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Growing Watermelon in the Home Garden, HYG-1626-95
... watermelon plantings. Some cultivars are resistant to some diseases. Contact your county Extension agent for current control recommendations. Pollination Home gardeners sometimes wonder why the earliest watermelon blossoms ...
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Official AV count in my house! - African Violets Forum - GardenWeb
... "show Plant" and everyone adored it, does anyone remember it?? Variegated foliage with light lavender blossoms but floriferous. Good luck with your hobby; at one time, my count was 250 and ... , Teen Kiss, Tomahawk, Tomboy Blue, Ultra Violet Flash, Victorian Elegance, Vintage Lace, Von's Elegance, Watermelon Bay, Wild Irish Rose, Winter Ice, Winter Parasol, Winter's Sunshine, Witch Doctor, Wrangler's ...
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Two Paragons in Fame: Clara Rees and Snow Flurry
... both Clara and Ruth felt that this white blossom should be introduced. Ruth, picking two blossoms, carefully carrying them by train, street car, boat, another train and a taxicab, reached Mr ... porch, were always growing plants. Among them were several amaryllis -- one which was a true watermelon color, which she had hybridized. A stroll with Clara through her garden was always such ...
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Vegetable Crops Pt1
... of ascospores. The spores are ejected into the air landing on plant parts such as blossoms or decaying leaves and begin to develop. This may be repeated many times resulting in ... virus is spread by aphids. It does not affect watermelon. Squash Mosaic (virus): This virus does not affect cucumber, cantaloupe, honeydew and watermelon fruit. Symptoms on leaves are faint mottling and distortion ...
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The World of Gourds
... metuliferus, respectively. Cucumbers, Teasel Gourds & Horned Cucumbers Genetics Of The Triploid Seedless Watermelon Modern varieties of the watermelon are derived from the native African vine Citrullus lanatus (syn. C. ... be the likely pollinator for nocturnal gourd blossoms, C.B. Heiser (1979) found that beetles feeding inside the male and female blossoms were the most important pollinators in ...
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Summer Vegetables & Small Gardens - May/June 2003
... with a nutty, sweet flavor. Not as productive as hybrids, although does supply abundant male blossoms for stuffing. • Yellow Crookneck – A sweet, buttery flavor and high yields make this a favorite ... " at maturity. Good candidate for a trellis. • Sugar Baby Watermelon – Firm and sweet with few seeds, this 8 to 10 pound watermelon grows on short vines, a good candidate for small spaces ...
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Grower Diaries - BigPumpkins.com
... Gipe Long Gourd is about 11 feet high now and starting to produce some male blossoms. Last year we never got a pollination and we are going to try to hand ... new VT record.   Sunday, October 8 View Page Kevin Companion and his new VT record watermelon at 83 pounds.   Sunday, October 8 View Page Emmitt Clark (jr grower) 2nd place 456 ...
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CRFG Fruit List
... , p 9 All About Bananas. By William F. Whitman. 1983 YB, pp 77-82 Banana Blossoms: a Gourmet's Delight. By Robert E. Bond. 1988 J, pp 45-46 Banana Cultivars ... #1, pp 3-16 BELL APPLE - Passiflora laurifolia BENGAL QUINCE - Aegle marmelos BENINCASA HISPIDA - Chinese watermelon, White pumpkin BERBERIS VULGARIS - Barberry BERGAMOT - Citrus bergamia BERRIES A Naturalist in Western China. By ...
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Macrosiphum euphorbiae
... infect cucurbits and watermelon. PRSV-W is also called Watermelon Mosaic Virus 1 (WMV-1). This aphid also transmits Watermelon Mosaic Virus 2 ( ... Aphids cluster in shaded areas on the leaves, stems, and blossoms of plants. The wingless aphids tend to fall to the ... . pp. 646-647. Purcifull, D., E. Hiebert and J. Edwardson. 1984a. Watermelon Mosaic Virus 2. CMI/AAB Descriptions of Plant Viruses No. 293 ...
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The Gardener's Network - A to Z's of Home Gardening : Pollination Problems FAQ
... , and watermelon. Regardless of the type of flower, the pollen needs to get to and pollinate the fruit which will cause it to grow. Common Problems with Pollination: No blossoms: Temperature Cold weather can delay the development of blossoms. Hot weather on the other hand, can also delay blooms or ...
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