On 7/23/2013 9:47 AM, Janet Bostwick wrote:
> On Tue, 23 Jul 2013 09:31:02 -0400, Nancy Young
>> Update: I found the tag! It says this is Watermelon Sugar Baby,
>> and the picture shows a red fleshed round bowling ball sized melon
>> with dark green rind. 80 days, supposedly, that would be from early
>> May or so.
> Someone was looking at tags at the nursery and put it back in the
> wrong pot. Sugar Baby is a red melon. Here, scroll through these
> watermelons http://tinyurl.com/mzeswdh and decide which yellow one is
> yours. Scroll to the end of watermelons and they give tips on how to
> know if a watermelon is ripe.
The only yellow that comes close is the spots on the rind of
Moon and Stars. It wasn't a wimpy unripe looking color, not that
that means anything.
But the picture of the Sugar Baby, that is exactly what it looks
like growing in my yard, and it is a Burpee tag.
Thanks for the heads up on the watermelon tips.
nancy