This heirloom melon is known for its taste! The skin color is yellow green, with orange colored flesh, it grows 6 to 10 pounds.
1460 ~ BANANA MELONS.
80 to 100 Days. Introduced in 1888. An unusual melon that is 18 inches long, slinder fruits that look like an overgrown banana; smooth, creamy yellow skin. Flesh is salmon orange to orange in color, soft and juicy. Flavor is strongly sweet, like an over-ripe banana.
1470 ~ HONEY ROCK
82-87 Days. Developed before 1920 by R.W. Richardeson, near Hickville Ohio. An "All American Selection" in 1933. Fruits are round, 3-4 lb with heavy netting. Flesh is thick, sweet, firm and orange. Vigorous plants produce 5-7 fruits and are resistant to wilt. Good for northern areas.
1463 ~ MINNESOTA MIDGET.
60 to 75 Days. Extra early, round fruits are 3 1/2 to 4 inches round. Edible to the rind, with high sugar content. Introduced in Minnestoa in 1948.
70-85 Days. Tasty, small 2-3 lb, green fleshed melons. Introduced in 1895 by T. W. Woods & Sons of Richmond, Virginia. Reportedly attained "immense popularity" in that region. Sweet and sugary flavored flesh can be eaten right down to the rind. Produces large quantities of 2-3 pound melons, 5" long by 6" diameter. Pick slightly prior to full slip for best flavor. Heavy Yields.
Pkg. of 30 Seeds $2.99 each.
Pkg. of 30 Seeds $2.99 each.
1465 ~ GOLDEN CASABA
Tough wrinkled rind matures to golden, 8 x 7 in., 7-8 lbs., thick white aromatic spicy flesh, good for home gardens, crown blight resistant, excellent shipper, will keep for months, adapted to hot dry climates.
Pkg. of 30 Seeds $2.99 each.
1469 ~HALE'S BEST JUMBO
This variety is the most popular Cantaloupe stype Melon being cultivated in the United States today by both large producers and backyard gardeners. Hale's Best Jumbo is a great old heirloom melon that was originally introduced to the public market over 80 years ago that has stood the test of time due to it's marvelous production abilities of large, sweet melons. Originally discovered by ID Hale near Brawley, California in 1923 in a Japanese market gardener's garden.
The melons are heavily netted with a very fragrant, salmon colored flesh.
Pkg. of 30 Seeds $2.99 each.
1472 ~ JUAN CANARY
90-100 Days. Heirloom, football shaped fruit, 4-5 lbs., wrinkled yellow rind, white green flesh is sugar sweet, keeps well, full sun.
Pkg. of 30 Seeds $2.99 each.
1476 ~ SHARLYN
A sweet melon with a netted greenish-orange rind and white flesh. Sharlyn tastes like a cross between cantaloupe and honeydew.
Many melons originated in the Middle East and gradually spread its popularity across Europe. Ancient Egyptians and Romans enjoyed cantaloupes or muskmelons. Melon seeds were transported to the United States by Columbus and eventually cultivated by Spanish explorers in California.
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3200 ~ CRANE MELONS
Crane melons are a melon-cantaloupe cross. It's a thick-skinned, teardrop-shaped, hold-it-in-the-palm-of-your-hand melon. This variety is exceptionally juicy and flavorful, but very hard to find outside of Sonoma County, California due to its rather fragile composition. In the 1920s, Oliver Crane planted a Japanese melon that had a reputation for growing well, unirrigated, in the adobe soils common in the Santa Rosa area. Four generations of the Crane family have raised these melons.
Pkg. of 30 Seeds $2.99 each.
3205 ~ JENNY LIND
70-85 Days.Named for the Swedish opera singer, this melon was once one of the leading early green-fleshed varieties for home and market.
The 'Jenny Lind' is a smallish melon that averaged about a pound and a half, give or take a few ounces each way. Rather than being rounded like most melons, it was shaped like a slightly flattened globe. It had moderately prominent ribs, sparse netting, and a more or less prominent "button" on the blossom end.
Pkg. of 30 Seeds $2.99 each.
3210 ~ ROCKY FORD
85 Days. One story, which is well known in the vegetable seed world, states that the Rocky Ford Honeydew Melon was developed by a J.W. Eastwood of Rocky Ford, Colorado in 1881. An heirloom variety, first introduced in the mid 1800's. The luscious melons you'll find growing on these vines are 5 to 6 inches across, with light green flesh, and a nutmeg like flavor.
Pkg. of 30 Seeds $2.99 each.
Pkt.(30 Seeds) $2.99ea.
14000 ~ IROQUOUIS
Introduced in 1940. This was the 11st commercial variety with fusarium wilt resistance. The harvest is prolific, and is particularly suited to the Northern United States.
14002 ~ HEARTS OF GOLD
88 days - This very popular old-timer was first introduced in 1890. . The aromatic deep orange flesh is sweet and juicy. The vines are vigorous and very productive. High in vitamins A, B and C.
Pkg. of 30 Seeds $2.99 each.
1482 ~ GREEN NUTMEG
83 Days This heirloom melon was in its prime from the late 19th century until World War II, it was one of the most popular varieties of melon on the east coast. The fruit is large round, netted flattened at the ends, deeply ribbed, with a thin rind. Its flesh is light green, almost melting in the mouth when eaten. The spicy flavor is reminiscent of nutmeg.
