GALIA MELON

DON JUAN

“Yield, shelf-life and quality”
Hybrid melon of vigorous plant and dark leaves.
It is remarkable its good setting and concentrated yield.
Their fruits are rounded with a weight from 0.8 to 1.2 Kg., with yellow color in its harvesting point and dense netting in the skin.
Don Juan shows a great uniformity in size and shape in a high percentage of its fruits.
The flesh has a great firmness and shelf-life (Semi-long shelf-life) and the fruit has a small seeds cavity.
It is an aromatic variety with high sugar content.
It is recommended for late plantations in Almeria and for the main season in Murcia.
Don Juan is resistant to Fusarium wilt 0 and 1 and to MNSV (Melon necrotic spot virus), and tolerant to Powdery mildew 1.

“Shelf-life in traditional Galia melon for early planting”
Clásico is a traditional galia melon of strong and vigorous plant that provides a good leaves coating for the fruits.
Variety recommended for early plantations both in Almería and in Murcia, in either greenhouse or open air because of its earliness and good size.
Clásico is a variety with an excellent setting, and with a high, concentrated and early yield.
Their fruits are rounded, with a weight of 1 Kg., with good appearance, yellow color in its harvesting point and dense netting on the skin, without any cracking.
Its high sugar content allows it to be harvested in “pintón” (before changing to the completely ripened state).
It is remarkable the size and shape uniformity of fruits in a high percentage, with a very good behavior to the peduncle loss.
The flesh of the fruits has green color with good firmness and shelf-life (5-6 days under a normal environment temperature) and the fruit has a small seeds cavity.
The variety has a traditional aroma and a high content of sugar.
Clásico is resistant to Fusarium wilt 0 and 1 and has an intermediate resistance to powdery mildew.

“Yield and size for the middle cycle”
Viriato is a traditional Galia melon with strong plant.
It is recommended for middle planting, in the beginning and middle April.
It is remarkable its very good yield.
Fruit sizes goes from 1 to 1.2 Kg. and the shape is very uniform.
The fruits are rounded, of yellow color, with dense and thin netting on the skin.
The flesh has green color, it has the traditional Galia flavor, high sugar content, good flesh firmness and the seeds cavity is small.
Viriato is resistant to Fusarium wilt 1 and 2, and has a good behavior to powdery mildew.

“Yield and uniformity for the late cycle”
Rudy is a Galia melon variety of very strong plant.
It is recommended for middle-late planting, by the end of April and in May.
It produces a very good yield.
Fruit sizes goes from 0.9 to 1.1 Kg. with good uniformity.
The fruits are rounded with dense and thin netting on the skin, and good behavior to the peduncle lost.
It has the traditional Galia flavor, high sugar content, good flesh firmness and the fruit has a small seeds cavity.
Rudy is resistant to Fusarium wilt 1 and 2, MNSV and shows a good behavior to powdery mildew.