Patent ID: 8399741

Claim:
A method of selecting for a hybrid melon plant that produces a hybrid honeydew melon fruit having both a percent soluble solids of 13.5% to 17.3% and a flesh firmness of 6.8 to 10.7, wherein the method comprises: (a) crossing a first inbred honeydew melon parent plant having fruit with both a percent soluble solids of 12.28% to 17.16% and a flesh firmness of 4.1 to 10.475 with a second inbred honeydew melon plant having fruit with both a percent soluble solids of 12.28% to 17.16% and a flesh firmness of 4.1 to 10.475; (b) harvesting the resultant hybrid honeydew melon seed; (c) growing said hybrid honeydew melon seed; and (d) selecting a hybrid melon plant that produces a hybrid honeydew melon fruit with both a percent soluble solids of 13.5% to 17.3% and a flesh firmness of 6.8 to 10.7.