Blacktail Mountain
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- Very early icebox type, 75 days, round 9" dark green fruits with juicy scarlet sweet flesh, 4-5 lbs, small dark brown seeds, excellent melon for Pacific Northwest region, best grown in a cold frame or greenhouse.
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Year grown: 2007
Location: Zone 7b, PNW, Anmore, BC, Canada (760 ft above sea level)
History
- Developed by Glenn Drowns of Iowa, a SSE member and the owner of Sand Hill Preservation Center , when he lived in northern Idaho, where summer nights average 43 degrees F.