	Troubadour	Harris Moran	Indistinct, medium wide, very dark green stripes on medium to dark green background; uniform oval fruit; uniform small to medium large size fruit
31	UGR 131712	United Genetics	Indistinct, narrow to medium wide dark green stripes on light green background uniform long oval fruit shape; uniformly medium to large fruit size
32	Unbridled	Sakata	Indistinct, medium wide, medium to dark green stripes on a light green background; uniform round or long round fruit; size varies from small to large
33	USAW 90020	US Agriseeds	Indistinct, medium width, medium to dark green stripes on light green background; large fruit have oval shape, smaller fruit are round; size varied from small to large
34	Warrior	Bayer Cropscience	Indistinct, medium width, medium to dark green stripes on light green background; uniform oval shape; fruit size varied from small to large.
35	WDL 0409	Syngenta	Indistinct medium wide, medium to dark green stripes on light green background; some elongated, oval and long round shapes; mainly medium to large size fruits
36	Wolverine	Highmark	Indistinct medium wide, medium to dark green stripes on light green background; mainly round shapes; mainly small fruit size

Figure 1. Visit the PDF version of this document to view images of each variety of the 2015 Triploid Watermelons evaluated in this field trial.

Table 2. Triploid Red-Flesh watermelon hybrid cultivar trial. Fruit weight, (cwt.), per acre by various weight classes including average fruit size¹ for harvest 1. Clayton, N.C., 2015.

Cultivar		Cwt. (x100) by size					Total / Acre	Mkt / Acre3
	Rank2	<9.0	9.0 – 13.5	13.6 – 17.5	17.6 – 21.4	> 21.5
7167	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –
7187	11	17	83	19	42	– –	161	144
ACX 6177	15	18	39	28	17	11	113	94
Captivation	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –
Charismatic	7	18	75	73	9	– –	174	156
Crunchy Red	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –
Embasy	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –
Exclamation	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –
Fascination	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –
Fascination-Graft	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –
KB 12142	3	29	109	80	15	– –	233	204
Kingman	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –
Lucille	14	7	38	27	25	10	107	100
Maxima	17	7	15	27	8	19	77	70
Melody	22	– –	5	– –	– –	– –	5	5
Premont	19	– –	– –	– –	8	– –	8	8
Razorback	10	7	97	28	27	– –	158	151
Savannah	6	4	46	41	67	10	168	164
Secretariat	12	20	66	34	8	10	138	118
SV0241WA	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –
Summer Breeze	9	18	40	61	35	19	172	154
Road Trip	21	– –	5	– –	– –	– –	5	5
SV7112WA	4	7	42	77	75	10	211	204
Joy Ride	1	7	53	113	33	9	216	209
Sweet Dawn	5	3	9	95	57	10	175	172
Sweet Polly	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –
Talca	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –
Traveler	16	25	52	27	9	– –	113	88
Tri-X-313	20	– –	6	– –	– –	– –	6	6
Troubadour	13	31	58	27	16	– –	132	101
UGR 131712	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –
Unbridled	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –
USAW 90020	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –
Warrior	2	6	87	93	16	10	212	206
WDL 0409	18	– –	– –	– –	– –	9	9	9
Wolverine	8	29	81	66	– –	10	186	156
Average		15	50	54	28	12	126	115
LSD (0.05)		27	50	59	44	30	66	64

1 Yields are calculated using 100 percent seedless watermelon population. SP-6 pollinizers were interplanted after triploid plants 1, 5, and 9, (3 plants/plot). Fruit weights for each category are rounded to the nearest whole number.
2 Ranked according to total marketable weight.
3 Includes fruit ≥ 9 pounds.
** Each number for fruit size category and cumulative totals are rounded to the nearest whole number**

Table 3. Triploid Red-Flesh watermelon hybrid cultivar trial. Bin boxes per acre by various various weight classes including average fruit size¹ for harvest 1. Clayton, N.C., 2015.

Cultivar	Bin boxes / acre by size grade2						% Total Yield by Count				Avg lb./ fruit
	<9.0	9.0 – 13.5	3.6 – 17.5	17.6 -21.4	> 21.5	Mkt / Acre3	30	36	45	60
7167	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –
7187	2.4	11.8	2.7	6.0	– –	20.5	– –	26	12	51	12.3
ACX 6177	2.6	5.5	4.0	2.4	1.6	13.5	10	15	25	34	12.9
Captivation	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –
Charismatic	2.6	10.7	10.4	1.3	– –	22.3	– –	5	42	43	12.6
Crunchy Red	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –
Embasy	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –
Exclamation	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –
Fascination	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –
Fascination-Graft	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –
KB 12142	4.1	15.5	11.5	2.2	– –	29.2	– –	7	34	47	11.9
Kingman	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –
Lucille	1.0	5.4	3.9	3.5	1.5	14.3	9	23	26	35	14.7
Maxima	0.9	2.2	3.9	1.2	2.8	10.0	25	11	35	20	16.8
Melody	– –	0.7	– –	– –	– –	0.7	– –	– –	– –	100	10.3
Premont	– –	– –	– –	1.2	– –	1.2	– –	100	– –	– –	19.0
Razorback	1.0	13.8	4.0	3.8	– –	21.6	– –	17	18	61	12.8
Savannah	0.5	6.6	5.8	9.6	1.4	23.4	6	40	24	28	14.9
Secretariat	2.8	9.4	4.9	1.2	1.4	16.9	7	6	25	48	13.4
SV0241WA	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –
Summer Breeze	2.5	5.6	8.6	5.0	2.8	22.0	11	20	35	23	13.9
Road Trip	– –	0.8	– –	– –	– –	0.8	– –	– –	– –	100	– –
SV7112WA	1.0	6.0	11.0	10.7	1.4	29.1	5	35	37	20	15.5
Joy Ride	1.1	7.6	16.1	4.8	1.3	29.8	4	15	52	25	14.1
Sweet Dawn	0.4	1.3	13.6	8.2	1.5	24.5	6	33	54	5	15.8
Sweet Polly	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –
Talca	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –
Traveler	3.5	7.5	3.9	1.2	– –	12.6	– –	8	24	46	12.0
Tri-X-313	– –	0.8	– –	– –	– –	0.8	– –	– –	– –	100	12.6
Troubadour	4.4	8.3	3.9	2.3	– –	14.5	– –	12	20	44	11.3
UGR 131712	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –
Unbridled	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –
USAW 90020	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –
Warrior	0.8	12.4	13.3	2.3	1.5	29.5	5	8	44	41	13.7
WDL 0409	– –	– –	– –	– –	1.3	1.3	100	– –	– –	– –	20.8
Wolverine	4.2	11.5	9.4	– –	1.4	22.3	5	– –	36	43	11.5
Average	2.1	6.6	7.2	4.0	1.7	16.2	16	22	32	46	13.9
LSD (0.05)	3.9	7.2	8.4	6.3	4.3	9.1	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –

1 Yields are calculated using 100 percent seedless watermelon population. SP-6 pollinizers were interplanted after triploid plants 1, 5, and 9, (3 plants/plot). Fruit weights for each category are rounded to the nearest whole number.
2 Values were determined based upon 700 lb bin box weight.
3 Includes fruit ≥ 9 pounds.
** Each number for fruit size grade category and average lb./fruit are rounded to the nearest tenths; percentage count by category rounded to nearest whole **

Table 4. Triploid Red-Flesh watermelon hybrid cultivar trial. Fruit number for harvest 1 by various weight classes (per acre) including fruit number per plant. Clayton, N.C., 2015.

Cultivar	Rank1	Fruit size category					Total Number	Total Mkt. No.2	Fruit No./ Plant
		< 9.0	9.0 – 13.5	13.6 – 17.5	17.6 – 21.4	> 21.5
7167	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –
7187	8	218	741	131	218	– –	1307	1089	0.80
ACX 6177	15	218	349	174	87	44	871	653	0.50
Captivation	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –
Charismatic	6	218	653	479	44	– –	1394	1176	0.80
Crunchy Red	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –
Embasy	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –
Exclamation	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –
Fascination	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –
Fascination-Graft	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –
KB 12142	1	392	958	523	87	– –	1960	1568	1.10
Kingman	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –
Lucille	15	87	305	174	131	44	741	653	0.40
Maxima	17	87	131	174	44	87	523	436	0.30
Melody	18	– –	44	– –	– –	– –	44	44	0.03
Premont	18	– –	– –	– –	44	– –	44	44	0.03
Razorback	6	87	871	174	131	– –	1263	1176	0.70
Savannah	8	44	436	261	349	44	1133	1089	0.70
Secretariat	12	261	610	218	44	44	1176	915	0.70
SV0241WA	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –
Summer Breeze	11	218	349	– –	174	87	1220	1002	0.70
Road Trip	18	– –	44	– –	– –	– –	44	44	0.03
SV7112WA	4	87	349	479	392	44	1350	1263	0.80
Joy Ride	3	87	479	741	174	44	1525	1438	0.90
Sweet Dawn	10	44	87	610	305	44	1089	1045	0.63
Sweet Polly	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –
Talca	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –
Traveler	14	305	479	174	44	– –	1002	697	0.60
Tri-X-313	18	– –	44	– –	– –	– –	44	44	0.03
Troubadour	13	392	523	174	87	– –	1176	784	0.70
UGR 131712	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –
Unbridled	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –
USAW 90020	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –
Warrior	2	87	741	610	87	44	1568	1481	0.90
WDL 0409	18	– –	– –	– –	– –	44	44	44	0.03
Wolverine	5	392	741	436	– –	44	1612	1220	0.90
Average	– –	190	446	346	143	51	960	814	0.56
LSD(0.05)	– –	378	463	382	230	132	615	544	0.31

1 Ranked according to total marketable number.
2 Includes fruit ≥ 9 pounds.
** Each number for fruit size category and cumulative totals are rounded to the nearest whole number**

Table 5. Triploid Red-Flesh watermelon hybrid cultivar trial. Fruit weight, (cwt.), per acre by various weight classes including average fruit size¹ for harvest 2. Clayton, N.C., 2015

Cultivar	Rank2	Cwt. (x100) by size					Total / Acre	Mkt / Acre3
		<9.0	9.0 – 13.5	13.6 – 17.5	17.6 – 21.4	> 21.5
7167	6	18	62	125	27	30	262	244
7187	25	4	52	33	17	10	115	111
ACX 6177	20	7	41	40	67	– –	155	149
Captivation	4	18	60	99	59	30	264	247
Charismatic	27	11	23	55	24	– –	113	102
Crunchy Red	32	– –	15	21	34	– –	70	70
Embasy	34	4	10	33	9	10	66	62
Exclamation	3	9	46	117	58	32	261	252
Fascination	15	4	42	75	24	21	165	161
Fascination-Graft	36	– –	– –	13	– –	– –	13	13
KB 12142	22	17	71	47	16	– –	151	134
Kingman	11	43	48	67	75	10	244	200
Lucille	10	– –	49	87	68	– –	203	203
Maxima	35	9	23	13	8	10	65	55
Melody	17	13	92	29	16	20	171	158
Premont	8	3	54	73	74	21	224	221
Razorback	16	10	47	32	61	20	171	161
Savannah	18	11	52	38	43	19	164	153
Secretariat	21	14	43	51	42	– –	150	136
SV0241WA	13	57	96	20	33	33	239	182
Summer Breeze	28	24	51	20	9	19	123	99
Road Trip	2	7	128	78	43	23	279	272
SV7112WA	26	9	22	32	33	21	119	109
Joy Ride	14	7	68	47	34	26	182	175
Sweet Dawn	29	4	13	13	33	33	96	92
Sweet Polly	7	17	49	110	42	32	250	233
Talca	19	23	46	52	43	12	176	153
Traveler	30	19	43	19	26	– –	107	88
Tri-X-313	5	7	97	99	49	– –	251	244
Troubadour	24	13	51	52	8	– –	125	112
UGR 131712	33	– –	43	19	– –	– –	62	62
Unbridled	1	8	88	76	43	73	287	280
USAW 90020	12	12	92	80	18	10	211	200
Warrior	23	10	36	59	34	– –	139	129
WDL 0409	9	23	55	64	58	32	232	209
Wolverine	31	12	52	14	16	– –	94	82
Average	– –	14	53	53	37	24	167	154
LSD (0.05)	– –	28	56	51	50	48	107	105

1 Yields are calculated using 100 percent seedless watermelon population. SP-6 pollinizers were interplanted after triploid plants 1, 5, and 9, (3 plants/plot). Fruit weights for each category are rounded to the nearest whole number.
2 Ranked according to total marketable weight.
3 Includes fruit ≥ 9 pounds.
** Each number for fruit size category and cumulative totals are rounded to the nearest whole number**

Table 6. Triploid Red-Flesh watermelon hybrid cultivar trial. Bin boxes per acre by various weight classes including average fruit size¹ for harvest 2. Clayton, N.C., 2015.

Cultivar	Bin boxes / acre by size grade2					Mkt / Acre3	% Total Yield by Count				Avg lb./ fruit
	<9.0	9.0 – 13.5	13.6 – 17.5	17.6 – 21.4	> 21.5		30	36	45	60
7167	2.5	8.9	17.9	3.8	4.3	34.9	11	10	48	24	14.8
7187	0.6	7.4	4.7	2.4	1.4	15.8	9	14	29	45	12.8
ACX 6177	0.9	5.9	5.7	9.6	– –	21.3	– –	43	26	27	14.7
Captivation	2.5	8.6	14.1	8.4	4.2	35.3	11	22	37	23	15.0
Charismatic	1.5	3.2	7.9	3.5	– –	14.6	– –	22	49	20	12.8
Crunchy Red	– –	2.1	3.0	6.2	– –	10.0	– –	62	30	21	15.6
Embasy	0.5	1.4	4.7	1.3	1.4	8.9	15	14	50	15	14.3
Exclamation	1.3	6.6	16.6	8.2	4.5	36.1	12	22	45	18	15.4
Fascination	0.6	5.9	10.7	3.4	3.0	23.0	13	14	45	25	15.2
Fascination-Graft	– –	– –	1.9	– –	– –	1.9	– –	– –	100	– –	16.0
KB 12142	2.5	10.2	6.7	2.3	– –	19.1	– –	11	31	47	12.1
Kingman	6.2	6.9	9.6	10.6	1.5	28.6	4	31	27	20	13.8
Lucille	– –	7.0	12.4	9.6	– –	29.1	– –	33	43	24	15.0
Maxima	1.3	3.3	1.9	1.2	1.5	7.9	16	13	20	36	12.7
Melody	1.9	13.2	4.1	2.3	2.9	22.5	12	9	17	54	12.5
Premont	0.4	7.7	10.4	10.6	3.0	31.6	9	33	33	24	15.5
Razorback	1.4	6.7	4.6	8.7	2.9	22.9	12	36	19	28	14.4
Savannah	1.5	7.5	5.4	6.2	2.8	21.9	12	26	23	32	14.4
Secretariat	1.9	6.1	7.3	6.0	– –	19.5	– –	28	34	29	13.4
SV0241WA	8.1	13.8	2.9	4.7	4.7	26.0	14	14	8	40	12.1
Summer Breeze	3.5	7.2	2.9	1.3	2.8	14.1	16	7	16	41	11.6
Road Trip	1.0	18.3	11.2	6.2	3.3	38.9	8	16	28	46	11.6
SV7112WA	1.3	3.2	4.6	4.8	3.1	15.6	18	28	27	19	14.8
Joy Ride	1.0	9.7	6.7	4.9	3.7	25.0	14	19	26	37	15.3
Sweet Dawn	0.5	1.9	1.9	4.7	4.7	13.2	34	34	14	14	17.7
Sweet Polly	2.4	7.1	15.7	6.0	4.5	33.3	13	17	44	20	14.9
Talca	3.3	6.5	7.4	6.1	1.7	21.9	7	24	30	26	14.4
Traveler	2.7	6.1	2.7	3.7	– –	12.6	– –	24	18	40	13.0
Tri-X-313	0.9	13.8	14.2	6.9	– –	34.9	– –	19	39	39	13.9
Troubadour	1.9	7.3	7.4	1.1	– –	15.9	– –	6	42	41	12.6
UGR 131712	– –	6.2	2.7	– –	– –	8.9	– –	– –	31	69	12.8
Unbridled	1.1	12.5	10.8	6.1	10.5	40.0	26	15	26	31	15.9
USAW 90020	1.7	13.2	11.4	2.6	1.4	28.5	5	8	38	44	13.5
Warrior	1.5	5.1	8.4	4.9	– –	18.4	– –	25	42	26	13.8
WDL 0409	3.3	7.8	9.1	8.3	4.6	29.8	14	25	27	24	15.3
Wolverine	1.7	7.4	2.0	2.3	– –	11.6	– –	17	15	55	10.9
Average	2.0	7.6	7.5	5.3	3.4	22.0	13	22	33	32	14.0
LSD (0.05)	4.1	7.9	7.3	7.1	6.9	15.0	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –

1 Yields are calculated using 100 percent seedless watermelon population. SP-6 pollinizers were interplanted after triploid plants 1, 5, and 9, (3 plants/plot). Fruit weights for each category are rounded to the nearest whole number.
2 Values were determined based upon 700 lb bin box weight.
3 Includes fruit ≥ 9 pounds.
** Each number for fruit size grade category and average lb./fruit are rounded to the nearest tenths; percentage count by
category rounded to nearest whole **

Table 7. Triploid Red-Flesh watermelon hybrid cultivar trial. Fruit number for harvest ¹ by various weight classes (per acre) including fruit number per plant. Clayton, N.C., 2015.

Cultivar	Rank1	Fruit size category					Total Number	Total Mkt. No.2	Fruit No./ Plant
		< 9.0	9.0 – 13.5	13.6 – 17.5	17.6 – 21.4	> 21.5
7167	3	218	523	828	131	131	1830	1612	1.1
7187	24	87	479	218	87	44	915	828	0.5
ACX 6177	21	87	349	261	349	– –	1045	958	0.6
Captivation	3	218	523	653	305	131	1830	1612	1.1
Charismatic	27	174	218	349	131	– –	871	697	0.5
Crunchy Red	33	– –	131	131	174	– –	436	436	0.3
Embasy	35	44	87	218	44	44	436	392	0.3
Exclamation	6	131	392	741	305	131	1699	1568	1.0
Fascination	16	44	349	479	131	87	1089	1045	0.6
Fascination-Graft	36	– –	– –	87	– –	– –	87	87	0.1
KB 12142	19	218	610	305	87	– –	1220	1002	0.7
Kingman	11	566	436	435	392	44	1873	1307	1.1
Lucille	10		436	566	349	– –	1350	1350	0.8
Maxima	34	131	218	87	44	44	523	392	0.3
Melody	14	174	828	174	87	87	1350	1176	0.8
Premont	9	44	436	479	392	87	1438	1394	0.8
Razorback	16	131	436	218	305	87	1176	1045	0.7
Savannah	16	131	479	261	218	87	1176	1045	0.7
Secretariat	21	174	392	349	218	– –	1133	958	0.7
SV0241WA	11	871	871	131	174	131	2178	1307	1.3
Summer Breeze	26	305	479	131	44	87	1045	741	0.6
Road Trip	27	131	218	218	174	87	828	697	0.5
SV7018WA	1	87	1089	523	218	87	2004	1917	1.2
Joy Ride	15	87	566	305	174	87	1220	1133	0.7
Sweet Dawn	31	44	131	87	174	131	566	523	0.3
Sweet Polly	7	218	436	697	218	131	1699	1481	1.0
Talca	19	305	392	349	218	44	1307	1002	0.8
Traveler	30	261	349	131	131	– –	871	610	0.5
Tri-X-313	2	87	828	653	261	– –	1830	1742	1.1
Troubadour	24	174	436	349	44	– –	1002	828	0.6
UGR 131712	32	– –	349	131	– –	– –	479	479	0.3
Unbridled	3	87	784	479	218	131	1699	1612	1.0
USAW 90020	8	174	784	523	87	44	1612	1438	0.9
Warrior	23	131	305	392	174	– –	1002	871	0.6
WDL 0409	11	305	479	392	305	131	1612	1307	0.9
Wolverine	29	174	479	87	87	– –	828	653	0.5
Average	– –	190	449	345	192	89	1178	1012	0.7
LSD(0.05)	– –	382	489	334	258	166	746	666	0.4

1 Ranked according to total marketable number.
2 Includes fruit ≥ 9 pounds.
** Each number for fruit size category and cumulative totals are rounded to the nearest whole number**

Table 8. Triploid Red-Flesh watermelon hybrid cultivar trial. Fruit weight, (cwt.), per acre by various weight classes including average fruit size¹ for harvest 3. Clayton, N.C., 2015.

Cultivar	Rank2	Cwt. (x100) by size					Total / Acre	Mkt / Acre3
		<9.0	9.0 – 13.5	13.6 – 17.5	17.6 – 21.4	> 21.5
7167	13	3	50	64	25	21	162	159
7187	29	23	21	21	8	9	82	59
ACX 6177	19	12	53	48	9	10	131	120
Captivation	7	19	41	53	77	12	202	183
Charismatic	18	29	20	67	24	10	150	121
Crunchy Red	1	11	40	81	95	101	328	317
Embasy	2	18	94	85	76	20	292	274
Exclamation	5	14	60	68	51	12	205	191
Fascination	6	11	39	78	50	23	201	190
Fascination-Graft	15	– –	20	46	65	21	152	152
KB 12142	32	– –	28	– –	17	10	55	55
Kingman	12	14	60	26	60	20	179	166
Lucille	4	10	70	78	17	29	205	195
Maxima	31	30	16	19	8	12	86	56
Melody	14	30	66	38	43	10	187	157
Premont	9	7	61	74	43	– –	185	178
Razorback	23	15	49	14	16	11	106	91
Savannah	35	10	14	20	9	– –	53	43
Secretariat	24	29	43	19	17	11	119	90
SV0241WA	25	35	43	13	25	– –	117	82
Summer Breeze	30	23	23	13	8	13	80	58
Road Trip	26	30	27	20	8	21	108	77
SV7112WA	36	9	20	7	– –	10	47	38
Joy Ride	34	26	14	21	17	– –	77	52
Sweet Dawn	33	3	34	20	– –	– –	57	54
Sweet Polly	11	14	62	37	42	32	186	173
Talca	20	21	64	53	– –	– –	138	117
Traveler	3	3	89	46	76	– –	214	211
Tri-X-313	8	9	35	52	73	22	191	182
Troubadour	17	23	75	19	17	20	154	131
UGR 131712	16	3	49	78	8	– –	138	135
Unbridled	22	29	55	40	16	– –	139	111
USAW 90020	10	10	56	27	62	29	184	175
Warrior	27	11	31	20	16	10	88	77
WDL 0409	21	6	36	19	17	42	120	114
Wolverine	28	22	25	20	9	10	85	63
Average	– –	16	44	40	33	20	144	129
LSD (0.05)	– –	21	43	49	49	37	101	102

1 Yields are calculated using 100 percent seedless watermelon population. SP-6 pollinizers were interplanted after triploid plants 1, 5, and 9, (3 plants/plot). Fruit weights for each category are rounded to the nearest whole number.
2 Ranked according to total marketable weight.
3 Includes fruit ≥ 9 pounds.
** Each number for fruit size category and cumulative totals are rounded to the nearest whole number**

Table 9. Triploid Red-Flesh watermelon hybrid cultivar trial. Bin boxes per acre by various various weight classes including average fruit size¹ for harvest 3. Clayton, N.C., 2015.

Cultivar	Bin boxes / acre by size grade2					Mkt / Acre3	% Total Yield by Count				Avg lb./fruit
	<9.0	9.0 – 13.5	13.6 – 17.5	17.6 – 21.4	> 21.5		30	36	45	60
7167	0.4	7.1	9.1	3.6	2.9	22.7	13	15	39	31	13.5
7187	3.2	3.0	3.0	1.1	1.3	8.4	12	10	26	25	9.7
ACX 6177	1.7	7.5	6.9	1.2	1.4	17.1	8	6	37	40	11.5
Captivation	2.7	5.9	7.6	11.1	1.7	26.2	6	38	26	20	13.5
Charismatic	4.1	2.8	9.5	3.5	1.4	17.3	7	16	45	13	12.3
Crunchy Red	1.6	5.7	11.6	13.5	14.5	45.3	31	29	25	12	16.4
Embasy	2.6	13.4	12.1	10.8	2.8	39.1	7	26	29	32	13.5
Exclamation	2.0	8.5	9.7	7.3	1.8	27.3	6	25	33	29	13.8
Fascination	1.6	5.6	11.1	7.2	3.3	27.1	11	25	39	20	14.4
Fascination-Graft	– –	2.8	6.6	9.3	2.9	21.6	14	43	30	13	16.7
KB 12142	– –	4.0	– –	2.4	1.4	7.8	18	31	– –	52	14.8
Kingman	1.9	8.6	3.6	8.5	2.9	23.6	11	33	14	34	14.0
Lucille	1.4	10.1	11.2	2.5	4.2	27.9	14	8	38	34	13.5
Maxima	4.3	2.3	2.8	1.2	1.7	7.9	14	10	23	19	10.5
Melody	4.3	9.4	5.5	6.2	1.4	22.5	5	23	21	35	12.2
Premont	0.9	8.7	10.6	6.2	– –	25.4	– –	23	40	33	14.3
Razorback	2.2	7.1	2.0	2.3	1.6	12.9	10	15	13	47	11.9
Savannah	1.4	2.0	2.8	1.3	– –	6.2	– –	18	37	27	11.9
Secretariat	4.2	6.2	2.7	2.4	1.5	12.8	9	14	16	36	10.5
SV0241WA	5.0	6.2	1.9	3.6	– –	11.7	– –	22	11	37	10.2
Summer Breeze	3.2	3.3	1.9	1.2	1.8	8.2	16	10	17	29	11.6
Road Trip	4.3	3.9	2.9	1.2	3.0	11.0	20	8	19	25	10.9
SV7112WA	1.3	2.9	1.1	– –	1.5	5.4	22	– –	16	43	12.4
Joy Ride	– –	2.0	3.0	2.5	– –	7.4	– –	22	27	18	10.4
Sweet Dawn	0.5	4.8	2.9	– –	– –	7.7	– –	– –	35	59	11.3
Sweet Polly	1.9	8.9	5.2	6.0	4.5	24.7	17	23	20	33	14.1
Talca	3.0	9.2	7.6	– –	– –	16.7	– –	– –	39	46	11.3
Traveler	0.5	12.7	6.6	10.8	– –	30.1	– –	35	22	41	14.1
Tri-X-313	1.3	5.0	7.4	10.4	3.2	26.0	12	38	27	18	14.6
Troubadour	3.3	10.7	2.8	2.4	2.8	18.7	13	11	13	49	11.9
UGR 131712	0.4	7.0	11.1	1.2	– –	19.3	– –	6	57	36	13.9
Unbridled	4.1	7.9	5.7	2.3	– –	15.8	– –	12	28	40	10.8
USAW 90020	1.4	8.0	3.9	8.8	4.2	24.9	16	34	15	31	14.5
Warrior	1.6	4.5	2.8	2.2	1.4	11.0	11	18	23	35	13.5
WDL 0409	0.8	5.2	2.7	2.4	6.0	16.3	35	14	16	30	15.4
Wolverine	0.3	3.5	2.8	1.3	1.4	9.0	11	11	23	29	11.1
Average	2.2	6.3	5.7	4.8	2.9	18.4	14	20	27	32	12.8
LSD (0.05)	3.0	6.1	7.0	7.0	5.3	14.5	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –

1 Yields are calculated using 100 percent seedless watermelon population. SP-6 pollinizers were interplanted after triploid plants 1, 5, and 9, (3 plants/plot). Fruit weights for each category are rounded to the nearest whole number.
2 Values were determined based upon 700 lb bin box weight.
3 Includes fruit ≥ 9 pounds.
** Each number for fruit size grade category and average lb./fruit are rounded to the nearest tenths; percentage count by category rounded to nearest whole **
% Total Yield by Count

Table 10. Triploid Red-Flesh watermelon hybrid cultivar trial. Fruit number for harvest 3 by various weight classes (per acre) including fruit number per plant. Clayton, N.C., 2015.

Cultivar	Rank1	Fruit size category					Total Number	Total Mkt. No.2	Fruit No./ Plant
		< 9.0	9.0 – 13.5	13.6 – 17.5	17.6 – 21.4	> 21.5
7167	12	44	436	436	131	87	1133	1089	0.7
7187	30	349	174	131	44	44	741	392	0.4
ACX 6177	19	174	479	305	44	44	1045	871	0.6
Captivation	8	261	349	349	392	44	1393	1133	0.8
Charismatic	21	392	174	436	131	44	1176	784	0.7
Crunchy Red	2	131	349	523	479	436	1917	1786	1.1
Embasy	1	261	828	566	392	87	2134	1873	1.2
Exclamation	5	174	523	436	261	44	1438	1263	0.8
Fascination	6	174	349	523	261	87	1393	1219	0.8
Fascination-Graft	18	– –	174	305	349	87	915	915	0.5
KB 12142	30	– –	261	– –	87	44	392	392	0.2
Kingman	12	218	523	174	305	87	1307	1089	0.8
Lucille	4	131	610	523	87	131	1481	1350	0.9
Maxima	34	566	131	131	44	44	915	349	0.5
Melody	12	436	566	261	218	44	1525	1089	0.9
Premont	6	87	523	479	218	– –	1307	1219	0.8
Razorback	23	218	436	87	87	44	871	653	0.5
Savannah	35	131	131	131	44	– –	436	305	0.3
Secretariat	23	436	392	131	87	44	1089	653	0.6
SV0241WA	25	479	392	87	131	– –	1089	610	0.6
Summer Breeze	30	305	218	87	44	44	697	392	0.4
Road Trip	26	479	261	131	44	87	1002	523	0.6
SV7112WA	36	131	174	44	– –	44	392	261	0.2
Joy Ride	33	392	131	131	87	– –	741	349	0.4
Sweet Dawn	28	44	305	131	– –	– –	479	436	0.3
Sweet Polly	8	218	566	218	218	131	1350	1133	0.8
Talca	15	305	610	349	– –	– –	1263	958	0.7
Traveler	3	44	784	305	392	– –	1525	1481	0.9
Tri-X-313	8	131	305	349	392	87	1263	1133	0.7
Troubadour	15	305	653	131	87	87	1263	958	0.7
UGR 131712	15	44	392	523	44	– –	1002	958	0.6
Unbridled	20	436	479	261	87	– –	1263	828	0.7
USAW 90020	8	131	523	174	305	131	1263	1133	0.7
Warrior	26	131	261	131	87	44	653	523	0.4
WDL 0409	22	87	305	131	87	174	784	697	0.5
Wolverine	28	305	218	131	44	44	741	436	0.4
Average	– –	305	218	131	44	44	741	436	0.4
LSD(0.05)	– –	326	377	322	251	155	705	660	0.4

1 Ranked according to total marketable number.
2 Includes fruit ≥ 9 pounds.
** Each number for fruit size category and cumulative totals are rounded to the nearest whole number**

Table 11. Triploid Red-Flesh watermelon hybrid cultivar trial. Fruit weight, (cwt.), per acre by various weight classes including average fruit size¹ for harvest 4. Clayton, N.C., 2015.

Cultivar	Rank2	Cwt. (x100) by size					Total / Acre	Mkt / Acre3
		<9.0	9.0 – 13.5	13.6 – 17.5	17.6 – 21.4	> 21.5
7167	5	13	34	20	16	11	94	81
7187	16	– –	15	12	17	– –	44	44
ACX 6177	10	– –	29	27	– –	– –	56	56
Captivation	22	4	26	6	– –	– –	36	32
Charismatic	23	3	4	7	18	– –	33	29
Crunchy Red	2	6	– –	8	32	36	100	94
Embasy	6	2	26	27	18	10	83	81
Exclamation	13	8	10	33	8	– –	59	51
Fascination	11	– –	21	14	18	– –	52	52
Fascination-Graft	12	– –	6	8	18	20	51	51
KB 12142	36	– –	6	– –	– –	– –	6	6
Kingman	25	2	– –	7	9	10	28	25
Lucille	17	– –	23	20	– –	– –	43	43
Maxima	33	20	4	7	– –	– –	24	11
Melody	7	– –	24	33	8	9	74	74
Premont	9	4	22	26	8	11	71	67
Razorback	14	– –	15	14	17	– –	46	46
Savannah	18	10	20	13	9	– –	51	41
Secretariat	28	6	4	8	8	– –	26	20
SV0241WA	30	10	9	– –	8	– –	26	17
Summer Breeze	31	7	9	6	– –	– –	22	15
Road Trip	20	4	13	20	– –	– –	37	34
SV7112WA	27	4	21	– –	– –	– –	25	21
Joy Ride	32	6	5	– –	8	– –	18	13
Sweet Dawn	19	7	5	21	– –	12	45	39
Sweet Polly	29	7	10	– –	– –	10	26	20
Talca	35	3	10	– –	– –	– –	13	10
Traveler	1	10	25	50	17	20	122	112
Tri-X-313	26	9	19	6	– –	– –	34	25
Troubadour	15	7	29	7	9	– –	52	45
UGR 131712	4	6	26	54	9	– –	94	88
Unbridled	24	– –	16	13	– –	– –	29	29
USAW 90020	34	10	11	– –	– –	– –	21	11
Warrior	8	13	17	33	9	10	82	69
WDL 0409	3	6	28	41	9	12	97	90
Wolverine	21	3	10	14	– –	10	37	33
Average	– –	7	16	19	13	14	49	44
LSD (0.05)	– –	14	31	30	28	28	45	44

1 Yields are calculated using 100 percent seedless watermelon population. SP-6 pollinizers were interplanted after triploid plants 1, 5, and 9, (3 plants/plot). Fruit weights for each category are rounded to the nearest whole number.
2 Ranked according to total marketable weight.
3 Includes fruit ≥ 9 pounds.
** Each number for fruit size category and cumulative totals are rounded to the nearest whole number**

Table 12. Triploid Red-Flesh watermelon hybrid cultivar trial. Bin boxes per acre by various various weight classes including average fruit size¹ for harvest 4. Clayton, N.C., 2015.

Cultivar	Bin boxes / acre by size grade2					Mkt / Acre3	% Total Yield by Count				Avg lb./ fruit
	<9.0	9.0 – 13.5	13.6 – 17.5	17.6 – 21.4	> 21.5		30	36	45	60
7167	1.8	4.9	2.9	2.3	1.6	11.6	12	17	21	37	13.8
7187	– –	2.1	1.7	2.4	– –	6.3	– –	39	27	34	13.4
ACX 6177	– –	4.1	3.9	– –	– –	8.0	– –	– –	48	52	12.7
Captivation	– –	3.7	0.9	– –	– –	4.6	– –	– –	17	73	12.8
Charismatic	– –	0.6	1.0	2.6	– –	4.1	– –	55	22	13	16.2
Crunchy Red	– –	– –	1.1	4.6	5.1	13.5	36	32	8	– –	17.2
Embasy	0.3	3.7	3.9	2.6	1.4	11.6	12	22	33	31	14.0
Exclamation	1.2	1.5	4.7	1.1	– –	7.3	– –	14	56	18	12.4
Fascination	– –	2.9	2.0	2.6	– –	7.5	– –	35	27	40	16.1
Fascination-Graft	– –	0.8	1.1	2.6	2.9	7.3	39	35	15	11	19.5
KB 12142	– –	0.8	– –	– –	– –	0.8	– –	– –	– –	100	13.8
Kingman	0.3	– –	1.0	1.3	1.4	3.6	36	32	24	– –	17.9
Lucille	– –	3.3	2.8	– –	– –	6.1	– –	– –	45	55	12.7
Maxima	2.8	0.6	1.0	– –	– –	1.5	– –	– –	28	17	9.9
Melody	– –	3.4	4.7	1.1	1.4	10.6	13	11	45	32	14.8
Premont	0.5	3.1	3.7	1.1	1.6	9.5	16	11	37	31	14.3
Razorback	– –	2.1	2.0	2.4	– –	6.5	– –	37	31	33	15.0
Savannah	1.4	2.9	1.8	1.3	– –	5.9	– –	18	25	39	12.1
Secretariat	0.9	0.6	1.1	1.1	– –	2.9	– –	31	29	15	11.0
SV0241WA	1.4	1.3	– –	1.1	– –	2.4	– –	31	– –	35	10.3
Summer Breeze	0.9	1.3	0.9	– –	– –	2.1	– –	– –	29	41	10.4
Road Trip	0.6	1.9	2.9	– –	– –	4.8	– –	– –	53	35	12.2
SV7112WA	0.5	3.0	– –	– –	– –	3.0	– –	– –	– –	85	11.2
Joy Ride	0.8	0.7	– –	1.1	– –	1.8	– –	44	– –	27	10.8
Sweet Dawn	1.0	0.8	3.0	– –	1.7	5.5	26	– –	47	12	17.1
Sweet Polly	0.9	1.5	– –	– –	1.4	2.9	37	– –	– –	40	12.0
Talca	0.4	1.4	– –	– –	– –	1.4	– –	– –	– –	78	9.0
Traveler	1.5	3.5	7.1	2.4	2.9	16.0	16	14	41	20	14.5
Tri-X-313	1.4	2.7	0.8	– –	– –	3.5	– –	– –	17	56	10.0
Troubadour	1.0	4.2	0.9	1.3	– –	6.4	– –	17	13	56	11.9
UGR 131712	0.9	3.6	7.7	1.3	– –	12.6	– –	10	57	27	13.3
Unbridled	– –	2.3	1.9	– –	– –	4.1	– –	– –	46	55	14.0
USAW 90020	1.4	1.5	– –	– –	– –	1.5	– –	– –	– –	51	10.1
Warrior	1.9	2.4	4.7	1.3	1.4	9.8	12	11	40	21	13.8
WDL 0409	0.9	4.1	5.8	1.3	1.7	12.9	12	9	42	29	14.2
Wolverine	0.5	1.4	1.9	– –	1.4	4.7	27	– –	37	27	15.4
Average	1.1	2.3	2.7	1.9	2.0	6.2	22.6	24.9	33.1	38.9	13
LSD (0.05)	2.0	4.4	4.3	4.0	4.0	6.3	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –

1 Yields are calculated using 100 percent seedless watermelon population. SP-6 pollinizers were interplanted after triploid plants 1, 5, and 9, (3 plants/plot). Fruit weights for each category are rounded to the nearest whole number.
2 Ranked according to total marketable weight.
3 Includes fruit ≥ 9 pounds.
** Each number for fruit size grade category and average lb./fruit are rounded to the nearest tenths; percentage count by
category rounded to nearest whole **

Table 13. Triploid Red-Flesh watermelon hybrid cultivar trial. Fruit number for harvest 4 by various weight classes (per acre) including fruit number per plant. Clayton, N.C., 2015.

Cultivar	Rank1	Fruit size category					Total Number	Total Mkt. No.2	Fruit No./ Plant
		< 9.0	9.0 – 13.5	13.6 – 17.5	17.6 – 21.4	> 21.5
7167	4	174	305	131	87	44	741	566	0.4
7187	15	– –	131	87	87	– –	305	305	0.2
ACX 6177	8	– –	261	174	– –	– –	436	436	0.3
Captivation	18	44	218	44	– –	– –	305	261	0.2
Charismatic	25	44	44	44	87	– –	218	174	0.1
Crunchy Red	5	87	– –	44	174	131	610	523	0.4
Embasy	5	44	218	174	87	44	566	523	0.3
Exclamation	11	131	87	218	44	– –	479	349	0.3
Fascination	11	– –	174	87	87	87	349	349	0.2
Fascination-Graft	18	– –	44	44	87	– –	261	261	0.2
KB 12142	36	– –	44	– –	– –	– –	44	44	0.0
Kingman	27	44	– –	44	44	44	174	131	0.1
Lucille	11	– –	218	131	– –	– –	349	349	0.2
Maxima	32	174	44	44	– –	– –	261	87	0.2
Melody	5	– –	218	218	44	44	523	523	0.3
Premont	8	44	174	174	44	44	479	436	0.3
Razorback	15	– –	131	87	87	– –	305	305	0.2
Savannah	15	131	174	87	44	– –	436	305	0.3
Secretariat	27	87	44	44	44	– –	218	131	0.1
SV0241WA	27	131	87	– –	44	– –	261	131	0.2
Summer Breeze	27	87	87	44	– –	– –	218	131	0.1
Road Trip	18	44	131	131	– –	– –	305	261	0.2
SV7112WA	25	44	174	– –	– –	– –	218	174	0.1
Joy Ride	32	87	44	– –	44	– –	174	87	0.1
Sweet Dawn	21	87	44	131	– –	44	305	218	0.2
Sweet Polly	27	87	87	– –	– –	44	218	131	0.1
Talca	32	44	87	– –	– –	– –	131	87	0.1
Traveler	1	131	218	349	87	87	871	741	0.5
Tri-X-313	21	131	174	44	– –	– –	349	218	0.2
Troubadour	11	87	261	44	44	– –	436	349	0.3
UGR 131712	2	87	218	348	44	– –	697	610	0.4
Unbridled	21	– –	131	87	– –	– –	218	218	0.1
USAW 90020	32	131	87	– –	– –	– –	218	87	0.1
Warrior	8	174	131	– –	44	44	610	436	0.4
WDL 0409	2	87	261	261	44	44	697	610	0.4
Wolverine	21	44	87	87	– –	44	261	218	0.2
Average	– –	89	143	118	69	61	368	299	0.2
LSD(0.05)	– –	191	271	196	145	116	350	309	0.2

1 Ranked according to total marketable number.
2 Includes fruit ≥ 9 pounds.
** Each number for fruit size category and cumulative totals are rounded to the nearest whole number**

Table 14. Triploid Red-Flesh watermelon hybrid cultivar trial. Fruit weight, (cwt.), per acre by various weight classes including average fruit size¹ for harvest 5. Clayton, N.C., 2015.

Cultivar	Rank2	Cwt. (x100) by size					Total / Acre	Mkt / Acre3
		<9.0	9.0 – 13.5	13.6 – 17.5	17.6 – 21.4	> 21.5
7167	2	6	44	19	16	81	166	160
7187	19	14	46	12	– –	– –	72	58
ACX 6177	9	17	55	25	8	11	115	99
Captivation	33	– –	11	12	– –	– –	23	23
Charismatic	16	13	34	20	16	– –	82	69
Crunchy Red	1	14	68	69	16	32	198	185
Embasy	12	3	35	20	8	13	79	76
Exclamation	32	18	24	– –	– –	– –	42	24
Fascination	4	22	59	41	– –	51	173	151
Fascination-Graft	5	9	37	43	25	43	157	147
KB 12142	26	28	24	20	– –	– –	72	44
Kingman	22	7	43	6	– –	– –	56	49
Lucille	27	7	14	20	9	– –	49	42
Maxima	25	25	22	13	– –	11	69	45
Melody	21	21	40	13	– –	– –	73	52
Premont	6	4	45	46	33	– –	128	124
Razorback	11	3	15	21	41	– –	80	77
Savannah	23	21	24	6	9	10	70	49
Secretariat	35	10	13	6	– –	– –	29	20
SV0241WA	36	17	4	– –	– –	– –	21	4
Summer Breeze	34	5	5	7	– –	10	27	22
Road Trip	31	– –	11	7	8	– –	25	25
SV7112WA	17	6	17	26	– –	21	71	64
Joy Ride	30	7	10	– –	8	11	35	28
Sweet Dawn	20	6	32	25	– –	– –	64	58
Sweet Polly	24	25	18	14	17	– –	73	49
Talca	15	14	34	8	18	11	84	70
Traveler	7	8	72	28	– –	10	118	109
Tri-X-313	28	3	25	13	– –	– –	42	38
Troubadour	3	16	76	57	25	– –	173	157
UGR 131712	10	19	28	33	17	– –	96	77
Unbridled	18	17	37	14	– –	10	77	60
USAW 90020	13	20	42	25	8	– –	95	75
Warrior	29	3	24	– –	– –	10	37	34
WDL 0409	14	4	19	53	– –	– –	76	72
Wolverine	8	7	47	33	17	10	113	106
Average	– –	12	32	24	17	21	82	71
LSD (0.05)	– –	21	45	36	38	62	83	77

1 Yields are calculated using 100 percent seedless watermelon population. SP-6 pollinizers were interplanted after
triploid plants 1, 5, and 9, (3 plants/plot). Fruit weights for each category are rounded to the nearest whole number.
2 Ranked according to total marketable weight.
3 Includes fruit ≥ 9 pounds.
** Each number for fruit size category and cumulative totals are rounded to the nearest whole number**

Table 15. Triploid Red-Flesh watermelon hybrid cultivar trial. Bin boxes per acre by various various weight classes including average fruit size¹ for harvest 5. Clayton, N.C., 2015.

Cultivar	Bin boxes / acre by size grade2					Mkt / Acre3	% Total Yield by Count				Avg lb./ fruit
	<9.0	9.0 – 13.5	13.6 – 17.5	17.6 – 21.4	> 21.5		30	36	45	60
7167	0.9	6.3	2.7	2.3	11.5	22.8	49	10	12	26	21.5
7187	2.0	6.5	1.8	– –	– –	8.3	– –	– –	17	64	10.9
ACX 6177	2.4	7.8	3.6	1.2	1.5	14.1	9	7	22	47	11.9
Captivation	– –	1.6	1.8	– –	– –	3.4	– –	– –	53	47	14.5
Charismatic	1.9	4.8	2.9	2.2	– –	9.9	– –	19	25	41	12.2
Crunchy Red	2.0	9.7	9.9	2.3	4.5	26.4	16	8	35	34	13.9
Embasy	0.4	5.0	2.9	1.2	1.8	10.9	16	10	25	44	13.4
Exclamation	2.5	3.4	– –	– –	– –	3.4	– –	– –	– –	58	8.6
Fascination	3.2	8.4	5.8	– –	7.3	21.5	30	– –	24	34	20.2
Fascination-Graft	1.3	5.3	6.1	3.5	6.1	21.0	27	16	27	24	14.9
KB 12142	4.0	3.4	2.9	– –	– –	6.3	– –	– –	28	33	8.9
Kingman	1.0	6.2	0.9	– –	– –	7.1	– –	– –	11	77	11.1
Lucille	1.0	2.0	2.8	1.2	– –	6.0	– –	17	40	28	12.0
Maxima	3.5	3.1	1.8	– –	1.5	6.4	15	– –	18	31	11.6
Melody	3.0	5.6	1.8	– –	– –	7.4	– –	– –	17	54	9.4
Premont	0.5	6.5	6.6	4.6	– –	17.7	– –	25	36	36	13.8
Razorback	0.4	2.1	2.9	5.9	– –	10.9	– –	52	26	18	16.2
Savannah	2.9	3.4	0.9	1.3	1.5	7.0	15	13	9	34	10.5
Secretariat	1.4	1.9	0.9	– –	– –	2.8	– –	– –	22	46	9.6
SV0241WA	2.4	0.6	– –	– –	– –	0.6	– –	– –	– –	20	7.3
Summer Breeze	0.8	0.7	1.0	– –	1.4	3.1	36	– –	27	18	13.5
Road Trip	– –	1.5	0.9	1.1	– –	3.6	– –	32	26	42	13.5
SV7112WA	0.9	2.4	3.7	– –	3.0	9.2	30	– –	37	24	16.6
Joy Ride	1.0	1.4	– –	1.2	1.5	4.1	30	23	– –	27	13.3
Sweet Dawn	0.9	4.6	3.6	– –	– –	8.2	– –	– –	40	50	11.1
Sweet Polly	3.5	2.6	1.9	2.5	– –	7.0	– –	24	18	24	13.4
Talca	2.0	4.9	1.1	2.6	1.6	10.0	13	21	9	40	12.6
Traveler	1.2	10.3	4.0	– –	1.4	15.6	8	– –	24	61	12.1
Tri-X-313	0.5	3.6	1.9	– –	– –	5.5	– –	– –	32	60	11.6
Troubadour	2.3	10.8	8.2	3.5	– –	22.5	– –	14	33	44	12.9
UGR 131712	2.7	4.0	4.7	2.4	– –	11.0	– –	17	34	29	10.3
Unbridled	2.4	5.3	1.9	– –	1.4	8.6	12	– –	18	48	10.8
USAW 90020	2.9	6.0	3.5	1.1	– –	10.7	– –	8	26	44	11.5
Warrior	0.5	3.5	– –	– –	1.4	4.8	26	– –	– –	65	14.9
WDL 0409	0.5	2.7	7.6	– –	– –	10.3	– –	– –	70	25	13.4
Wolverine	1.0	6.7	4.6	2.4	1.4	15.1	8	15	29	42	12.5
Average	1.8	4.6	3.4	2.4	3.1	10.1	21	18	27	40	13
LSD (0.05)	3.0	6.4	5.2	5.4	8.8	11.0	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –

1 Yields are calculated using 100 percent seedless watermelon population. SP-6 pollinizers were interplanted after triploid plants 1, 5, and 9, (3 plants/plot). Fruit weights for each category are rounded to the nearest whole number.
2 Ranked according to total marketable weight.
3 Includes fruit ≥ 9 pounds.
** Each number for fruit size grade category and average lb./fruit are rounded to the nearest tenths; percentage count by category rounded to nearest whole **

Table 16. Triploid Red-Flesh watermelon hybrid cultivar trial. Fruit number for harvest 5 by various weight classes (per acre) including fruit number per plant. Clayton, N.C., 2015.

Cultivar	Rank1	Fruit size category					Total Number	Total Mkt. No.2	Fruit No./ Plant
		< 9.0	9.0 – 13.5	13.6 – 17.5	17.6 – 21.4	> 21.5
7167	7	87	392	131	87	131	828	741	0.5
7187	15	174	392	87	– –	– –	653	479	0.4
ACX 6177	7	218	479	174	44	44	958	741	0.6
Captivation	31	– –	87	87	– –	– –	174	174	0.1
Charismatic	12	174	305	131	87	– –	697	523	0.4
Crunchy Red	1	174	610	436	87	131	1438	1263	0.8
Embasy	12	44	305	131	44	44	566	523	0.3
Exclamation	30	218	218	– –	– –	– –	436	218	0.3
Fascination	6	305	523	261	– –	44	1133	828	0.7
Fascination-Graft	3	131	349	261	131	174	1045	915	0.6
KB 12142	23	436	218	131	– –	– –	784	349	0.5
Kingman	20	87	392	44	– –	– –	523	436	0.3
Lucille	27	87	131	131	44	0	392	305	0.2
Maxima	23	305	218	87	– –	44	653	349	0.4
Melody	20	305	349	87	– –	– –	741	436	0.4
Premont	4	44	392	305	174	– –	915	871	0.5
Razorback	15	44	131	131	218	0	523	479	0.3
Savannah	23	305	218	44	44	44	653	349	0.4
Secretariat	31	131	131	44	– –	– –	305	174	0.2
SV0241WA	36	261	44	– –	– –	– –	305	44	0.2
Summer Breeze	35	87	44	44	– –	44	218	131	0.1
Road Trip	31	– –	87	44	44	0	174	174	0.1
SV7112WA	22	87	131	174	– –	87	479	392	0.3
Joy Ride	31	87	87	– –	44	44	261	174	0.2
Sweet Dawn	15	87	305	174	– –	– –	566	479	0.3
Sweet Polly	23	305	174	87	87	– –	653	349	0.4
Talca	15	174	305	44	87	44	653	479	0.4
Traveler	4	131	653	174	– –	44	1002	871	0.6
Tri-X-313	27	44	218	87	– –	– –	349	305	0.2
Troubadour	2	218	653	392	131	– –	1394	1176	0.8
UGR 131712	10	261	261	218	87	– –	828	566	0.5
Unbridled	15	218	349	87	– –	44	697	479	0.4
USAW 90020	10	261	349	174	44	0	828	566	0.5
Warrior	29	44	218	– –	– –	44	305	261	0.2
WDL 0409	12	44	174	349	– –	– –	566	523	0.3
Wolverine	7	87	392	218	87	44	828	741	0.5
Average	– –	167	286	155	87	52	653	496	0.4
LSD(0.05)	– –	278	395	244	198	146	648	527	0.4

1 Ranked according to total marketable number.
2 Includes fruit ≥ 9 pounds.
** Each number for fruit size category and cumulative totals are rounded to the nearest whole number**

Table 17. Triploid Red-Flesh watermelon hybrid cultivar trial. Fruit weight, (cwt.), per acre by various weight classes including average fruit size¹ for harvest 6. Clayton, N.C., 2015.

Cultivar	Rank2	Cwt. (x100) by size					Total / Acre	Mkt / Acre3
		<9.0	9.0 – 13.5	13.6 – 17.5	17.6 – 21.4	> 21.5
7167	7	28	21	26	8	– –	83	55
7187	6	11	38	19	– –	– –	67	56
ACX 6177	5	15	38	19	– –	– –	72	57
Captivation	26	24	15	– –	– –	– –	39	15
Charismatic	27	10	14	– –	– –	– –	24	14
Crunchy Red	1	18	76	33	8	11	146	128
Embasy	12	18	37	– –	– –	– –	55	37
Exclamation	15	7	17	6	8	– –	37	31
Fascination	10	14	14	15	18	– –	61	47
Fascination-Graft	4	16	56	28	– –	– –	100	84
KB 12142	32	31	– –	6	– –	– –	37	6
Kingman	17	5	23	6	– –	– –	34	29
Lucille	33	19	6	– –	– –	– –	25	6
Maxima	– –	4	– –	– –	– –	– –	4	0
Melody	13	22	25	– –	9	– –	56	33
Premont	2	28	55	34	9	10	136	108
Razorback	11	21	14	19	8	– –	62	41
Savannah	24	10	9	6	– –	– –	26	16
Secretariat	29	9	13	– –	– –	– –	22	13
SV0241WA	– –	7	– –	– –	– –	– –	7	0
Summer Breeze	30	7	5	6	– –	– –	17	11
Road Trip	22	7	13	7	– –	– –	27	20
SV7112WA	25	3	15	– –	– –	– –	18	15
Joy Ride	23	22	9	7	– –	– –	37	16
Sweet Dawn	18	21	29	– –	– –	– –	50	29
Sweet Polly	31	11	9	– –	– –	– –	20	9
Talca	16	16	9	20	– –	– –	45	30
Traveler	3	43	43	26	16	19	147	105
Tri-X-313	28	13	13	– –	– –	– –	26	13
Troubadour	8	35	43	6	– –	– –	84	49
UGR 131712	14	19	18	6	9	– –	52	33
Unbridled	9	13	32	6	9	– –	60	47
USAW 90020	34	11	4	– –	– –	– –	15	4
Warrior	21	17	9	– –	– –	14	40	23
WDL 0409	19	39	13	13	– –	– –	65	26
Wolverine	20	11	17	– –	8	– –	36	26
Average	– –	17	23	15	10	14	51	34
LSD (0.05)	– –	25	36	28	32	38	65	55

1 Yields are calculated using 100 percent seedless watermelon population. SP-6 pollinizers were interplanted after
triploid plants 1, 5, and 9, (3 plants/plot). Fruit weights for each category are rounded to the nearest whole number.
2 Ranked according to total marketable weight.
3 Includes fruit ≥ 9 pounds.
** Each number for fruit size category and cumulative totals are rounded to the nearest whole number**

Table 18. Triploid Red-Flesh watermelon hybrid cultivar trial. Bin boxes per acre by various various weight classes including average fruit size¹ for harvest 6. Clayton, N.C., 2015.

Cultivar	Bin boxes / acre by size grade2					Mkt / Acre3	% Total Yield by Count				Avg lb./ fruit
	<9.0	9.0 – 13.5	13.6 – 17.5	17.6 – 21.4	> 21.5		30	36	45	60
7167	4.0	3.0	3.6	1.2	– –	7.9	– –	10	31	26	10.9
7187	1.5	5.4	2.7	– –	– –	8.0	– –	– –	28	57	10.5
ACX 6177	2.2	5.4	2.7	– –	– –	8.1	– –	– –	26	52	10.3
Captivation	3.5	2.1	– –	– –	– –	2.1	– –	– –	– –	38	9.1
Charismatic	1.4	2.1	– –	– –	– –	2.1	– –	– –	– –	60	9.3
Crunchy Red	2.6	10.8	4.7	1.1	1.6	18.2	7	5	23	52	12.7
Embasy	2.5	5.3	– –	– –	– –	5.3	– –	– –	– –	68	9.1
Exclamation	1.0	2.4	0.9	1.1	– –	4.4	– –	21	17	45	10.6
Fascination	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.5	– –	6.7	– –	29	24	24	11.2
Fascination-Graft	2.3	8.0	4.0	– –	– –	12.0	– –	– –	28	56	10.1
KB 12142	4.4	– –	0.9	– –	– –	0.9	– –	– –	16	– –	9.4
Kingman	0.8	3.3	0.9	– –	– –	4.1	– –	– –	18	67	9.3
Lucille	2.8	0.8	– –	– –	– –	0.8	– –	– –	– –	23	8.0
Maxima	0.5	– –	– –	– –	– –	0.0	– –	– –	– –	– –	8.6
Melody	3.2	3.5	– –	1.2	– –	4.8	– –	16	– –	44	12.6
Premont	4.0	7.8	4.9	1.3	1.4	15.4	7	7	25	40	13.3
Razorback	3.0	2.0	2.7	1.1	– –	5.9	– –	13	31	23	10.3
Savannah	1.5	1.3	0.9	– –	– –	2.2	– –	– –	25	35	10.1
Secretariat	1.3	1.8	– –	– –	– –	1.8	– –	– –	– –	58	7.3
SV0241WA	1.0	– –	– –	– –	– –	0.0	– –	– –	– –	– –	8.4
Summer Breeze	1.0	0.7	0.8	– –	– –	1.5	– –	– –	34	27	10.1
Road Trip	1.0	1.9	1.0	– –	– –	2.9	– –	– –	25	49	10.4
SV7112WA	0.4	2.1	– –	– –	– –	2.1	– –	– –	– –	83	10.2
Joy Ride	3.1	1.3	0.9	– –	– –	2.3	– –	– –	17	25	8.2
Sweet Dawn	3.1	4.1	– –	– –	– –	4.1	– –	– –	– –	57	8.3
Sweet Polly	1.5	1.3	– –	– –	– –	1.3	– –	– –	– –	46	9.1
Talca	2.2	1.3	2.9	– –	– –	4.2	– –	– –	45	20	10.2
Traveler	6.1	6.2	3.7	2.3	2.8	14.9	13	11	18	29	10.4
Tri-X-313	1.8	1.9	– –	– –	– –	1.9	– –	– –	– –	52	8.3
Troubadour	5.0	6.1	0.8	– –	– –	7.0	– –	– –	7	51	8.3
UGR 131712	2.7	2.5	0.9	1.3	– –	4.7	– –	17	12	34	9.3
Unbridled	1.8	4.6	0.9	1.3	– –	6.8	– –	15	10	54	9.3
USAW 90020	1.5	0.6	– –	– –	– –	0.6	– –	– –	– –	29	8.3
Warrior	2.4	1.3	– –	– –	2.0	3.3	36	– –	– –	22	10.4
WDL 0409	5.5	1.9	1.9	– –	– –	3.8	– –	– –	21	20	9.1
Wolverine	1.5	2.5	– –	1.2	– –	3.7	– –	23	– –	47	11.4
Average	2.4	3.3	2.1	1.4	1.9	4.9	15.9	15.1	22.9	42.8	10
LSD (0.05)	3.6	5.2	4.0	4.5	5.4	7.9	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –

1 Yields are calculated using 100 percent seedless watermelon population. SP-6 pollinizers were interplanted after triploid plants 1, 5, and 9, (3 plants/plot). Fruit weights for each category are rounded to the nearest whole number.
2 Ranked according to total marketable weight.
3 Includes fruit ≥ 9 pounds.
** Each number for fruit size grade category and average lb./fruit are rounded to the nearest tenths; percentage count by
category rounded to nearest whole **

Table 19. Triploid Red-Flesh watermelon hybrid cultivar trial. Fruit number for harvest 6 by various weight classes (per acre) including fruit number per plant. Clayton, N.C., 2015.

Cultivar	Rank1	Fruit size category					Total Number	Total Mkt. No.2	Fruit No./ Plant
		< 9.0	9.0 – 13.5	13.6 – 17.5	17.6 – 21.4	> 21.5
7167	7	392	218	174	44	– –	828	436	0.5
7187	5	131	349	131	– –	– –	610	479	0.4
ACX 6177	5	218	349	131	– –	– –	697	479	0.4
Captivation	22	305	131	– –	– –	– –	436	131	0.3
Charismatic	22	131	131	– –	– –	– –	261	131	0.2
Crunchy Red	1	218	653	218	44	44	1176	958	0.7
Embasy	10	261	349	– –	– –	– –	610	349	0.4
Exclamation	13	87	174	44	44	– –	349	261	0.2
Fascination	11	174	131	87	87	– –	479	305	0.3
Fascination-Graft	4	218	523	174	– –	– –	915	697	0.5
KB 12142	32	392	– –	44	– –	– –	436	44	0.3
Kingman	13	87	218	44	– –	– –	349	261	0.2
Lucille	32	261	44	– –	– –	– –	305	44	0.2
Maxima	– –	44	– –	– –	– –	– –	44	– –	0.1
Melody	13	305	218	– –	44	– –	566	261	0.3
Premont	2	349	479	218	44	44	1133	784	0.7
Razorback	11	261	131	131	44	– –	566	305	0.3
Savannah	22	131	87	44	– –	– –	261	131	0.2
Secretariat	22	131	131	– –	– –	– –	261	131	0.2
SV0241WA	– –	87	– –	– –	– –	– –	87	0	0.1
Summer Breeze	30	87	44	44	– –	– –	174	87	0.1
Road Trip	21	87	131	44	– –	– –	261	174	0.2
SV7112WA	22	44	131	– –	– –	– –	174	131	0.1
Joy Ride	22	305	87	44	– –	– –	436	131	0.3
Sweet Dawn	13	305	261	– –	– –	– –	566	261	0.3
Sweet Polly	30	131	87	– –	– –	– –	218	87	0.1
Talca	18	218	87	131	– –	– –	436	218	0.3
Traveler	3	566	392	174	87	87	1307	741	0.8
Tri-X-313	22	174	131	– –	– –	– –	305	131	0.2
Troubadour	7	523	392	44	– –	– –	958	436	0.6
UGR 131712	13	261	174	44	44	– –	523	261	0.3
Unbridled	9	174	305	44	44	– –	566	392	0.3
USAW 90020	32	131	44	– –	– –	– –	174	44	0.1
Warrior	22	261	87	– –	– –	44	392	131	0.2
WDL 0409	18	523	131	87	– –	– –	741	218	0.4
Wolverine	18	131	174	– –	44	– –	349	218	0.2
Average	– –	225	211	100	52	55	499	281	0.3
LSD(0.05)	– –	335	333	183	162	149	602	426	0.3

1 Ranked according to total marketable number.
2 Includes fruit ≥ 9 pounds.
** Each number for fruit size category and cumulative totals are rounded to the nearest whole number**

Table 20. Triploid Red-Flesh watermelon hybrid cultivar trial. Cumulative weight, (cwt.), per acre of fruit harvested by various weight classes including average fruit size¹. Clayton, N.C., 2015.

Cultivar	Rank2	Cwt. (x100) by size					Total / Acre	Mkt / Acre3
		<9.0	9.0 – 13.5	13.6 – 17.5	17.6 – 21.4	> 21.5
7167	3	73	237	260	92	142	804	731
7187	22	78	265	122	84	29	578	499
ACX 6177	5	69	258	227	110	32	696	627
Captivation	16	68	174	184	136	41	603	535
Charismatic	15	84	179	247	99	10	618	535
Crunchy Red	1	59	231	219	193	179	881	822
Embasy	10	48	217	178	119	52	615	567
Exclamation	11	68	167	229	124	44	633	565
Fascination	6	61	200	221	109	95	687	626
Fascination-Graft	24	31	138	137	108	105	519	488
KB 12142	27	111	267	153	48	10	589	478
Kingman	20	77	189	132	143	40	582	505
Lucille	8	60	215	232	118	39	664	604
Maxima	36	95	93	86	25	64	363	266
Melody	19	94	274	119	76	40	602	508
Premont	2	48	251	280	176	41	795	747
Razorback	9	62	262	134	170	31	660	597
Savannah	29	80	174	124	137	39	554	474
Secretariat	31	102	192	119	84	21	517	415
SV0241WA	35	128	166	40	66	33	431	304
Summer Breeze	34	90	154	113	52	61	471	381
Road Trip	30	52	213	132	67	44	508	456
SV7112WA	26	46	146	155	116	63	526	480
Joy Ride	17	78	182	199	101	46	605	528
Sweet Dawn	28	51	155	175	90	55	526	475
Sweet Polly	21	85	153	173	102	73	585	500
Talca	33	89	177	140	61	23	489	400
Traveler	4	125	332	204	143	50	854	729
Tri-X-313	18	56	204	177	121	22	580	525
Troubadour	7	135	349	175	75	20	753	618
UGR 131712	32	62	177	190	42	0	472	409
Unbridled	13	72	246	161	68	83	630	558
USAW 90020	23	69	219	146	88	0	561	492
Warrior	12	70	225	205	75	54	630	559
WDL 0409	14	83	170	196	83	106	638	555
Wolverine	25	100	246	146	50	39	580	481
Average	– –	77	208	170	99	51	606	529
LSD (0.05)	– –	46	85	111	82	75	177	190

1 Yields are calculated using 100 percent seedless watermelon population. SP-6 pollinizers were interplanted after triploid plants 1, 5, and 9, (3 plants/plot). Fruit weights for each category are rounded to the nearest whole number.
2 Ranked according to total marketable weight.
3 Includes fruit ≥ 9 pounds.
** Each number for fruit size category and cumulative totals are rounded to the nearest whole number**

Table 21. Triploid Red-Flesh watermelon hybrid cultivar trial. Bin boxes per acre by various weight classes including average fruit size¹. Clayton, N.C., 2015.

Cultivar	Bin boxes/acre2					Mkt / Acre3	% Total Yield by Count				Avg lb./ fruit
	<9.0	9.0- 13.5	13.6 – 17.5	17.6 – 21.4	> 21.5		30	36	45	60
7167	10.4	33.9	37.1     13.1		20.3	104.4	30	33	10	17	14.2
7187	11.1	37.9	17.4	12.0	4.1	71.3	51	18	12	3	11.7
ACX 6177	9.9	36.9	32.4	15.7	4.6	89.6	38	31	16	5	12.8
Captivation	9.7	24.9	26.3	19.4	5.9	76.4	30	30	22	6	13.5
Charismatic	12.0	25.6	35.3	14.1	1.4	76.4	30	38	17	1	12.5
Crunchy Red	8.4	33.0	31.3	27.6	25.6	117.4	26	25	22	20	14.9
Embasy	6.9	31.0	25.4	17.0	7.4	81.0	36	26	22	7	13.1
Exclamation	9.7	23.9	32.7	17.7	6.3	80.7	27	37	19	7	13.5
Fascination	8.7	28.6	31.6	15.6	13.6	89.4	30	33	15	12	14.4
Fascination-Graft	4.4	19.7	19.6	15.4	15.0	69.7	25	26	21	22	14.8
KB 12142	15.9	38.1	21.9	6.9	1.4	68.3	46	25	7	2	11.3
Kingman	11.0	27.0	18.9	20.4	5.7	72.1	33	22	24	7	12.8
Lucille	8.6	30.7	33.1	16.9	5.6	86.3	33	35	18	6	13.4
Maxima	13.6	13.3	12.3	3.6	9.1	38.0	27	23	8	17	11.5
Melody	13.4	39.1	17.0	10.9	5.7	72.6	44	19	14	7	11.8
Premont	6.9	35.9	40.0	25.1	5.9	106.7	32	35	22	6	14.1
Razorback	8.9	37.4	19.1	24.3	4.4	85.3	40	21	26	4	13.0
Savannah	11.4	24.9	17.7	19.6	5.6	67.7	31	22	26	7	12.6
Secretariat	14.6	27.4	17.0	12.0	3.0	59.3	36	21	15	4	11.4
SV0241WA	18.3	23.7	5.7	9.4	4.7	43.4	39	9	14	7	10.5
Summer Breeze	12.9	22.0	16.1	7.4	8.7	54.4	34	25	10	11	12.1
Road Trip	7.4	30.4	18.9	9.6	6.3	65.1	41	26	15	8	12.6
SV7112WA	6.6	20.9	22.1	16.6	9.0	68.6	28	29	22	13	14.0
Joy Ride	11.1	26.0	28.4	14.4	6.6	75.4	31	31	16	8	12.8
Sweet Dawn	7.3	22.1	25.0	12.8	7.9	67.8	29	33	17	11	13.5
Sweet Polly	12.1	21.9	24.7	14.6	10.4	71.4	27	30	17	12	13.1
Talca	12.7	25.3	20.0	8.7	3.3	57.1	36	29	12	5	12.0
Traveler	17.9	47.4	29.1	20.4	7.1	104.1	40	24	15	5	12.2
Tri-X-313	8.0	29.1	25.3	17.3	3.1	75.0	37	30	20	4	12.9
Troubadour	19.3	49.9	25.0	10.7	2.9	88.3	47	23	9	3	11.4
UGR 131712	8.9	25.3	27.1	6.0	0.0	58.4	38	39	8	0	12.1
Unbridled	10.3	35.1	23.0	9.7	11.9	79.7	41	25	10	12	13.2
USAW 90020	9.9	31.3	20.9	12.6	0.0	70.3	39	26	16	0	12.8
Warrior	10.0	32.1	29.3	10.7	7.7	79.9	37	31	11	8	12.9
WDL 0409	11.9	24.3	28.0	11.9	15.1	79.3	27	30	13	16	13.3
Wolverine	14.3	35.1	20.9	7.1	5.6	68.7	43	24	8	7	11.7
Average	10.9	29.7	24.3	14.1	7.2	75.5	35	27	16	8	12.8
LSD (0.05)	6.6	12.1	15.9	11.7	10.7	27.1	15	14	12	11	1.9

1 Yields are calculated using 100 percent seedless watermelon population. SP-6 pollinizers were interplanted after triploid plants 1, 5, and 9, (3 plants/plot). Fruit weights for each category are rounded to the nearest whole number.
2 Ranked according to total marketable weight.
3 Includes fruit ≥ 9 pounds.
** Each number for fruit size grade category and average lb./fruit are rounded to the nearest tenths; percentage count by category rounded to nearest whole **

Table 22. Triploid Red-Flesh watermelon hybrid cultivar trial. Fruit number for cumulative harvests, (4), by various weight classes (per acre) including fruit number per plant. Clayton, N.C., 2015.

Cultivar	Rank1	Fruit size category					Total Number	Total Mkt. No.2	Fruit No./ Plant
		< 9.0	9.0 – 13.5	13.6 – 17.5	17.6 – 21.4	> 21.5
7167	5	1002	2091	1742	479	392	5706	4705	3.3
7187	16	1002	2352	828	436	131	4835	3746	2.8
ACX 6177	6	915	2309	1481	566	131	5401	4487	3.1
Captivation	22	871	1481	1220	697	174	4443	3572	2.6
Charismatic	12	1133	1612	1612	523	44	4922	3790	2.9
Crunchy Red	2	741	2047	1394	1002	741	5924	5184	3.4
Embasy	10	697	1917	1176	610	218	4617	3920	2.7
Exclamation	12	915	1481	1481	653	174	4705	3790	2.7
Fascination	9	828	1742	1438	566	218	4792	3964	2.8
Fascination-Graft	29	436	1263	871	566	436	3572	3136	2.1
KB 12142	18	1525	2352	1002	261	44	5184	3659	3.0
Kingman	23	1089	1699	871	741	174	4574	3485	2.6
Lucille	8	784	1873	1525	610	174	4966	4182	2.9
Maxima	36	1394	871	566	131	261	3223	1830	1.9
Melody	12	1307	2439	784	392	174	5097	3790	2.9
Premont	3	610	2134	1830	915	174	5663	5053	3.3
Razorback	7	828	2352	871	871	131	5053	4225	2.9
Savannah	25	1089	1612	828	697	174	4400	3311	2.3
Secretariat	31	1438	1786	784	436	87	4530	3093	2.6
SV0241WA	35	1873.1	1525	261	349	131	4138	2265	2.4
Summer Breeze	34	1176	1438	741	261	261	3877	2701	2.2
Road Trip	27	741	1873	871	349	174	4008	3267	2.3
SV7112WA	29	653	1263	1002	610	261	3790	3136	2.2
Joy Ride	20	1089	1612	1307	523	174	4705	3616	2.7
Sweet Dawn	28	697	1394	1133	479	218	3920	3223	2.3
Sweet Polly	25	1133	1394	1089	523	305	4443	3311	2.6
Talca	33	1220	1612	915	305	87	4138	2919	2.4
Traveler	1	1655	2962	1350	741	218	6926	5271	4.0
Tri-X-313	17	784	1786	1176	653	87	4487	3703	2.6
Troubadour	4	1829.5	3093	1176	392	87	6578	4748	3.8
UGR 131712	32	871	1525	1263	218	0	3877	3006	2.2
Unbridled	15	1002	2222	1045	349	174	4792	3790	2.8
USAW 90020	23	915	1917	958	436	0	4400	3485	2.5
Warrior	10	958	1960	1350	392	218	4879	3920	2.8
WDL 0409	18	1133	1525	1263	436	436	4792	3659	2.8
Wolverine	20	1350	2222	958	261	174	4966	3616	2.9
Average	– –	1047	1854	1116	512	196	4731	3682	2.7
LSD(0.05)	– –	624	760	727	426	271	1085	1177	0.6

1 Ranked according to total marketable number.
2 Includes fruit ≥ 9 pounds.
** Each number for fruit size category and cumulative totals are rounded to the nearest whole number**

Table 23.1. Triploid Red-Flesh watermelon hybrid cultivar trial. Interior fruit quality. Clayton, N.C., 2015.

Cultivar	SS2	Flesh  Color3	Sd. Trace Size4	Hard Sd. Pop.5	LD6	Rind7	Flesh Firmness8	Foliage Remaining9
7167	12.1	3.9	1.8	1.4	1.3	15.0	3.0	8.4
7187	12.0	3.9	2.0	2.6	1.2	17.3	3.0	6.4
ACX 6177	12.3	4.1	1.6	1.7	1.1	18.4	3.3	7.1
Captivation	12.5	4.1	1.8	3.1	1.2	14.8	2.8	6.6
Charismatic	12.6	4.2	1.8	2.3	1.1	18.2	3.0	6.4
Crunchy Red	12.6	3.8	1.7	3.1	1.3	15.3	3.1	9.6
Embasy	12.6	4.2	1.5	4.8	1.2	15.5	3.0	8.4
Exclamation	12.5	4.1	1.9	1.2	1.2	14.9	3.4	6.4
Fascination	12.4	4.3	1.8	5.1	1.1	15.0	2.8	9.4
Fascination-Graft	12.8	4.3	1.7	6.1	1.3	16.8	3.8	9.4
KB 12142	11.9	4.1	2.7	0.1	1.2	15.9	2.5	6.8
Kingman	12.6	4.1	1.6	5.2	1.2	15.8	2.6	7.3
Lucille	11.9	4.2	1.9	0.3	1.2	17.1	2.7	6.9
Maxima	11.8	4.2	2.1	0.3	1.1	14.2	3.6	4.4
Melody	12.0	4.1	2.6	1.0	1.1	14.2	2.6	8.6
Premont	12.2	3.6	1.8	5.3	1.2	16.8	3.1	9.3
Razorback	12.0	3.8	2.8	1.4	1.1	18.9	2.7	7.3
Savannah	12.0	4.1	2.6	0.3	1.3	18.2	2.6	6.5
Secretariat	12.3	4.1	1.8	5.2	1.2	16.1	2.9	6.6
SV0241WA	12.3	4.4	2.0	0.3	1.3	14.9	2.9	5.8
Summer Breeze	12.9	4.3	2.0	1.3	1.1	15.3	3.2	4.9
SV7112WA	13.0	4.2	1.8	2.1	1.2	17.3	3.0	7.0
Road Trip	12.6	4.3	1.6	0.3	1.3	13.8	3.0	4.5
Joy Ride	11.9	4.1	1.8	0.1	1.3	14.7	4.0	4.0
Sweet Dawn	12.3	4.4	2.3	9.1	1.2	15.2	3.0	7.6
Sweet Polly	12.4	3.9	1.9	2.3	1.3	14.7	2.6	5.5
Talca	11.6	4.3	2.7	0.3	1.2	14.7	2.9	5.3
Traveler	11.2	4.0	2.9	7.8	1.1	15.5	2.7	9.3
Tri-X-313	12.5	3.9	2.4	0.0	1.2	14.9	2.3	7.3
Troubadour	12.0	3.9	2.6	2.1	1.1	15.3	3.0	8.9
UGR 131712	12.2	4.1	2.4	1.7	1.3	13.6	2.6	9.5
Unbridled	12.4	4.0	2.1	0.8	1.1	17.6	2.6	7.1
USAW 90020	11.9	3.7	2.2	0.3	1.1	15.8	2.1	8.3
Warrior	12.0	3.9	2.8	0.4	1.2	18.9	2.6	5.9
WDL 0409	12.6	4.1	1.8	0.5	1.3	14.0	2.7	7.6
Wolverine	12.5	3.6	2.8	0.3	1.1	18.2	2.9	6.3
Average	12.2	4.0	2.1	2.2	1.2	15.9	2.9	7.1
LSD(0.05)	0.9	0.3	0.6	4.1	0.06	2.79	0.4	2.0

1 Most measurements were obtained from fruits in harvest 1 and 2. 10 HH Percentage Rating Scale:
2 SS = Indicates sweetness, average of 5 melons per replication (20 total).
3 Rating: 1 = yellow, 2 = pink, 3 = red, 4 = medium-dark red, 5 = blood red.
4 Rating: 1=small (i.e. tomato), 3=medium, 5=large.
5 Average number of hard seeds couted within 5 melons per replication (20 total).
6 LD = Length and diameter ratio, average of 5 melons per replication (20 total).
7 Rind = Rind thickness (mm), measured from rind to where white and colored flesh meet.
8 Fruit pressure was taken by a penetrometer, Fruit Pressure Tester – FT011 from QA Supplies LLC, Norfolk Va.
9 Foliage Remaining: Foliage was lost mainly due to Fusarium wilt, race 2.
Scale: 10=100%; 9=90%; 8=80%; 7=70%; 6=60%; 5=50%; 4=40%

Table 23.2. Triploid Red-Flesh watermelon hybrid cultivar trial. Interior fruit quality. Clayton, N.C., 2015.

Cultivar	Hollow Heart Ratings 10
	HH0	HH1	HH2	HH3	HH4
7167	95	5	0	0	0
7187	100	0	0	0	0
ACX 6177	100	0	0	0	0
Captivation	100	0	0	0	0
Charismatic	100	0	0	0	0
Crunchy Red	100	0	0	0	0
Embasy	95	5	0	0	0
Exclamation	95	5	0	0	0
Fascination	100	0	0	0	0
Fascination-Graft	95	5	0	0	0
KB 12142	100	0	0	0	0
Kingman	95	0	5	0	0
Lucille	95	0	5	0	0
Maxima	100	0	0	0	0
Melody	100	0	0	0	0
Premont	100	0	0	0	0
Razorback	100	0	0	0	0
Savannah	95	5	0	0	0
Secretariat	95	0	5	0	0
SV0241WA	100	0	0	0	0
Summer Breeze	100	0	0	0	0
SV7112WA	100	0	0	0	0
Road Trip	100	0	0	0	0
Joy Ride	95	0	0	5	0
Sweet Dawn	100	0	0	0	0
Sweet Polly	95	5	0	0	0
Talca	100	0	0	0	0
Traveler	100	0	0	0	0
Tri-X-313	90	10	0	0	0
Troubadour	100	0	0	0	0
UGR 131712	100	0	0	0	0
Unbridled	95	0	5	0	0
USAW 90020	90	10	0	0	0
Warrior	100	0	0	0	0
WDL 0409	100	0	0	0	0
Wolverine	100	0	0	0	0
Average	98	1	1	0	0
LSD(0.05)	8.6	6.9	4.6	2.3	0.0

¹⁰Hollow Heart Ratings:
HH0: No crack in flesh,
HH1: Slight crack in flesh,
HH2: Small crack in flesh,
HH3: Med. separation in flesh,
HH4: Complete separation in flesh to rind.
**HH3 & HH4 = Non-marketable