(76 days) F-1 hybrid. Our 2013 summer hunt for yellow-skinned luster and excellent quality showed Diana supreme. Easily besting past favorite Golden Crown, AAS winner Faerie and open-pollinated Golden Midget, Diana’s 10.3 Brix reading dwarfed Midget’s anemic 7.4. The 2.2 lb oval melons look as if their light skins were painted with bright yellow stripes. Crunchy texture, sweetness and complex flavor, unmarred by the small sparse seeds, won over our warehouse staff. Showed good productivity of 6 fruits from two hills in a poor melon year. “A hit, lovely golden rinds and very sweet bright red flesh,” sums Ohio’s Janine Welsby. ③
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