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When is Sugar Baby ripe? (was Re: lemon cucumbers/won't someone write a book)

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At 09:01 PM 7/29/99 EDT, Bonnie asked,

>If a sugar baby melon has a yellow ground spot does that mean it's ready?  It 
>is about the size of a big cantalope.

I grew Sugar Baby watermelons very successfully back in the early 1990's and
don't recall mine having any yellow spot.  But they definitely don't get
bigger than a good-size cantaloupe.

Lift one without severing the stem and give it a rap with your knuckles.  If
you hear that nice, not-quite-solid sound, it's ripe.

Perfect icebox-size melons with few, small seeds and bright pink color and
good flavor.  I can't see why people grow the big ones since they won't fit
into a normal refrigerator without being cut....

--Janet


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