Sleeping Beauty

Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Sleeping Beauty plants 2010-08-01.

Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Sleeping Beauty - baby fruit. 2010-08-01.

Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Sleeping Beauty - baby fruit. 2010-08-01.

Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Sleeping Beauty - baby fruit. 2010-08-01.

Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Sleeping Beauty - ripe fruit. 2010-09-26.

Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Sleeping Beauty - ripe fruit. 2010-09-26.

Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Sleeping Beauty - ripe fruit. 2010-09-26.

B.C KO T

Very early. Small orange fleshed melons, 1/2-1 lb, gray/yellow skin with warts/netting, slightly ribbed. Very thin skin. I observed some variability in fruit shapes: some fruits were round with a little 'turban' on the blossom end, and some flattened. Fruit easily slips off the vine when ripe. High yields. Exceptionally sweet and fragrant. Compact vines.

Seed source:

WI GR S 07 (Sue Gronholz, Beaver Dam, Wisconsin) / IL NI M 96 (Merlyn Niedens of Illinois)

Year grown: 2010

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

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History

• Developed by Southern Exposure Seed Exchange grower Merlyn Niedens of Illinois, introduced in 1997.

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