Good thing I saw this. I don't get notifications for most of the old threads I've participated in, even if I resubscribe, it seems.
Anyway, not much came of that cross. I had three new crosses with stars last year (but I didn't grow Moon and Stars itself). Those didn't turn out well, either! However, one of them pollinated my Weeks NC Giant cross, and it's doing okay, so far, this year. No fruit, yet. I do have seeds from some fruits with stars over the last couple years. Maybe from Fairfax x Moon and Stars. I'd have to check. Nope, but I do have seeds from the fruit I planted that produced that original cross (I'm sure some would have stars).
Moon and Stars x Fairfax would probably be a pretty late one. Moon and Stars never ripened well for me, and Fairfax, though a good variety, was late-ish, too. So, I'm grateful to have a watermelon with stars, this year, that is less closely related to Moon and Stars (in hopes that it will ripen faster).
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