MELONS

 

 

 

MUSKMELON

 

Gold Star

• Short vigourous plants, matures in 60-65 days.

• Fruits are attractive, oval with good netting and a weight of 1.5 kg to 2.0 kg

• Flesh is deep salmon, very good sweet in taste, texture & tight seed cavity

• Excellent yielder

• Recommended for all over India

 

 

WATERMELON

 

Maharaja

• Duration 65 – 90 days

• Oval to oblong in shape with 10 – 15 kg size.

• Light green rind with dark green stripes

• Very good internal fruit qualities of colour (deep red), taste (TSS 13%) and texture and seeds inside the fruits are less in numbers and are black in colour.

• Excellent shipping qualities

• Tolerant to Fusarium wilt

• High yielder

 

Lal Pasand

• Duration 65 – 90 days.

• Wide adaptability

• Oblong in shape with 9 – 12 kg.

• Light green rind with dark green stripes

• Very good internal fruit qualities of colour (red), taste (TSS 12%) and granular texture.

• Excellent shipping qualities

• High yielder

 

MADHURAS

• Early maturity, oval fruits weighing up to 4 Kg

• Sweet, TSS around 130 Brix

• Dark green rind with deep red flesh colour

• Flesh very good in taste and crispy

• Tolerant to Blight, performs well in temperatures up to 400 C

• Good for long transportation, no breakage, good keeping quality & market acceptability

• Recommended for Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Assam, Punjab and Haryana

 

MADHULIKA

• High yielding bluish black cylindrical fruits with highly faded stripes

• Each fruit weighs 3 – 3.25 kg

• Flesh is deep crimson in colour

• Very sweet ( 12 to 13 % TSS ) granular texture

• Rind is thin and tough with very good transport and keeping quality

• Matures in 62 – 65 days

 

RED MIST

• Large fruited sugar baby type hybrid

• Fruit size ranges from 6-10 kg.

• Globe shaped fruits have dark green rind

• Fruits mature in 75-80 days after sowing

• Bright red flesh colour

• Flesh very sweet in taste

• Smaller seeds, light brown in colour