Indiana Watermelon and Melon Variety Trials
Indiana is one of the major watermelon and cantaloupe producing states. Variety selection based on yield, disease resistance, and fruit quality are some of the critical decisions in production. Watermelon and melon variety evaluations are conducted at Southwest Purdue Agricultural Center in Vincennes, IN every year. Variety trial reports and presentation slides from our grower meetings can be found on this website. If you have questions about this trial or if you are interested in entering varieties into our trial, please contact Wenjing Guan (guan40@purdue.edu).
2024
- 2024 Standard-size Seedless Watermelon Cultivar Evaluation in Indiana
- 2024 Personal-size Seedless Watermelon Cultivar Evaluation in Indiana
- 2024 Seeded Watermelon Cultivar Evaluation in Indiana
2023
- 2023 Standard-size Seedless Watermelon Cultivar Evaluation in Indiana
- 2023 Personal-size Seedless Watermelon Cultivar Evaluation in Indiana
- 2023 Seeded Watermelon Cultivar Evaluation in Indiana
- 2023 Cantaloupe Cultivar Evaluation in Indiana
- 2023 Watermelon and Melon Variety Trial Presentation Slides November 29, 2023
2022
- 2022 Standard-size Triploid Watermelon Variety Trial Report
- 2022 Personal-size Triploid Watermelon Variety Trial Report
- 2022 Solid-green Watermelon Cultivar Comparison
- 2022 Watermelon and Melon Variety Trial Presentation Slides from the SWIM Winter Technical Meeting
2021
- 2021 Standard-size Triploid Watermelon Variety Trial Report
- 2021 Cantaloupe Variety Trial Report
- 2021 Personal-size Triploid Watermelon Variety Trial Report
- 2021 Watermelon and Melon Variety Trial Presentation Slides from the SWIM Winter Technical Meeting
2020
- 2020 Standard-size and Personal-size Triploid Watermelon Variety Evaluation in Indiana
- 2020 Cantaloupe Variety Evaluation in Southern Indiana
- 2020 Watermelon and Melon Variety Trial Presentation at the Southwest Indiana Melon Growers Technical Meeting (presentation slides).
- Cantaloupe and Specialty Melon Variety Evaluation in Indiana
2019
- 2019 Standard-size and Personal-size Triploid Watermelon Variety Evaluation in Indiana
- 2019 Cantaloupe Variety Evaluation in Southern Indiana
- 2019 Watermelon and Melon Variety Trial Presentation at the Southwest Indiana Melon Growers Technical Meeting
2018
- 2018 Watermelon Variety Evaluation in Indiana: Standard-size triploid, personal-size triploid, and diploid watermelon
- 2018 Melon Variety Evaluation in Southwest Indiana
- 2018 Watermelon and Melon Variety Trial Presentation at the Southwest Indiana Melon Growers Technical Meeting
2017
- 2017 Standard-size and Personal-size Triploid Watermelon Variety Evaluation in Indiana
- 2017 Muskmelon Variety Trial in Southwest Indiana
- 2017 Watermelon and Melon Variety Trial Presentation at the Southwest Indiana Melon Growers Technical Meeting
2016
Watermelon variety trial at Southwest Purdue Agricultural Center