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Saturday, December 18, 2010 Dewight B. Lexington,IN

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**LOT # 1 A few old genetics of which can be found in a lot of melons from the past.
150 Keyzer '96 (Bowers seed X OPEN) 5 seeds
191 Franek '98 (221 Pleasant X OPEN) 2 seeds
140 Elkins '99 (191 Franek X SELF) 2 seeds


**LOT # 2 Some OLD seeds from Ron Bowers. From my conversations with Mr. Bright, the 148 seed from 1999 could be the parent of the 157 Bright. His packs have no parentage information on any of them.
166.7 Bowers '95 2 seeds
140 Bowers '98 3 seeds
178 Bowers '98 3 seeds
148 Bowers '99 POSSIBLY 157 Bright Parent? 10 seeds

**LOT # 3 Old School genetics. The 168 gene is found in a lot of today's big melons
168 Johnson '99 (150 Keyzer X SELF) 6 seeds

**LOT # 4 Some good seeds from up North.
190 Kline '03 (162.5 Kline X SELF) 8 seeds
231 Mitru '07 (219 Edwards X 157 Bright) 6 seeds

**LOT # 5 The seed that produced the 267 Pleasant in '09, nearly a World Record! These two seeds came from Mr. Hurley who had them in his freezer since '96.
217 Pleasant '96 seed that grew the 267 Pleasant 2 seeds

**LOT # 6 Mr Donkers never wrote any parent info on seeds I got from him.
189.5 Donkers '98 10 seeds
178 Donkers '99 7 seeds
194 Donkers '01 6 seeds
207.5 Donkers '02 6 seeds

**LOT # 7 The 219 has produced several BIG melons. Old School genetics here!
219 Edwards '01 (140 Elkins X 168 Johnson)
TWO LOTS- 6 seeds each lot

**LOT # 8 The Michigan Bunch, some old some new...
228 Edwards '00 (168 Johnson X 198 Edwards) 8 seeds
199.6 Mitchell '03 (219 Edwards X 194 Donkers) 12 seeds
230 Edwards '09 (267 Edwards X 255 Mitchell) 2 seeds
 



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