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Yellow Doll
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Yellow Doll is a small icebox watermelon with yellow flesh, compact round fruit, and a mild honeyed sweetness that surprises people expecting only red interiors. Rind is light green with darker stripes; size suits small households. Texture is fine and juicy when ripe, less fibrous than some giant red types. Excellent for colourful fruit platters, kids’ snacks, and agua fresca with a different hue. Yellow flesh can taste slightly milder than peak red cultivars—chill well and salt lightly if you want pop. Do not wait for red colour; yellow is correct at maturity.
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History
Yellow Doll was introduced as a compact yellow-fleshed icebox watermelon.
Gardeners adopted Yellow Doll for novelty colour and small fruit size.
Markets and CSAs used Yellow Doll to diversify melon colour offerings.
Yellow Doll stayed a standard named yellow icebox type in seed lists.