Fig1. Pedigree of Hannah's Choice' muskmelon to powdery mildew races 1 and 2, has some Fusarium race 2 resistance, and is resistant to WMV, PRSV,and ZYMV (Table 1) Hannah's Choice" is the first commercial melon cultiva with resistance to these three potyviruses. Potyviruses are the largest and most economically important group of plant viruses(Riechmann al., 1992). These potyviruses were maintained on C. pepo"PMR Bush Acorn' (a Cornell cultivar) and plants were inoculated according to Anagnostou et al. (2000)