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Cantaloupes and Melon Seeds

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Useful gardening infomation

Choose a sunny well drained location.
Plant later in the Spring when soil is warm and ALL danger of frost has past. Cover when a threat of 40 degrees or cooler is present during Spring. For earlier crop start inside 4-5 weeks before setting out. Pick when blossom end is slightly springy and when the stem separates with a slight pull. Best when vine ripened.

Seed Depth 1"
Seeds Per Hill 6-8
Seed Spacing 3"
days. To Germination 10-20
Thin To (Plants Per Hill) days. To Maturity 2-3

Informative articles found on the web:

How to Grow Cantaloupes and Melons
Calories in Cantaloupe/Melons and Nutrition Facts
Cantaloupe Recipes

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Seeds

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4BUR14 Burpee's Sweet and Early Cantaloupe ( From Burpee Seed Co. )
75 days. Our best tasting early cantaloupe. Ideal for short-season areas. It bears longer than any other melon in our trials. Firm, bright salmon flesh, sweet and juicy. Round to oval, 4-1/2" by 5", slightly ribbed with corky netting. Small seed cavity. Resists powdery mildew. Vigorous, productive plants bear 6-8 melons each. Burpee bred.

  500mg. pack $2.49

2448 Prescott Fond Blanc Melon
One of the most unique and beautiful French melons you will ever try. The fruit is 4-9 lbs., very flattened and ribbed, with warts and bumps. Melons have grey/green skin turning straw color; flesh is salmon-orange. Once one of the best known melons, it was mentioned in the 1860’s, but it likely is much older. The flavor is very rich if picked at perfection and the fragrance is heavenly.

  Package of 10 seeds $2.25

2784 Sharlyn
2-3 lbs. A very nice melon made available by SOC. Silky gold flesh is sweet, soft, juicy and aromatic. Highly recommended, the productive, disease-resistant vine yields oval, 4-6 pound fruits with a thin green rind that matures to yellow or orange, with no ribs and a shallow, full net. Direct seed in garden in rows 4-6 feet apart when danger of frost has passed. Likes to be planted in clusters with 3-4 plants per group. Deeply fertile soil produces optimum yield of fruits. Enrich soil with compost. Harvesting tips. Stem turns brown and separates easily from the melon when ripe.

  Package of 10 seeds $1.95

BM89 Iroquois
Full season type, 6", sweet muskmelon taste, disease resistant, 88 days.

  Package of 10 seeds $2.15

BM90 Honeyrock
Good performer in heat, sweet juicy musk melon, vine ripened, 3-4 pounds, 75-90 days.

  Package of 15 seeds $2.15

BM91 Hales Best Jumbo
Special uniform selection, 4+ pounds, deep salmon flesh, finest sweet eating quality, 82 days.

  Package of 15 seeds $2.15

2785 Haogen
This unique Israeli melon has thick, orange flesh and an unusually spicy flavor. Vigorous vines yield heavily. Highly recommended for northern gardeners for its dependable productivity. Direct seed in garden in rows 4-6 feet apart when danger of frost has passed. Likes to be planted in clusters with 3-4 plants per group. Deeply fertile soil produces optimum yield of fruits. Enrich soil with compost. When mature, skin turns yellow and stem turns brown and seperates easily from the fruit. Seeds by SOC.

  Package of 10 seeds $1.95

2029 Rocky Ford
90 days. OG An old heirloom variety, from 1881. This old-timer is still a popular green flesh muskmelon, with a heavily netted rind, and smooth, sweet flavored flesh, fruits weigh 2-3 lbs, a good keeper, has firm flesh.

  Package of 15 seeds $1.95

2030 Jenny Lind
80 days This fine melon dates back to the 1840’s, was sold by many of the 1800’s Seed Company’s, it was named after the Famous Singer, Jenny Lind, “The Swedish Nightingale”. This wonderful 1-2 lb turban shaped melon is very sweet and has light green, delicious flesh.

  Package of 15 seeds $1.95

2788 Stutz Supreme Honeydew
5-10 lbs. Smooth, slightly netted, beige-skinned melon has delicious orange flesh. Mid- season, bears well until frost. Perfected over 20 years by Joe Stutz of Chico, Ca. Needs heat to develop full flavor. Direct seed in garden in rows 4-6 feet apart when danger of frost has passed. Likes to be planted in clusters with 3-4 plants per group. Deeply fertile soil produces optimum yield of fruits. Enrich soil with compost. Harvesting tips. Stem turns brown and separates easily from the melon when ripe. Seeds by SOC.

  Package of 10 seeds $1.95

2789 Swan Lake Honeydew
Rare melon, Seeds of Change Original. 1.5 to 3 lbs. Some fruits are white fleshed, others swirled with orange - all have exceptional flavor. Creamy yellow, partially netted melons. Direct seed in garden in rows 4-6 feet apart when danger of frost has passed. Likes to be planted in clusters with 3-4 plants per group. Deeply fertile soil produces optimum yield of fruits. Watering tips. During germination, keep entire seedbed evenly moist and warm. Allow soil surface to dry between waterings. Harvesting tips. Stem turns brown and separates easily from the melon when ripe.

  Package of 10 seeds $1.95

2031 Ambrosia
In taste tests, Ambrosia is recognized as the melon people prefer most. It simply has a very inviting, luscious, sweet flavor that is distinct -- different than any other melon. One bite and you're usually hooked.
Ambrosia melons weigh 4 to 5 lbs., have a heavy net with light sutures, are round in shape, mature in about 86 days, and have sweet peach-colored flesh.

  Package of 10 seeds $1.95

GO55 Banana Cantaloupe
A new type of garden melon with an exotic banana shape, pink colored flesh and a very sweet taste!

  Package of 10 seeds $2.00

W147 Planter's Jumbo Muskmelon
Excellent standard variety. 88 days. The vines are vigorous and do well in drought or high rainfall. The fruits have a firm rind with light ribs and thick, orange flesh, weighing 4 or 5 pounds on average.

  Package of 15 seeds $1.95

W126 Metki Dark Green Serpent Melon
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.

  Package of 15 seeds $1.95

W121 Minnesota Midget
Small early, 4" melons with sweet flavorful flesh. Large crops on compact 3' vines, good quality, a true midget! A favorite small melon introduced in 1948.

  Package of 15 seeds $1.95

W123 Collective Farm Woman Melon
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.

  Package of 15 seeds $1.95

2202 Savor French/Charentais F1 Hybrid Melon
The sweetest French melon.
Unsurpassed eating quality. The small, 2 lb. melons are of the classic Charentais type: faintly ribbed, with a smooth gray-green rind, and dark green sutures. Sweet and aromatic, deep orange flesh. Tolerant to fusarium races 0, 1, and 2 and powdery mildew.

  Package of 10 seeds $3.95

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