LSU watermelon nominated for Slow Food Ark of Taste
The Red-N-Sweet watermelon has dark red, sweet flesh. It was the last watermelon released from the Calhoun Research Station. Photo by Kerry D. Heafner
A watermelon cultivar developed at the now closed LSU AgCenter Calhoun Research Station has been nominated for boarding onto the Slow Food Ark of Taste.
The Red-N-Sweet is a 1987 LSU release. Its disease resistance, dark red flesh and intense sweetness made it a regionally popular watermelon until the late 1990s, according to AgCenter horticulture agent Kerry Heafner. Then, it seemed to disappea…
