Watermelon

JOY RIDE

Joy Ride is a large-fruited, striped, elongated watermelon suitable for all production areas. Its flesh is red, firm and sweet with reduced cracking. Under stressful conditions it exhibits less hard seed coats than competitor products, meaning less rejections at market and consumer end.We recommend using a short vine pollinator like Wingman, with this variety.

  • Under stressful conditions it exhibits less hard seed coats than competitor products

Features

  • High quality internal characteristics such as reduced internal cracking, flesh colour, brix, flesh firmness
  • Tolerance to hard seed coats
  • Strong plant vigour and heavy fruit set

Advantages

  • Reduced rejections due to visual appeal and high quality internal characteristics
  • High yield potential
  • Adaptable variety with a wide sowing window
  • Less rejections at market and consumer end
  • Reduced risk of sunburn and internal defects

Disease Resistance

DISEASE RESISTANCE (IR)

Fon:1

Characteristics

SEGMENT
Triploid
FLESH COLOR
Red
COLOUR
Light-Green
AVERAGE LENGTH
26 cm
SHAPE
Oblong
AVERAGE DIAMETER
23 cm
BRIX POTENTIAL
11.5
AVERAGE LENGTH X DIAMETER
26cm x 23 cm cm
AVERAGE WEIGHT
7.0-10.0 kg
SKIN DESCRIPTION
Mottle Stripe
SOWING SEASON
Year Round
HARVESTING SEASON
Year Round
VIGOUR
Strong
ABILITY TO MECHANIZE HARVEST
No
TRANSPLANTING SEASON
Year Round
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