LSU Watermelon to be Featured on PBS Cooking Series

By Kerry Heafner and V. Todd Miller

LSU AgCenter

The LSU Red-N-Sweet watermelon will be featured on an episode of the PBS series “The Key Ingredient with Sheri Castle” during the show’s upcoming third season.

Red-N-Sweet was developed at LSU AgCenter Calhoun Research Station in Ouachita Parish. The first crosses that led to its development were made in 1972 and the variety was released in 1987.

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