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Re: watermelons

In a message dated 8/24/98 7:29:14 AM Pacific Daylight Time, mlaute@micron.net
writes:

<< If you don't know the ancestry of the hybrid, then
 chances that some are terrible melons that happen to be disease resistant
 are good, and you may end up with one of them.>>

Good point Margaret.  Of course I was growing two other hybrid varieties that
were blooming at the same time so I have the potential of 6 gene pools from
which the genetic information could come.  This is becoming an even more
interesting proposition. 

<< Why in the world would you
 want to waste a season's growing time and the space a watermelon requires
 just to save a dollar or two?  Margaret
  >>

Saving a dollar or two has nothing to do with it.  And I have enough space to
experiment as I continue to expand my garden.  One of the aspects I really
enjoy about vegetable gardening is trying different things.  Not only new
varieties,  but different techniques.  Some things are amazingly successful
and bring great satisfaction,  while others are dismal failures and bring
disappointment or thoughts about how to do it better next time.  I call this
'sport gardening'.

Janet.
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