Crop: Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus)

Use/Type: Standard

Breeder: Glenn Drowns Sand Hill Preservation Center

OSSI Pledge Date: 11/29/2015

Release Date: 11/29/2015

Bred for Organic Systems: No

Commercial Availability: Yes

Variety Type: Finished Variety

Description

76 days- My own development, created while I lived in northern Idaho, a location which has cool 35 to 45 degree nights and short seasons. The fruit is dark green with very faint stripes, flesh is an orange red similar to Sugar Baby. Continuously, it is my earliest type in over 100 varieties grown each season. Fruit averages 6 to 10 pounds. Our son, Cory, and family moved to a new home in mid-July, 2013 and he wanted to plant a garden. He stuck in some Blacktail Mountain seed on July 18 and was rewarded in late September with an abundance of nice sized ripe melons.

Availability from OSSI Seed Company Partners

• Sand Hill Preservation Center
• Fertile Valley Seeds
• Hawthorn Farm
• Fedco Seeds
• Southern Exposure Seed Exchange
• Harris Seeds
• Amkha Seed
• Snake River Seeds
• The Real Seed Catalogue
• Galusha Hills Organic Seeds
• Giving Ground Seeds
• No Coast Seeds