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Melon - Banana (Cucumis melo)
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Banana is an heirloom melon from the late 1800s which produces long banana shaped melons from 16 to 24 inches in length and approximately 4 inches in diameter. Banana has yellow skin with salmon colored flesh.
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Melon - Cantaloupe - Hearts of Gold (Cucumis melo)
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An heirloom originally developed in 1895, Hearts of Gold produces 6 inch fruits with a very sweet, aromatic orange flesh.
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Melon - Emerald Gem (Cucumis melo)
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Emerald Gem is an early variety from the 1880s with green skin and sweet orange-yellow flesh. Fruits are up to three pounds.
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Melon - Honey Rock (Cucumis melo)
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Ideal for northeastern US and southern Canadian climates, Honey Rock has gray-green skin with sweet, thick salmon colored flesh. Fruits are 5.5 inches in diameter and 3 to 4 pounds.
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Melon - Iroquois (Cucumis melo)
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Iroquois is an heirloom melon from 1944 with 5 to 7 pound fruits, 6 to 7 inches in diameter. Iroquois has a deep orange flesh with a hard greenish grey shell. It grows well in the northeastern and midwestern US.
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Melon - Jenny Lind (Cucumis melo)
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An heirloom that pre-dates the 1840s in the Philadelphia area. Produces flat, 1 to 3 pound fruits on 5 foot vines. Green, sweet and aromatic flesh. Jenny Lind is a prolific producer that matures mid-season.
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Melon - Minnesota Midget (Cucumis melo)
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Minnesota Midget is a compact early-maturing heirloom melon producing 4 inch melons with thick, yellow flesh.
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Melon - Honeydew - Crenshaw (Cucumis melo)
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Crenshaw is a productive variety that produces large, 6 to 10 pound, oval shaped fruits with salmon colored flesh. The fruits have smooth green to yellow skin.
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Melon - Honeydew - Green Fleshed (Cucumis melo)
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Green Fleshed produces 5 pound oval fruits with small seed cavities and sweet emerald green flesh.
