Watermelon

90 days. [Iraqi heirloom] Light green oblong melons, 15-25 lbs, vigorous vines. The sweet red flesh has few seeds and the hard rind makes it good for market gardeners and home storage. Great texture, outstanding flavor. Pkt (3 g)

73 days. [1977, developed by Glenn Drowns] Small-fruited, earliest of all. An excellent small, fast maturing, highly productive watermelon that can be successfully grown in cool short season areas or southern hot, humid, areas. The earliest of 114 varieties that Glenn Drowns grew in 1994. Round 9...

It's hard to improve on Crimson Sweet's vigor and great flavor, but Pam Dawling is at it! Since 2001, she's been saving this locally adapted strain, selecting for large, early melons with good flavor and healthy foliage. Pkt. Limit 2 packets.

72 days [1959] Early, small 3-lb. melons with salmon-red flesh and a built-in ripeness indicator: the rind turns yellow when the melons are ready for harvest. (DonÂ’t be alarmed by the leaves: some yellow foliage is normal for this variety.) Pkt. 2g

95 days. [Developed by breeder Glenn Drowns. Introduced 1992 by SESE.] This elongated version of 'Moon and Stars' has a large yellow moon and a dark green rind, speckled with bright yellow pinpoint stars (resembling a panorama of the Milky Way). Selected especially for color and flavor this...

100 days This white-seeded "Moon and Stars" selection from grower Merlyn Niedens is an excellent producer. Large melons with sweet pink flesh and dark green rind covered with small dots and speckles can weigh in at up to 40 pounds. Perfect for family get-togethers and summer picnics.

83 days. This new watermelon topped our 1999 taste trials. The fruits have a pleasing texture and are very sweet. The rind is unusually thick, so loss to splitting tends to be low. Fruits are covered with alternating dark and light green stripes. Produces small (7 to 13 lb.) fruits. Pkt. (2...

Now sold out for 2014 [1923. A commercial bestseller from the '30s and '40s -- thanks to grower Rodger Winn for bringing back this old Southern favorite.] Slightly oval 30-lb fruits with a dark green rind and sweet, juicy red flesh. Thick, split-resistant rind...

77 days. Space saving variety. [Introduced 1959.] Produces icebox-sized, 6 to 8" melons with a hard rind which turns green-black when ripe. Handles drought well. Fruits range from 6 to 10 lbs. with red flesh and small seeds. 'Sugar Baby' is a consistently reliable and widely adapted icebox...

85 days. The sweet red flesh and crisp juicy texture of this melon draws comments like "the best melon I ever tasted." The unusual green mottled rind protects from sun scald. Thanks to Sand Hill Preservation Center and grower Merlyn Niedens for saving this excellent melon from near extinction. Try...