Growing Zones 3 to 9
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Planting Season Spring
Fertilizer Type 6-6-6
Light Requirements Full Sun
Fragrant n
Edible Parts Fruit
Foliage Color Green
Fruit Color Pink flesh
Germination 7 to 21
Maturity 85 to 90
Hybrid / Open Pollinated: Open Pollinated
Genus Citrullus
Species lanatus
Subspecies Chris Cross
Common Name Watermelon, Chris Cross 

Watermelon, Chris Cross 

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  • 30 seeds
  • $2.25
85-90 Days
Enjoy this wonderful melon - a 1950's family heirloom from Iowa thought to be extinct! A cross between Hawksbury and Dixie Queen melons. Sweet fruits are found with dark pink flesh, pale green skins with jagged dark stripes and weigh 15 to 20 lbs. Good yields.
WE CANNOT SHIP THIS VARIETY TO SOUTH CAROLINA

Growing Zone: 3 to 9

Light Requirements: Full Sun

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State Restrictions

HI;SC

Growing Zones 3 to 9
Page Number of
Planting Season Spring
Fertilizer Type 6-6-6
Light Requirements Full Sun
Fragrant n
Edible Parts Fruit
Foliage Color Green
Fruit Color Pink flesh
Germination 7 to 21
Maturity 85 to 90
Hybrid / Open Pollinated: Open Pollinated
Genus Citrullus
Species lanatus
Subspecies Chris Cross
Common Name Watermelon, Chris Cross