Watermelon «New Year» - the variety is mid-season, from germination to the beginning of fruit ripening 85 - 87 days. The fruits are rounded, the surface is smooth, the background color of the fruits is green, the pattern is black-green prickly stripes.
The bark is of medium thickness (up to 15 mm). The pulp is raspberry or dark pink, dense, juicy, sweet. Tasting score 4.2 - 4.5 points. The weight of an average fetus is 5-6 kg. Transportability is good. Fruits contain 10.0 - 11.0% dry matter, 8.0 - 9.5% sugars, 10.0 - 10.5 mg / 100 g of vitamin C, 3.8% pectin on dry matter.
The variety is relatively resistant to Fusarium wilt and anthracnose.
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Watermelon is grown in open ground and greenhouses on light soils. Sowing in open ground is carried out at the end of May. Sowing seedlings - in late April, early May. When the threat of frost has passed, the seedlings are planted in the ground (at the age of 30-35 days, in the phase of 3-4 true leaves) according to the scheme 80x200 cm.
As the plants grow, they form into one stem, removing side shoots, and leaving 2-3 ovaries. Further care consists in watering, fertilizing and loosening.