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Old January 30, 2012   #1
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Default Ice Cream Watermelon Australia request

There is an inquiry about Ice Cream Watermelon on another forum.

I found what appears to be a valid description in an online listing for seedsavers.net in Australia. This is an old variety that was described by Fearing Burr in:
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/21682/21682-h/21682-h.htm
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A large, very pale-green sort; when unmixed, readily distinguishable from all other varieties. Form nearly round, but sometimes a little depressed at the extremities; flesh white, very sweet, and tender, and of remarkable fine flavor; seeds white. It is prolific, and also early, and is remarkably well adapted for cultivation in cold localities, or where the seasons are too short for the successful culture of the more tender and late kinds. Its pale-green skin, white flesh, and white seeds, are its prominent distinctive peculiarities.

To the best I can determine, it is still available in Australia. Can one of the down under members check to see if they can obtain seed?

Thanks,

DarJones
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