• Sugar Baby
• Arka Jyothi

Seedless Varieties

• F1-Shonima
• F1-Swarna

Arka Manik

Improved variety released from the Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR), Bangalore. Fruits are oval, light green rind with dark green stripes. Fruits are very sweet with pleasant aroma; and deep crimson coloured flesh with granular texture. Average fruit weight is 6 kg. Resistant to powdery mildew, downy mildew and anthracnose. Duration is 110-115 days. Yield is 60 t/ha.

Sugar Baby

Released from the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi. The fruits are slightly small in size; round shaped having bluish black rind and deep pink flesh with small seeds. Average weight is 3-5 kg. The fruits ripen in 85 days.

Arka Jyoti

Released from the IIHR, Bangalore. Mid-season variety. Fruits are round having a light green rind colour with dark green stripes and crimson coloured flesh. Average fruit weight is 6-8 kg.

Durgapura Meetha

A late maturing variety released from the Agricultural Research Station (ARS), Durgapura, Rajasthan. Fruits are round, rind is thick and light green in colour. Flesh sweet and dark red in colour. Fruits have good keeping quality with average fruit weight of 6-8 kg. The fruit ripens in 125 days.

Durgapura Kesar

A late maturing variety released from the ARS, Durgapura. Rind is green in colour with stripes. Flesh is moderately sweet, yellow coloured and with large seeds. Average fruit weight is 4-5 kg.