Muskmelon, Watermelon, and Citron
(Squash Family)
[ Muskmelon | Watermelon | Citron melon ]
ORGANIC CERTIFICATION UPDATE: We were able to get organic certification on part of our farm this year (more information on that in the 2007 A Year In Review section). This means over the next 2 years we will be listing everything that we grow here at our farm as Certified Organic. We have many varieties in this year's catalog which are being offered as CERTIFIED ORGANIC. If the item is being offered as CERTIFIED ORGANIC, it will have an OG after the price of the seeds.
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Muskmelon
Muskmelon culture: Plant after danger of frost is past or start indoors 2 weeks prior and set out under cover. We use row cover to prevent insect damage when young. Leave row cover on until flowering begins. We plant 2 to 4 plants in a hill every 6 feet. Packets contains 15 to 30 seeds.
Amarillo Oro: 100 days. Winter type melon, golden, oblong fruit, sweet, creamy white flesh. Dates to pre-1870. Pkt. $2.00, 1 oz. $7.00
Ananas: 85 days. Oblong, 5 pound fruits, greenish rind maturing yellow-orange, no ribbing, faint net. Flesh is creamy yellow, soft, juicy and sweet. Pre-1900 variety. Pkt. $2.00, 1 oz. $7.00
Anne Arundel: 83 days. Bright green flesh, slightly orange near the center. Pre-1800 Maryland heirloom. Pkt. $2.25
Bursa Turque: 98 days. Santa Claus type melon, deep yellow with dark, pine green spots, very wrinkled, pale green, mild flavored flesh. Does best when ripened in dry, hot weather. Pkt. $2.00
Charentais: 80 days. True cantaloupe, smooth, light green, thin rind, extremely fragrant, grapefruit sized fruits. When ripened during warm, dry weather the fruits are so strong flavored you can smell them several hundred feet away in the garden as they get ripe. Pkt. $2.25, 1 oz. $7.00
Cochiti Pueblo: 90 days. Not very netted, oblong to football shaped, irregularly-shaped melons that can get very large if grown under proper conditions. Flesh quality is average and flesh is a medium orange color. Pkt. $2.25
Crane: 80 days. Crenshaw type, speckled skin, minimal netting, very fragrant, deliciously mild, sweet flavor. Pkt. $2.50
Edens Gem: 80 days. Small, baseball sized, heavy producer of netted fruits with green flesh. Pkt. $2.00 OG
Golden Gopher: 85 days. Not heavily netted, orange flesh with good resistance to fusarium, developed by the University of Minnesota in the 1930's. Fruits tend to pop open when ripe. Pkt. $1.50
Golden Sweet: 80 days. Crisp white flesh; golden yellow skin. Everyone who has a taste for melons should grow one of these crisp-fleshed types. I eat the skin and all the way to the center seed cavity. Others may choose to peel them. They make a great addition to a fruit salad. (Unavailable for 2008) (See Sakata's Sweet for a suitable substitute.)
Granite State: 83 days. 3 to 4 pound lightly netted fruits with deep orange flesh. Pkt. $1.00
Greely Wonder: 80 days. Large, semi-netted fruit. Fruits average 5 lbs. Pkt. $2.25 OG
Green Nutmeg: 75 days. Dates from the mid-1800's. Melons average 2 to 3 lbs and always seem to grow and taste better in cooler conditions. Tasted great when I lived in northern Idaho, just average tasting here in the Midwest. Pkt. $1.75
Ha-Ogen: 85 days. Beautiful and super tasty. Fruits are yellowish with green ribbing and minimal netting. Flesh tastes almost spicy. Pkt. $1.25
Kazakh: 70 days. Small baseball to softball size, green fruits ripening to yellow. Flesh is a clear white and honeydew-like. (Unavailable for 2008)
Minnesota Midget: 70 days. Small, shallow ribbed fruits that ripen 1 to 2 pounds and are very tasty. Pkt. $1.50
Old West Virginia Heirloom: 85 days. Lightly netted, very productive, medium size, 3 to 5 pound fruits. Pkt. $1.50
Orange Blush: 85 days. Honeydew type. Gets a faint orange tint to the white skin when it is ripe. Pkt. $1.75
Orange Delicious: 83 days. Good yields, flavorful, semi-football shaped, orange flesh. Pkt. $2.00
Petit Gris De Rennes: 80 days. Beautiful greenish-gold, net free skin when ripe. Flesh is orange and very sweet. Pkt. $2.00
Piel de Sapo: 100 days. Originally from Spain. Oval, mottled green with yellow skinned fruit, average 5 to 7 pounds, flesh is sweet, pale green to white with a very hard rind. It's always fun to uncover one of these hidden treasures in the weeds way after the melon season has passed. When properly cared for and brought in prior frost, they will keep in excellent condition in the basement for several months. Pkt. $2.25
Pride of Wisconsin: 85 days. Faint ribs, coarse net, thick orange flesh, hard shell. Pkt. $2.00
Sakata's Sweet: 75 days. Similar to Golden Sweet. Crisp flesh, bright yellow skin, superb taste. May eat skin and all. Pkt. $2.00
Spear: 85 days. Large, football shaped melons, superb tasting orange flesh. Pkt. $1.50
Sugar Salmon: 75 days. Very sweet, netted, orange flesh melon. Pkt. $2.50; 1 oz. $7.00
Sungold Casaba: 85 days. Early casaba type. Does best in dry climates, whitish-green flesh. (Unavailable for 2008)
Susan Healy: 80 days. A selection made by the Healy family of Healy's Pride. Healy's Pride is very late. Susan Healy is just as flavorful but earlier. Pkt. $2.00
Tendral Verde Tardif: 90 days. Dark green, wrinkled rind, pale creamy flesh that is very sweet, good keeping quality. Pkt. $2.00
Turkey: 90 days. A very old, Southern variety that is an elongated blimp shape. Fruits average 8 to 12 pounds, though can get much larger. Pkt. $2.00
Watermelon
Watermelon culture: Unless otherwise noted, all packets contain 15 to 20 seeds. Plant after danger of frost is past or start indoors 2 weeks prior and set out. We recommend covering young plants with milk jugs for a week or so. Most varieties do best if you have a hill of 3 plants every 6 to 8 feet. Blacktail Mountain can be planted closer.
Blackstone: 91 days. Dark green. thick rind suitable for pickles, pale red flesh. (Unavailable for 2008)
Blacktail Mountain: 76 days. My own development, created while I lived in northern Idaho, a location which has cool 35 to 45 degree nights and short seasons. The fruit is dark green with very faint stripes, flesh is an orange red similar to Sugar Baby. Continuously, it is my earliest type in over 100 varieties grown each season. Fruit averages 6 to 10 pounds. 1 Pkt $1.75; 2 Pkts./$3.00 OG
Cannonball: 90 days. Round in shape as the name implies, solid dark green rind with red flesh. Does exceptionally well in drought conditions. (Unavailable for 2008)
Charleston Gray 133: 90 days. Long, pale green selection of Charleston Gray, fruits have a pink red flesh. Flesh is firm, sweet and very tasty. Don't dismiss this one just because the flesh isn't a dark red. Pkt. $1.50
Cherokee Moon and Stars: 90 days. A nice 30 to 40 pound, dark green rind with the yellow spotted foliage and fruit. This strain has nice red flesh and is crisp and tasty. Pkt. $2.00
Cole's Early: 80 days. Small, striped melon, high yields on medium length vines, red fleshed. Pkt. $2.00
Colorado Striped Tarahumara: 95 days. Green rind with broad dark green stripes, oblong shape, orange-pink-yellow flesh varying with the closeness to the rind. The melons are rather seedy. Pkt. $1.50
Cream of Saskatchewan: 82 days. A small 4 to 8 pound striped melon with a very thin rind that has a white sweet flesh . It is very sweet and tasty. Pkt. $2.00
C. S. White Flesh: 85 days. A superb melon of dark green rind with sweet, cream colored flesh. Excellent quality. Selected by Curtis Showell in 1980. Pkt. $2.50 OG (Limit 1 Pkt.) (Sold Out for the rest of the 2008 season)
Early Arizona: 83 days. Dark green skin, pinkish-red very sweet flesh. (Unavailable for 2008)
Early Jumbo: 82 days. 10 to 15 pound, darkish green, slightly striped melon, deep red flesh with white seeds. Pkt. $1.75
Early Midget: 80 days. A small, grey-green, faint striped melon with large black seeds. (Unavailable for 2008)
Early Yates: 83 days. Grey-green rind, round in shape, pink red flesh, 8 to 12 pounds in size. (Unavailable for 2008)
Fairfax: 90 days. Long pale green rind with wavy dark green stripes. The 40 pound melons have a pale pink-red flesh. 1 Pkt. $1.50; 1 oz. $4.00
Garrison: 85 days. A refined version of Garrisonian and Georgia Rattlesnake. Long, striped melons, red flesh. Pkt. $2.00
Golden Midget: 80 days. Small fruits turn yellow when ripe. Rather seedy, but valuable genes here for future breeding programs. Pkt. $2.50 (Limit 1 Pkt.) OG
Karpas Greek: 100 days. Semi-oblong in shape. Rind is a blend of medium green with dark green stripes, deep red flesh. Pkt. (Unavailable for 2008)
Ledmon: 85 days. An excellent melon with superb flavor. Rind is extremely thin so it does not ship well. Flesh is a pinkish-red color. Has a very long history that you may inquire about if interested. Pkt. $2.00
Long Moon and Stars: 95 days. Late season selection of Moon and Stars that I made some years ago. Fruits are long and grow slowly and ripen late. Pkt. $2.00
Luscious Golden: 85 days. Deep green rind with golden orange flesh. Very good quality, long in shape. Pkt. $1.50
New Hampshire Midget: 76 days. Small vines, very productive with pale green, slightly striped fruits about the size of your hand. Rind is very thin, quality is good when picked young. Overripe it is of low quality. This variety nearly became extinct as all commercial suppliers suddenly stopped carrying it in the early 1990's. (Unavailable for 2008)
Orangeglo: 85 days. Superb tasting. Oblong striped melon with super sweet orange flesh. Fruit averages 15 pounds. Pkt. $2.00
Orange Flesh Tendersweet: 90 days. Medium, light green rind with dark green stripes, deep orange flesh, white seeded, 35 to 45 pound melons. Pkt. $1.50
Petite Yellow: 80 days. Small, mottled, striped, small seeds. Similar to Petite Sweet only yellow fleshed. Very tasty. Pkt. $1.50
Pride of Iowa (a.k.a. Iopride): 95 days. Dark green skin with darker green stripes, pink red flesh, tan seeds. (Unavailable for 2008)
Royal Golden: 85 days. The perfect melon for those who want to be sure to know how to pick a ripe melon. Melons turn bright yellow to light orange (skin) when they are ripe. Flesh is red, tender and sweet. Fruits weigh 10 to 15 pounds. Pkt. $2.00
Scaley Bark: 90 days. Mottled green, thick rind, medium red flesh. Pkt. $2.00
Striped Georgia Giant: 100 days. Light green with dark green stripes, pink red flesh, 30 to 50 pounds. (Unavailable for 2008)
Sweet Siberian: 85 days. Elliptical shaped, medium dark green rind. Fruits are 4 to 6 pounds with apricot orange flesh. (An old Oscar Will variety). Pkt. $1.75 OG
Texas Giant: 94 days. A large dark green thick rind, Black Diamond type, 40 to 50 pounds. (Unavailable for 2008)
Wibb: 85 days. A superb type that has very deep red flesh. Fruits average 10 to 12 lbs. Those who feel watermelon has be deep red will like this one. Pkt. $2.00
Wills Sugar: 90 days. Round, medium green skin, pale red flesh, 10 to 14 pounds. (An old Oscar Will variety) Pkt. $1.50
Wilson Sweet: 85 days. A uniquely colored melon that we are pleased to offer again to the public after many years of being out of circulation. We were thrilled when a customer sent us a sample of this variety which I'd only seen a picture of in a 1961 seed catalog. The rind is somewhat mottled in appearance giving it excellent sunburn resistance. The 10 to 20 pound melons have solid, firm, super sweet red flesh. Pkt. $2.00
Wondermelon: 93 days. Oblong, dark green, 25 to 40 pound melons, white seeded with pink red flesh. Pkt. $1.00
Yellow Fleshed Moon and Stars: 90 days. A fabulous moon and stars type. Oblong melons weigh 30 to 40 pounds and have a pale yellow flesh. Yields are high and quality stays up for a long time. Pkt. $2.00
Yellow Sugar Lump: 85 days. Small striped fruit. Pale lemon yellow flesh. Thin rind. Pkt. $1.50 OG (Sold Out for the rest of the 2008 season)
Citron Melon (Watermelon)
Citron melon notes: Really a watermelon, but used differently. The flesh is pale yellow-white and is used to make a product used in fruit cake, etc. If you would like a recipe for candied citron please indicate on the order blank. It is free with a packet of seed, otherwise add $0.50.
A Confire A Graine Verte: 100 day - A green seeded type, averaging 10 to 15 pounds. 10 seeds/Pkt. - 1 Pkt. $2.00
D'Espagne a Confiture: 100 days. A red seeded type, averaging 10 to 15 pounds. (Unavailable for 2008)
Mixed Citron: Mixture of red and green seeded types plus several other strains. For general use purposes this is a wonderful opportunity. (Unavailable for 2008)
Red Seed Citron: Great for candied citron. 20 seeds/Pkt. - 1 Pkt. $2.50