Watermelon shapes and sizes

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  • Watermelon shapes and sizes
    Watermelon shapes and sizes
  • WHATEVER SHAPE OR SIZE watermelon you pick from garden or grocer, you can put your on touch on it for the table! | LAURA MCKENZIE/TEXAS A&M AGRILIFE MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS
    WHATEVER SHAPE OR SIZE watermelon you pick from garden or grocer, you can put your on touch on it for the table! | LAURA MCKENZIE/TEXAS A&M AGRILIFE MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS

    From the garden

    Last week’s column discussed how seedless watermelons have to be started from a seed. Here is a brief recap on the genetics of seedless and seeded melons: seedless watermelon come from triploid seed while seeded watermelon come from diploid seed (the July 8 column). What is important to remember is that triploid seed bear seedless melons and from diploid seeds come seeded melons. Bo…