Excellent taste!
A variety of watermelon that gives a good harvest even in cool summers.
Fruits are oval, weighing 5-7 kg. The pulp is orange, sweet and very aromatic.
To get an earlier harvest, it should be planted through seedlings.
In open ground, seedlings should be planted at the end of May, at the beginning of June, when the soil is warm enough.
Grows well on sandy, light, loamy, permeable soils, in a sunny place.
1,0 g = 10-20 seeds.
Watermelon rind jam.
Ingredients:
• 1 kg of prepared watermelon rinds;
• 1.2 kg of sugar;
• 2 cups of water;
• 1/2 teaspoon of citric acid.
Method of preparation:
1. Cut off the green peel from the rind and cut the white part into 2 cm thick cubes.
2. Blanch them in boiling water for 2-5 minutes, remove, cool, cover with some sugar for 2-3 hours.
3. Boil syrup from the remaining sugar and two cups of water and pour it over the cubes for 8 hours.
4. Drain the syrup, bring to a boil and pour it over the cubes again.
5. Repeat the procedure, and then cook over low heat until a drop of syrup stops spreading over the surface.
6. Add citric acid 5 minutes before the end of cooking.
7. Place in jars, close with lids.
Store at room temperature.