Melons

Black Beauty Mini Watermelon

Wonderful flavour in a personal sized watermelon. Crisp, juicy melons with dark, striped, firm skin over rich red flesh. Nice and compact plants with excellent flavour. Fruits grow 2 to 2.5kg (4-5.5 lbs).

Matures in 80 days. (hybrid seeds)

Diana Watermelon

Beautiful little golden-yellow watermelons with fantastic, dark pink flesh. Each fruit weighs around 1kg (2.2 lb). They are fast to mature and have good disease resistance. Their unusual colour makes them stand out like gems in the garden.
Matures in 75 days. (hybrid seeds)

Diplomat Honeydew

What a wonderful flavour! The thick pale green flesh of this Galia-type melon has a rich, almost tropical aroma and taste. Diplomat Honeydew is tolerant to powdery mildew as well. Fruits are almost round, with fine netting about 2.2-2.8kg (5-6lbs) on a strong vine.
Matures in 80 days. (hybrid seeds)

EarliChamp Cantaloupe

This melon is very similar to the popular Earligold cantaloupe with its slight sutures and heavy netting. The fruit on EarliChamp is larger and heavier, and the plant has an improved array of disease resistance - Powdery Mildew Resistance, Fusarium Wilt Resistance races 0 & 2. Best of all, the thick orange flesh is wonderfully sweet.
Matures in 72 days. (hybrid seeds)

Earlidew Honeydew

Honeydews have sweet green flesh. This early hybrid is well-suited to the cool growing conditions on the Coast. When ripe, the 1kg (2.2lb) fruit develops a golden patina on its white skin. The vigorous vines are fusarium resistant.
Matures in 80 days. (hybrid seeds)

Halona

A knock-out for aroma and overall flavour, and productive earlier in the season - which translates to a better harvest potential for coastal growers. Exceptionally good disease resistance, including powdery mildew and fusariam wilt. Medium sized melons for the home garden.
Matures in 75 days. (hybrid seeds)

Home Run

An early Athena type cantaloupe with very good flavour. Home Run was a hit from our 2010 melon trial. The vines were long and productive, with two main harvests in a greenhouse setting. Thieck flesh and attractive exterior netting. Not huge fruits, but very sweet and aromatic.
Matures in 82 days. (hybrid seeds)

Jade Star Watermelon

Citrullus lanatus
Jade Star is a distinctive, round, dark green watermelon. The very juicy red flesh has a traditional, delicious taste. The fruit size averages 3-5kg (8-12lb). Seeds are brown and tender enough to crunch. Watermelons generally need warmer days than cantalopes to mature their fruits. However, the effort of growing them is well rewarded with their wonderful flavour.
Matures in 78 days. (hybrid seeds)

Minnesota Midget Canteloupe Organic

This cute little CERTIFIED ORGANIC HEIRLOOM melon was developed at the University of Minnesota in 1948 and is about 10cm (4") across and weigh about a pound each. The vines are not too long so the plant can be grown in a big container in a warm, sunny location. These early sweet melons have thick, golden yellow flesh and, like other cantaloupes, the fruit slips from the vine when ripe.
Matures in 100 days. (open pollinated seeds)

Moon and Stars Watermelon Organic

CERTIFIED ORGANIC! The unique rind on the Moon and Stars Watermelon really does look like the moon and stars - very dark green, but dotted all over with bright golden spots like the night sky. This delicious, incredibly sweet, heirloom Moon and Stars is a curiosity that bears large melons averaging 11-13kg (25-30 lbs), but some growers have managed melons as big as 23kg (50 lbs)!
Matures in 100 days. (open pollinated seeds)

Santa Fe

Very high quality interior with a small seed cavity. The rind is smooth and white, and the flesh is pale green and delightfully sweet. You won't find an earlier maturing honeydew anywhere.
Matures in 65-70 days. (hybrid seeds)

Sugar Baby

CERTIFIED ORGANIC! The classic HEIRLOOM icebox type melon dating back to 1959, Sugar Baby has a thin, hard rind with distinct stripes that become almost black at maturity. The flesh is firm, sweet, almost orangey red, with small, apple-like seeds. The round fruits grow to about 18cm (7") in diameter.
Matures in 82 days. (open pollinated seeds)

Yellow Doll

Small, oval, striped melons with thin rinds and few seeds borne on semi-compact vines. The flesh is bright lemon-yellow, very sweet, with a pleasing, dense, crisp texture. Fruits average 2.2-3kg (5-7 lbs).
Matures in 70 days. (hybrid seeds)