First, it was developed in 1954 by Charles Andrus, a famed watermelon producer in Charleston, South Carolina. Second, it is instantly identified by its tough, dull, greenish gray skin (which ...

Charles Frederick Andrus, a retired horticulturist and developer of the Charleston Gray Watermelon, died Saturday. He was 101 years old. Born in Mount Carmel, Ill., on Jan. 21, 1906, Andrus was ...

“Or you might not.” Bertucci’s trial included two seeded watermelon varieties — Jubilee and Charleston Gray — and four seedless varieties: Exclamation, Excursion, Fascination and WDL441 ...

Earlier this year, Fei, Levi and colleagues published a reference genome of the 'Charleston Gray' watermelon, the principle U.S. variety of C. lanatus to complement the East Asian '97103' genome.

People of all ages will compete in the watermelon eating contest, seeing who can munch through a nice long slice of sweet juice melon the fastest. Nice long slices of “Charleston Gray” or ...