Golden Sweet Watermelon
For many years we have tested watermelon with yellow flesh, but previously have always found the flavor insipid. We were surprised and pleased, therefore, during the season of 1913, to find among the hundreds of trials of watermelons at our New Jersey Sunnybrook Farm one distinct variety with yellow flesh that fully equaled in flavor most of those with red flesh. It resembles our famous Kleckley Sweets in form. The rind is dark green and the bright golden-yellow flesh extends very close to the rind. The meat it of a luscious sugary flavor and is of so firm a texture as to insure the fruits arriving in good condition on distant markets. The melons are of medium size, averaging about twenty pounds in weight. A really delicious yellow-fleshed watermelon is a novelty that will create remark when tasted on the table – just like that “Chunk of Sweetness” our famous Golden Bantam Corn. Pkt., 10c; oz., 15c; ¼ lb., 40c; lb., $1.25.
Originally listed in: Burpee's Annual for 1916
For many years we have tested watermelon with yellow flesh, but previously have always found the flavor insipid. We were surprised and pleased, therefore, during the season of 1913, to find among the hundreds of trials of watermelons at our New Jersey Sunnybrook Farm one distinct variety with yellow flesh that fully equaled in flavor most of those with red flesh. It resembles our famous Kleckley Sweets in form. The rind is dark green and the bright golden-yellow flesh extends very close to the rind. The meat it of a luscious sugary flavor and is of so firm a texture as to insure the fruits arriving in good condition on distant markets. The melons are of medium size, averaging about twenty pounds in weight. A really delicious yellow-fleshed watermelon is a novelty that will create remark when tasted on the table – just like that “Chunk of Sweetness” our famous Golden Bantam Corn. Pkt., 10c; oz., 15c; ¼ lb., 40c; lb., $1.25.
Originally listed in: Burpee's Annual for 1916