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Old April 17, 2015   #23
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There are two things going on with watermelon sweetness. 1st, how much sugar it has in it, and 2nd how much bitterness.

So to my taste buds, a yellow fleshed watermelon with lower brix tastes sweeter than a watermelon with dark red flesh with higher sugar. I find the taste of lycopene to be quite disagreeable.

I didn't look up every variety on FusionPower's list, but I endorse it because it contained yellow-fleshed watermelons. My watermelon breeding project is moving more towards yellow-fleshed melons every year.

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