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Home > Melons - Asian & Eastern
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| AMERICAN MELONS
(Cucumis melo) We have heirloom melons that can mature in almost any climate. Try some of these sweet & juicy varieties this year and enjoy a taste trip into your past... enjoy the flavor! Melons need a fertile soil and abundant heat to reach perfection. Sow in place about two weeks after last frost of spring. Plant seed about one inch deep, 12 inches apart, in rows 5 feet apart. Or plant in hills, 4-5 seeds per hill, with hills about 5 feet apart. In short-season climates, grow transplants indoors, starting about 1 week before last frost date and set out about 2-3 weeks after sowing; never let transplants become root-bound in their container. Melons may be trellised, but larger-fruited varieties would need a cloth sling to support each fruit. Dry conditions the last week or two before ripening make melons sweeter; too much moisture makes them bland-tasting and prone to rotting in the field. Judging ripeness varies from one variety to another, and may take a bit of trial and error when harvesting an unfamiliar variety. With some, the fruits "slip," or come free from the stem with little effort. Often a color change takes place; fruits will soften noticeably, or become fragrant. 25-50 seeds per packet.
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Early Silver Line
Beautiful, oval-shaped, yellow fruit weighing 1-2 lbs. with lovely silver stripes. The white flesh is very crisp and sweet. This is a Korean variety that was introduced by Burpee's, and is one of the best. A must for melon enthusiasts and specialty growers alike. Very productive and quite early; a good choice for the north and fun for kids to grow.
Item Code: OML116
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Golden Sweet
Totally groovy looking, with their gorgeous, lemon colored rinds and small size. The flesh is white, crisp and good. The skin is so thin that many people do not peel them prior to eating, but enjoy them straight out of the garden. This Oriental variety is also very early, and the compact vines produce like crazy! This is a sure hit at markets. Pick fruit when they turn golden color. Easy to grow; these are popular in Taiwan. We love this one!
Item Code: OML101
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Sakata's Sweet
A favorite Asian variety of Dr. Amy Goldman, author of Melons for the Passionate Grower. These small 3"-4" round melons are very sweet with a high sugar content. Oriental varieties open a whole new dimension to melons as they are amazingly different. Crisp, and crunchy - they have edible skins. Their small size and brilliant golden rind make them very attractive. This fine Japanese variety was developed by Sakata's Seed Co., of Yokohama. Very Rare.
Item Code: OML102
Bulk Quantities
1 oz. - $5.50
1/4 lb. - $18.00
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Metki Painted Serpent Melon
Very long fruit with dark green and pale green stripes, excellent flavor, a rare Armenian-type cucumber that is actually a melon, very unique and is a great selling item at farmers’ markets everywhere.
Item Code: OML105
Bulk Quantities
1 oz. - $7.00
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Metki White Serpent Melon
The light green Armenian cucumber that is botanically a melon; sweeter and crisper than regular cukes, pick when under 18" for best taste. Delicious and easy to grow. Try selling all three colors of our Metki Serpents at your specialty market for a real sensation!
Item Code: OML106
Bulk Quantities
1/4 lb. - $10.00
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Tigger
The most amazing melon we have grown. The fruit are vibrant yellow with brilliant fire-red, zigzag stripes, (a few fruit may be solid yellow), simply beautiful! They are also the most fragrant melons we have tried, with a rich, sweet intoxicating aroma that will fill a room. The white flesh gets sweeter in dry climates. Small in size the fruits weigh up to 1 lb. - perfect for a single serving. The vigorous plants yield heavily, even in dry conditions. This heirloom came from an Armenian market located in a mountain valley. It was the most popular melon at our Garden Show last August and makes a unique specialty market variety. Pkt. (25 seeds).
Item Code: OML107
Bulk Quantities
Large Pack (100 seeds) - $10.00
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Kin Makuwa
This rare heirloom has been grown for centuries in northern Japan. The small fruit is beautiful, but the flesh is somewhat bland, more of a pickling melon as is so popular in Japan. A collectors item.
Item Code: OML108
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Thai Long Muskmelon
(Tang Thai) Popular in Thailand, it is a medium sized melon that is oblong in shape. The flesh is only slightly sweet. Young fruit are used canned or pickled, while mature fruit are used for making refreshing desserts. Excellent for hot, humid areas and the tropics. Collected in Thailand.
Item Code: OML109
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Collective Farm Woman
This heirloom from the Ukraine was collected in 1993 by Seed Savers Exchange. Very popular on Island of Krim in the Black Sea. Melons ripen to a yellowish-gold and the white flesh has a very high sugar content, a favorite among heirloom gardeners and growers alike. Ripens early, even in Russia.
Item Code: OML110
Bulk Quantities
1 oz. - $12.00
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Israel (Ogen)
80 days. An excellent tasting early melon from Israel. Flavorful green flesh, good yields, a beautiful melon! Very fragrant.
Item Code: OML111
Bulk Quantities
1/4 lb. - $9.50
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Small Persian
110 days. Rare old-time melon, with a sweet, bright orange flesh and a dark green rind. Distinctive flavor!
Item Code: OML112
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Casaba - Golden Beauty
110 days. A quality Casaba type. In 1927 Burrell's said it was the finest of Casabas, very sweet white flesh, tough golden rind, and a good keeper, can be stored well into the winter!
Item Code: OML113
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Plum Granny or Queen Anne's Pocket
75 days. Beautiful, ornamental fruit are yellow with deep orange stripes, and only 2”-3" long! They are grown for their wonderful fragrance! These melons were very popular in Victorian gardens, and have been our most requested melon. Bland flavor.
Item Code: OML114
Bulk Quantities
1 oz. - $12.00
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Mango Melon or Vine Peach
The 3" fruit are the size of a peach, with a yellow rind and bland white flesh. This variety was very popular in Victorian times for making sweet pickles, pies and preserves. They were developed in China and introduced into America in the 1880's. In the Orient this type of melon is pickled.
Item Code: OML115
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Metki Dark Green Serpent Melon-(Armenian)
An ancient heirloom, introduced from Armenia into Italy as far back as the 1400's. It is a melon, but is used like a cucumber. Picked small(18" or less), it is very mild and tasty, but the fruits can grow to over 3' long! Easy to grow, and good yields; it should be planted in more gardens.
Item Code: OML104
Bulk Quantities
1/4 lb. - $12.00
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Afghan Honeydew
This delicious melon is grown in the high mountain valleys, north of Kabul, Afghanistan. It measures about 8" long and is football shape, the skin is netted and the flesh is green, crispy, and sweet. Recently brought back from this ancient country.
Item Code: OML120
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Thai Golden Round
New!
This variety really
caught everyone's attention last summer
as we trialed it in our gardens. The
plants are extremely productive, and did
very well here in our climate. The big 6 lb
fruit look like glowing orange pumpkins. One
of the most attractive and unusual melons
we’ve ever grown. The green flesh is sweet
and melting, and has a very unique taste
something like pineapple and papaya
flavor, somewhat un-melonlike in
taste. This variety adds a whole new
category of melons to the US, and is
sure to be a favorite of gardeners who
love diversity. Collected by Andrew Kaiser
in 2006. Perfect for summer and fall
arrangements!
Item Code: OML121
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Thai Pai Sai Musk Melon
New!
A beautiful and unusual melon collected in Thailand.
The elongated fruit weigh 4-6 lbs, and are filled with whitish flesh
that is bland and very soft and creamy in texture. This variety is used in
several dishes in Thailand. Fruit are pretty, with orange-striped skin, and
plants are very productive.
Item Code: OML122
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