Sangria

Sangria is a widely grown F1 hybrid watermelon introduced in the 1980s and prized as a leading commercial shipping variety in the United States. It produces large, oblong fruit with an attractive striped rind and firm, very sweet red flesh with high sugar content. Sangria is favored by commercial growers for its uniformity, excellent interior quality, strong yields, and good holding ability after harvest, which makes it a mainstay of grocery-store watermelon supplies. As a hybrid it does not come true from seed. It performs best in warm climates with a full growing season and is appreciated for consistently sweet, crisp melons that ship and store well.