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Eel River

Sweet creamy melon with thin skin, orange flesh, and teardrop shape; selected under dry farmed conditions in Northern CA. This is a favorite of the OSU Dry Farming Project crew and yielded an average of 36 lbs per plant, with a planting density of 30 sqft per plant in the 2019 dry farmed melon variety trial.

Variety Details

Type cantaloupe
Species Cucumis melo
Availability Seed Revolution Now!
Breeder/Steward Bill Reynolds
Recommended by Dry Farming Institute
Location of Variety Evaluation Northern California & Willamette Valley in Oregon
Variety Evaluation Info OSU Dry Farming Project 2019 Melon Trial Report

See similar varieties:

Christmas Watermelon

Christmas Watermelon

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