Heirloom from the Amish community. Oval fruit 20cm across with sweet, orange flesh & thick rind. Tolerates wide range of conditions. 80-90 days. 45 seeds
Heirloom dating back to 1881. Medium, thin skinned fruit with excellent flavour. Does well in cool, short season climates. 80-90 days. 65 seeds
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Introduced in 1920 by the Crane family from California. Attractive, tear drop shaped melon with unusual dark green freckles on lighter green skin; sweet, light orange flesh. Fruit is ready when freckles turn orange. 75-85 days. 40 seeds
Thick skinned, pear shaped fruit with salmon-pink flesh. Does best in warm areas. 50 seeds
French heirloom dating back to 1885 - translates as 'Delight of the Table'. Rare. Round, heavily ribbed fruit has very sweet orange flesh. Weighs around 500g. 40 seeds
Heirloom first introduced in 1787. Small melon to 1kg with sweet, thick, deep-orange, flesh, and small seed cavity. Flesh has deep, aromatic, flowery aroma. Sought after variety. Disease resistant. Best suited to cooler areas. 90 days. 55 seeds
Vine. Popular variety. Netted skin with delicious orange flesh. Disease resistant. Deveroped by a Japanese market gardener around 1920. 75-88 days. 120 seeds
Heirloom dating back to 1895; bred by Roland Morrill in Michigan. Also known as 'Hoodoo'. Round melon 1-2 kg with fine, grey, netted skin and highly aromatic, sweet, firm, juicy, salmon coloured flesh. Very small seed cavity. High yields. Disease resistant. 70-90 days. 85 seeds
Round fruit to 10cm across with thick, golden yellow flesh. Compact bush. High sugar content. Edible to the rind. Extra early variety well suited to areas with short growing seasons. Disease resistant. First introduced by University of Minnesota in 1948. 60-75 days. 40 seeds
(Cucumis melo) Canadian heirloom dating back to 1912. First discovered on Bizard Island, one of the islands in the St. Lawrence River. Also known as 'Bizard Island Melon'. Medium to large, netted, flattened fruit with creamy, yellow-green ribbed skin & orange, moderately sweet, highly aromatic flesh. Early to mature. Well suited to cooler areas with short growing seasons. 80-90 days. 35 seeds
(Cucumis melo) Heirloom named after John Bidwell, a well-known Civil War General & US Senator. First introduced in 1869. Extremely large melon up to 35cm across & 7kg in weight. Melon has green striped patterns and sweet, orange flesh. Descriped by Amy Goldman as tasting like 'heavenly orange sherbert', in her book 'Melons for the Passionate Grower'. 90-95 days. 30 seeds
(Cucumis melo) Heirloom first introduced by Elmer James Healy of St. Francisville, Illinois in 1952. Large, elongated, heavily netted melon weighing up to 5kg. Sweet flavoured orange flesh & fine texture. 80-85 days. 40 seeds
(Cucumis melo) French heirloom first discovered in the garden of Bishop of Remmes over 400 years ago. Named after its greyish appearance before ripening - 'Petit Gris' translates as 'Little Grey'. Small, smooth skinned, mustard & olive speckled fruit to 1kg with sweet, orange flesh reminiscent of brown sugar. 80-85 days. 35 seeds