Early Canada

Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Early Canada. 2009-06-06

Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Early Canada - harvest. 2009-09-04

B.C KO T

Round icebox type, small 8-10" round fruit with light gray/green thin skin with almost no stripes. Small brown seeds. Very early, produces ripe fruits in early-mid August here in PNW, if grown in a cold frame and set out in late May. The first melon to ripen for me in 2009.

Seed source:

CV Garden Corner 08

Year grown: 2009

Location: Zone 7b, PNW, Anmore, BC, Canada (760 ft above sea level)

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History

• Dates back to the late 30s. Offered in McFayden 1937 seed catalog as the 'earliest red-fleshed watermelon' that can mature in northern areas in Canada (i.e. Manitoba).
• Offered by Pike's Seed (Edmonton, Alberta) in 1947, by Lindenberg Seeds (Brandon, Manitoba) in 1950, and by Buckerfield (New Westminster, BC) in 1968.

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Seed Availability

Seed Availability

Year	Commercial Vendors	Seed Savers Yearbook (Member listings)	Seeds of Diversity (Member listings)
2018		.	.
2017		.	.
2016		.	.
2015		.	.
2014		.	.
2013	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds - sold out for 2013	.	.
2012	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds	0	0
2011	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds	0	0
2010	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds - new	0	.
2009		0	.
2008		0	.
2007		0	.