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 is 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 at our grower meeting 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).

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).

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

2016 Watermelon Variety Evaluations in Southwest Indiana: Standard-size, personal-size triploid, and diploid watermelon

2016 Muskmelon Variety Trial in Southwest Indiana

2016 Watermelon and Melon Variety Trial Presentation at the Southwest Indiana Melon Growers Technical Meeting

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Watermelon variety trial at Southwest Purdue Agricultural Center

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