here it is
Within four years, growing no more than a dozen plants per year, Glenn Drowns produced a new stable variety—a variety that reliably produces similar plants from seed to seed and year to year. 'Blacktail Mountain' is a round, deep green melon with very faint stripes. The vines grow out to form a plant about 10 feet in diameter. The average melon is 8 inches across, weighs 8 to 10 pounds, and has a rind about half an inch thick. The flesh is orangish red, crisp, and very sweet. What is essential about 'Blacktail Mountain' is that it's early—quite possibly the earliest watermelon ever grown. It's about five days earlier than 'New Hampshire Midget', for example, one of the earliest watermelons.
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