Bidwell Casaba
Grown by General John Bidwell who received his seed from the USDA seed stock in 1869. Melon
Produces massive fruits that way around 16 lbs each! Yellow - orange
flesh is sweet and creamy and tastes like orange sorbet with a hint of
papaya.
Vigorous Plant 20 Heirloom Seeds
95 days
Black Diamond Watermelon - 10 seeds
Produces an abundance of large, juicy, & delicious emerald green fruits. Bred to have tough skin and large leaves to help prevent sunburn. Fruits average 30 - 50 lbs with some weighing up to 125 lbs!! Widely used throughout the South.
Heirloom
75 - 90 days to maturity
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Boule D' Or Melon - FRESH seeds
19th-century,
French heirloom market melon that is prolific & hardy. It is a
honeydew melon variety which, when ripe, has a deep lemon-colored,
loosely netted skin with a pale green, honey-sweet flesh that emits
tropical and slightly perfumed aromatics. Can grow to an average of 7 to
10 inches in diameter.
The
Boule D'or was first listed in 1885 in Vilmorin's book "The Vegetable
Garden" (the first-ever seed catalog published for farmers and growers)
but as with many heirloom varieties, finding its seeds today is a
rarity. Fruits will keep for several weeks if kept cool and dry. Very
hard to find.
95-110 days. 10 Heirloom Seeds 96% Germination.
Bush Sugar Baby Watermelon
10 pound watermelons with flavorful red flesh. Perfect for storing and growing in small places
Heirloom
fresh
78 days until harvest
25 seeds
Casaba Melon The
casaba melon is a type of muskmelon, closely related to honeydew and
cantaloupe. It was first cultivated in Persia thousands of years ago. It
wasn't introduced to the United States until the late nineteenth
century when it was imported from Kasaba, Turkey. Casaba melons are
golden yellow with greenish coloration on their wrinkled exterior. The
round, pumpkin shaped melon has a slight point at the stem end. The
flesh is creamy-green, juicy and lightly sweet. Delicious eaten by as
is, or for added flavor, try it with a sprinkle of ginger, salt, or a
squeeze of lemon or lime juice. Casaba melons add sweetness to fruit
salads and are refreshing used in drinks, like fruit punch, margaritas
or daiquiris.
20 seeds
Charleston Gray
Produces
large cylindrical fruits 28-40 pounds. Crisp, juicy red flesh. Pale
green skin is thick protecting it from sunburn & making it a good
shipper.
87 Days from sowing
20 seeds
Crenshaw Melons
can weigh up to 10 lbs. Fruit has yellowish skin and salmon colored
flesh that tastes unique and has a sweet and spicy flavor. Taste like a
cross between a Casaba melon and a Persian melon.
20 Heirloom Seeds
Crimson Sweet Watermelon - 25 seeds
Almost round 12" x 10" fruits produce heavily on the vines 25 lb fruits. Flesh is deep red and super sweet. A very attractive watermelon.
Rest to Anthracnose Race 1 & 3 and Fusarium Wilt 1 & 2.
A good shipper.
85 days |
Eden's Gem / Rocky Ford
Developed in Colorado in 1905 as a "crate melon". Spicy flavor, softball sized fruits take 65-80 days until harvestORGANIC
15 Fresh Heirloom seeds
EinDor Melon
This Holy Land Melon was selected and cultivated by David Solomon, one of th founders of Kibbuts Ein Dor in Lower Galilee. The fruit tastes like a combination of pinapple and banana. It sets 2-4 lbs fruit and turns yllow as it matures under its coarse, heavy netting.
15 seeds
Hales Best Jumbo 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.The
fruit yields large, oval, ribbed fruits weighing up to 5 to 6 pounds,
this cantaloupe is a traditional favorite. With heavy netting and fine
textured, bright orange flesh, it holds a sweet flavor. Drought
tolerant. 20 seeds
HoneyDew Green Flesh Melon -
Wonderful fruit has light Green flesh with a delicious sweet flavor.
Has been a favorite. High in vitamins A, B, & C. Long shelf life
when kept in a cool dry place. Plant produces vigorous vines & fruit
which gets to 6-8 Lbs .
20 Fresh Heirloom Seeds
Jubilee Watermelon
Beautiful
crisp bright red watermelon grows up to 30 lbs. Light green with dark
green stripes like rattlesnake watermelon. A good shipper melon too.
95 days
15 Heirloom seeds
Missouri Heirloom Yellow Flesh This
is an extremely rare watermelon. It produces round 20-lb melons with
pale green skin and golden yellow/orange flesh that is very sweet, crisp
and refreshing. Holds long on the vine and has a good 2-3 month shelf
life if picked right. The seeds are large and plump; good for roasting.
Should fetch a high price at the farmer's market. I have a limited
amount of seeds.
10 seeds. Tastes Spectacular!
Ogen is
named for a kibbutz in Israel. This rare gourmet melon is sweet,
aromatic and delicious. High yielding plants produce super-sweet pale
greenish-white flesh, with a small cavity. 6" in diameter, the melons
weigh 4-5 pounds. Each plant produces about 9 fruits. Can grow well on a
trellis. 20 Heirloom seeds
80-85 days 20 seeds
Piel de Sapo (aka
Santa Claus melon) is a Spanish variety, with green and yellow skin and
white-fleshed medium-sized fruit. It has a wonderful aroma and an
extremely sweet taste. It is the top 3 melons for taste in my opinion
(along with Casaba and Ambrosia).
15 seeds
Softball sized melon with pale green skin and which turns yellow when ripe. Stem must be cut at harvest when leaves discolor. Thin skin is edible! Flesh is fragrant and crisp. Similar to the honeydew in appearance and taste.
This variety has been growing in the far East for thousands of years. Known in some places as "Asian green melon".
Not only can it be eaten fresh, it is used for pickling in Asia. Can be grown on a trellis easily.
Heirloom
85-95 days
15 fresh seeds