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Originally Posted by chancethegardener
In addition, it is an impossible task to reverse-breed an open-pollinated variety even if you start with the same F1 line (Bradford X Georgia Rattlesnake).
The watermelon that the farmer-breeder has been working on is not even stable, yet. This is a great effort of breeding a new watermelon but the fruits are definitely not of Florida Favorite.
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IF...and this is a big if...the variety in question IS an F1 (a real first generation cross and has not been worked to the point of being open-pollinated), then it is possible to recreate by finding/remaking the cross. So they could be assuming (most likely incorrectly) that Florida Favorite was an F1 hybrid!
Also for some things, you can get pretty darn close...close enough that only 'purists' and breeders would really care.