Watermelon CROP GUIDE Increase your productivity potential with Full Count Deuces companion transplants

FEATURES • Comes pre-set with a 3:1 seedless to Super Pollenizer ratio • Plugs are easy to order and easy to use; simply load the plugs, pull and transplant • Re-plant guesswork is eliminated; only order the quantity needed and re-plant • Available with select Syngenta seedless watermelon varieties

BENEFITS • Increases transplant efficiency as pollenizer and seedless ratios are pre-set making transplanting quick and efficient with no mix-ups • Savings of up to 35 percent in transplant labor costs by requiring fewer field employees* • Increases productivity as transplant crews can cover more acreage faster, because fewer plugs are pulled

Transplant labor savings as high as 35 percent!*

* Based on studies conducted from 2010-2013 by Syngenta in AZ/CA. SP-7 Diversify your pollen source with Full Count Duals companion transplants

FEATURES • Comes pre-set with a 3:1 seedless variety to pollenizer variety ratio; half of the pollenizers are a seeded watermelon variety and half are a Super Pollenizer variety • Plugs are easy-to-order and easy-to-use; simply pull and transplant • Re-plant guesswork is eliminated; order the quantity needed and re-plant • Available with select Syngenta seedless watermelon varieties

BENEFITS • Delivery of dual pollen source with two different pollenizers without hassle at transplanting • Pre-set seedless/pollenizer variety ratio makes transplanting quick and efficient with fewer or no mix-ups • Savings of up to 35 percent in transplant labor costs by requiring fewer field employees* Full Count® Duals plant • Helps increase productivity as transplant crews can cover more acreage faster

* Based on studies conducted from 2010-2013 by Syngenta in AZ/CA. SP-7 SP-7 Estrella Market leaders in watermelon genetics Seedless Varieties

Fascination Potentially high yielding Fascination produces excellent seedless watermelons with unique, advanced features that may bring premium market pricing.

• Uniform 45- and 36-count • Excellent optimized yield • Complete package: disease blocky fruit • Maturity is usually 2 to 3 days earlier resistance + quality + yield • Attractive red, firm flesh than mid-season varieties • Ships and holds well • Very small “pips” and great watermelon • Improved disease resistance with • Ideal for the fresh-cut industry flavor for retail markets intermediate resistance to Fusarium wilt with high-quality halves, quarters • Superior eye appeal; glossy, rich race 1 and Anthracnose race 1 and cubes rind color

Captivation Captivation produces a heavy set of medium- to large-sized, blocky-shaped seedless fruit with a rich rind appearance that is suitable for both fresh market and fresh-cut use.

• Attractive, dark red flesh with firm texture • Uniform, consistent fruit size and shape • Strong disease resistance and plant and small pip size for repeat sales provides a high-quality product growth habit for less than ideal • Mostly 45-count fruit for whole • Improved fruit set for high yield potential field conditions fruit markets • Maturity 4 to 5 days later than Fascination Excursion An early to mid maturing seedless variety, Excursion performs well even in challenging conditions to meet market demands. It produces large, oval-shaped fruit with deep red flesh that mature up to 7 days earlier than the current standard varieties.

• Large fruit size potential with 50 percent • Strong vine growth or more 36-count fruit • Improved disease resistance with • Large, oval-shaped fruit with a classic intermediate resistance to Fusarium wilt Crimson stripe appearance race 1 and Anthracnose race 1 New

Powerhouse Powerhouse seedless watermelon variety produces uniform, blocky fruits with firm flesh, great internal color and full flavor. Offering high yield potential, a high percentage of 45-count fruits and early market advantage, Powerhouse is an ideal choice for growers in both the eastern and western U.S.

• Can develop sugars early allowing for • Firm flesh and nice internal color • Improved fruit holding ability and potential early harvest • Thick rind for improved shipping vine vigor • High percentage of 45-count fruit for • Broadly adapted the market

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Summerlicous Summerlicous is a uniform seedless watermelon that features improved fruit holding ability in the field, providing greater grower flexibility with an extended harvest window. With a deep green skin color, firm flesh and excellent flavor, this variety will appeal to growers and consumers.

• High yield potential • Broadly adapted • Improved fruit holding ability in • Firm flesh, nice internal color • High percentage of 36- and the field • Uniform, blocky fruit size and shape 45-count fruits Sweet Dawn Sweet Dawn is an early-maturing variety with high yield potential, offering growers significant first-to-market advantages. Its large, oval-shaped fruit, sweet, firm flesh and rich, classic Crimson rind pattern make it a sweet option for retailers and consumers alike.

• Early maturity, similar to Melody • Intermediate resistance to Fusarium wilt • First-to-market advantages maturity race 1 and Anthracnose race 1 • Attractive appearance and great flavor • Dark red, firm flesh and very • Has shown less hollow heart than for high market demand smooth skin traditional varieties in early season • Ideal for early season plantings in the • Large fruit size early, with mostly production areas eastern U.S. 45- and 36-count fruit and a few • Under conditions favorable to water ring 60-count fruit has shown minimal issues as compared to standard varieties

Melody Melody offers growers the advantage of an early maturity to take advantage of first-of-the-season market demand for an attractive and flavorful seedless watermelon.

• Attractive, dark red flesh color • Uniform fruit with attractive, • Heavy, concentrated set of • Richer rind pattern than standard dark red flesh color 14- to 16-pound fruit seedless varieties • Early maturity! Can be 5 to 7 days earlier than Tri-X 313 Exclamation A full-season maturity seedless variety, Exclamation produces blocky, firm-fleshed fruit of uniform size with an attractive rind, small pips and sweet flesh. • Larger fruit size: mostly 36- and • Full season maturity, later than Fascination • Good fruit set for high yield potential 45-count fruit by 5 to 7 days • Fruit have shown good field holding • Rich, Crimson Sweet rind pattern • Variety performs well under warm to hot ability allowing for a more flexible that buyers prefer growing conditions harvest schedule • Firm flesh makes this an excellent • Vigorous growth habit and strong disease choice for fresh cut package to protect field investment

Personal Sized Seedless Variety

Sirius Sirius is a high-quality, Crimson Sweet-striped personal size seedless watermelon with a medium thick rind and intermediate resistance to Fusarium wilt race 1. In comparison to other personal size seedless types, Sirius produces medium-large, globe- shaped fruits with red flesh and small to medium pip size.

• Intermediate resistance to Fusarium • Uniform fruit size for consistent wilt race 1 performance • Medium to large fruit size with mostly • Improved post-harvest handling due 8- and 6-count fruit to medium rind thickness Tri-X 313 Amarillo Sweet Gem • The “Original Seedless” • Bright, deep yellow flesh color • Mostly 60- and 45-count seedless fruit • Blocky shape, fruit weight average of • Broad adaptability with round shape 15 to 18 pounds • Average fruit size from 13 to 15 • Attractive, firm red flesh with small pips • Provides a marketable mix of pounds per fruit and crisp, sweet, mouth-watering flavor 45- and 36-count fruit • Distinctive rind pattern • Rich, glossy, dark green rind with • Widely adaptable across growing glossy appearance areas and seasons • Good fruit set with earlier maturity and • Very reliable for optimized yield excellent yield potential and quality • Ideal for roadside and local markets

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Dark Knight • Excellent flesh quality • Small pip size • Uniquely dark, glossy and smooth rind • High Brix content • Slightly larger fruit size than Sweet Gem • Has shown less hollow heart than comparable varieties in trials • Great consumer appeal • Strong disease package Seeded Varieties

Estrella Sangria • Allsweet-type hybrid • “Gold standard” for eating quality in • Early maturity the Allsweet market • Uniform fruit size, averaging • Fruit weight averages 18 to 22 pounds 20 to 24 pounds • Dark red flesh with superior • Classy and uniform fruit shape can eating quality mean more potential marketable yield • Good shipper with a following among • Dark red, firm flesh with small seeds many growers, brokers and shippers and smaller seed pockets • Heavy, concentrated fruit set

Jamboree • Allsweet heritage with deep red flesh and excellent flavor • Larger fruit size, averaging 24 to 28 pounds • Fruit can size well under cool and stressed conditions • Dependable, uniform fruit

Syngenta Variety Watermelon comparison

INTERMEDIATE DISEASE VARIETY VARIETY CHARACTERISTICS FRUIT SIZE RANGE RESISTANCE KEY FEATURES

Days to Comparative Fruit Weight Fusarium Wilt Anthracnose Rind Pattern Fruit Shape Plant Vigor 36-count 45-count 60-count Maturity Maturity Range (lbs) race 1 race 1

Early maturity! Large fruit size. Reduced SWEET DAWN Classic rind type 74 Early Blocky Low 16 - 20 30-40% 40-50% 20-30% Yes Yes incidence of hollow heart. Adapted well to the Eastern U.S.

Early Maturity! Improved fruit set under cool Rich, dark rind 79 Early Round Medium 14 - 16 5-15% 65-75% 15-25% No Yes MELODY conditions.

Classic rind 81 Early-Mid Blocky High 17 - 22 50-60% 30-40% 5-15% Yes Yes Large fruit size—mostly 36-count fruit EXCURSION type

Industry leader. Exceptional fruit quality. Rich, dark rind 83 Early-Mid Blocky Medium 15 - 20 20-30% 45-55% 20-30% Yes Yes FASCINATION Blend of 45- and 36-count fruit.

Can develop brix early, allowing for early NEW POWERHOUSE Rich, dark rind 86 Early-Mid Blocky High 13 - 16 5-15% 65-75% 10-15% Yes Yes harvest if needed. Mostly medium fruit size. Excellent field holding ability.

Medium fruit size. Uniform fruit shape and size. Rich, dark rind 89 Early-Mid Blocky Medium 13 - 17 15-25% 60-70% 10-20% Yes Yes CAPTIVATION Complements Fascination.

Similar fruit size to Captivation. IR to Powdery NEW SUMMERLICOUS Rich, dark rind 89 Full Season Blocky High 14 - 18 10-20% 65-75% 10-20% Yes Yes Mildew. Excellent field holding ability. High yield potential.

Large fruit size. Firm flesh. Excellent field Rich, dark rind 90 Full Season Blocky Very High 17 - 21 45-55% 35-45% 5-15% Yes Yes EXCLAMATION holding ability. Strong vine vigor. INTERMEDIATE DISEASE VARIETY VARIETY CHARACTERISTICS FRUIT SIZE RANGE RESISTANCE KEY FEATURES

Days to Comparative Fruit Weight Fusarium Wilt Anthracnose Rind Pattern Fruit Shape Plant Vigor 36-count 45-count 60-count Maturity Maturity Range (lbs) race 1 race 1

Early maturity! Large fruit size. Reduced SWEET DAWN Classic rind type 74 Early Blocky Low 16 - 20 30-40% 40-50% 20-30% Yes Yes incidence of hollow heart. Adapted well to the Eastern U.S.

Early Maturity! Improved fruit set under cool Rich, dark rind 79 Early Round Medium 14 - 16 5-15% 65-75% 15-25% No Yes MELODY conditions.

Classic rind 81 Early-Mid Blocky High 17 - 22 50-60% 30-40% 5-15% Yes Yes Large fruit size—mostly 36-count fruit EXCURSION type

Industry leader. Exceptional fruit quality. Rich, dark rind 83 Early-Mid Blocky Medium 15 - 20 20-30% 45-55% 20-30% Yes Yes FASCINATION Blend of 45- and 36-count fruit.

Can develop brix early, allowing for early NEW POWERHOUSE Rich, dark rind 86 Early-Mid Blocky High 13 - 16 5-15% 65-75% 10-15% Yes Yes harvest if needed. Mostly medium fruit size. Excellent field holding ability.

Medium fruit size. Uniform fruit shape and size. Rich, dark rind 89 Early-Mid Blocky Medium 13 - 17 15-25% 60-70% 10-20% Yes Yes CAPTIVATION Complements Fascination.

Similar fruit size to Captivation. IR to Powdery NEW SUMMERLICOUS Rich, dark rind 89 Full Season Blocky High 14 - 18 10-20% 65-75% 10-20% Yes Yes Mildew. Excellent field holding ability. High yield potential.

Large fruit size. Firm flesh. Excellent field Rich, dark rind 90 Full Season Blocky Very High 17 - 21 45-55% 35-45% 5-15% Yes Yes EXCLAMATION holding ability. Strong vine vigor.

Fon: 1 Fusarium wilt caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. niveum Co:1 Anthracnose caused by Colletotrichum orbiculare Orange shading signifies that the variety is a key variety for specific characteristic shaded.

In cases where specific races or strains are not noted, the variety is resistant to some, but not necessarily all known races or strains of the pathogen. For complete disease resistance information, please visit www.SyngentaUS.com/vegetables SP-7 A unique combination of attributes

The ultimate pollenizer companion to your Full Count selection

FIELD/GROWER FEATURES • SP-7 has shown to deliver early male blooms • The vine has a high level of branching which that are earlier than current commercial varieties increases the production of male flowers • 25% larger male flowers plus a higher production • Trials have shown extended flowering with pollen of male flowers than SP-6 available throughout the entire growing season • In trials, the number of male blooms per plant • Intermediate resistance to: Fusarium wilt race 1, has been nearly double of SP-6 Anthracnose race 1 and powdery mildew

BUYER/CONSUMER TRAITS • 2016/17 university trials have shown improved seedless watermelon fruit set and/or fruit size with SP-7 • No competitive effect on the yield of seedless watermelon • Easy to see fruit with a distinct rind pattern and a brittle rind which crushes easily • Crop damage caused by harvesting pollenizer varieties is eliminated

* North Carolina State University * Clemson State University Technical data: watermelon Variety Approximate Fruit shape Fruit weight Rind pattern Flesh Disease days to maturity range (lbs) description resistance SEEDLESS Light green, very smooth skin with Sweet Dawn 74 Blocky 16 - 20 hazy broad, medium-dark green stripes Dark red, firm flesh IR: Co: 1 / Fon: 1 Medium green with Melody 79 Globe 14 - 16 deep green stripes Dark red flesh IR: Co: 1

Sweet Gem 79 Globe 13 - 16 Rich, glossy, dark green skin Dark red flesh None reported

Medium green with narrow, Amarillo 80 Globe 13 - 15 dark green stripes Yellow flesh None reported Dark Knight Dark red, medium firm flesh IR: Co: 1 / Fon: 1 / 80 Globe 14 - 17 Glossy, very dark green and smooth NEW with higher Brix content Px: 1 Light green with hazy, broad, Excursion 81 Blocky 17 - 22 medium-dark green stripes Red, firm flesh IR: Co: 1 / Fon: 1 Very deep, rich green skin with Fascination 83 Blocky 15 - 20 a medium Crimson Sweet stripe Dark red, firm flesh IR: Co: 1 / Fon: 1 Light green with hazy, broad, Tri-X 313 86 Blocky 15 - 18 medium-dark green stripes Red flesh None reported Powerhouse Deep green skin color with a Crimson Red, firm flesh, 86 Blocky 13 - 16 IR: Co: 1 / Fon: 1 NEW Sweet stripe good field holding Deep green skin color with Captivation 89 Blocky 14 - 17 a Crimson Sweet type skin Red, firm flesh IR: Co: 1 / Fon: 1 Summerlicous Deep green skin color with a Crimson Red, firm flesh, IR: Co: 1 / Fon: 1 / 89 Blocky 14 - 18 NEW Sweet stripe good field holding Px: 1 Deep green skin color with Exclamation 90 Blocky 17 - 21 a Crimson Sweet type skin Red, firm flesh IR: Co: 1 / Fon: 1 PERSONAL SEEDLESS Sirius 74 Globe 5.5-6.5 Medium thick with Crimson Sweet skin Red IR: Fon: 1 SEEDED Dark green with broken, Dark red flesh with Estrella 80 Long, blocky 20 - 24 light green stripes small seed size IR: Co: 1 / Fon: 1 Dark green with broken, Red flesh with medium Sangria 80 Elongated 20 - 24 light green stripes seed size IR: Co: 1 / Fon: 1 Dark green with broken, Red flesh with medium Jamboree 82 Elongated 24 - 28 light green stripes seed size IR: Co: 1 / Fon NON-HARVEST POLLENIZERS IR: Co: 1 / Fon: 1 / SP-7 75 Globe 1 - 2 Distinct, brittle rind Medium yellow Px: 1

Disease abbreviation key

Co Anthracnose (Colletotrichum orbiculare) Px Powdery mildew caused by Podosphaera HR High resistance xanthii (ex Sphaerotheca fuliginea) Fon Fusarium wilt (Fusarium oxysporum IR Intermediate resistance f. sp. niveum) ZYMV Zucchini yellow mosaic (Zucchini yellow mosaic virus) In cases where specific races or strains are not noted, the variety is resistant to some, but not necessarily all known races or strains of the pathogen. For complete disease resistance information, please visit www.SyngentaUS.com/vegetables. For more information on Syngenta vegetable offerings, visit www.SyngentaUS.com/vegetables or contact your local Syngenta reseller or representative.

*For complete disease resistance information, please visit www.SyngentaUS.com/vegetables. All photos are either the property of Syngenta or are used with permission. ©2021 Syngenta. Some or all of the varieties may be protected under one or more of the following: Plant Variety Protection, United States Plant Patents and/or Utility Patents and may not be propagated or reproduced without authorization. Full Count®, Super Pollenizer™, the Alliance Frame, the Purpose Icon and the Syngenta logo are trademarks of a Syngenta Group Company. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners. SLC 13207A 01-2021