Iowa State University Research Farm puts Home Run On Top
Home Run topped all other melons of its type in Muscatine in 2009 with 10% more lbs per acre. Not only that, but it was harvestable seven days earlier than some varieties. Here is the full chart:
|
Cultivar
|
Seed
Sourcea
|
Days to
Harvestb
|
Number
fruit/plantc
|
Yield
lb/plantc
|
Number
fruit/acre
|
Yield
lb/acre
|
|
Goddess
|
ST
|
63
|
2.8
|
15.1
|
7,517
|
40,620
|
|
Home Run
|
HL
|
69
|
2.9
|
16.8
|
7,817
|
44,093
|
|
Grand Slam
|
HL
|
73
|
2.6
|
14.8
|
7,066
|
40,199
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Aphrodite
|
RG
|
73
|
2.2
|
14.5
|
5,863
|
38,966
|
|
Strike
|
HL
|
73
|
2.0
|
13.0
|
5412
|
35,419
|
|
Crescent Moon
|
RU
|
76
|
2.8
|
19.6
|
7,592
|
52,872
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Halona
|
HL
|
76
|
3.4
|
15.0
|
9,321
|
41,071
|
|
Ariel
|
RG
|
76
|
2.1
|
14.9
|
5,683
|
39,447
|
|
Atlantis
|
RI
|
76
|
2.6
|
14.6
|
7,066
|
39,372
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Athena
|
RG
|
76
|
2.4
|
14.4
|
6,464
|
38,936
|
|
Eclipse
|
SM
|
79
|
2.3
|
13.3
|
6,164
|
36,035
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Galia Max
|
HL
|
79
|
2.3
|
14.7
|
6,314
|
40,455
|
|
Sensation
|
HL
|
79
|
2.9
|
14.5
|
7,817
|
39,027
|
|
Courier
|
HL
|
79
|
2.3
|
12.4
|
6,164
|
32,698
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Average
|
|
|
2.5
|
14.8
|
6,876
|
39,944
|
The report, Muskmelon Cultivar Trial – 2009, said that Hollar’s three melons, Strike, Home Run, and Grand Slam all had “small, tight seed cavities” compared to the old standards.
