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~ MELON Seed ~

Deseeding melons has to be one of the best jobs for a seedsaver. Why? Well, because you get lots and lots of melon to eat!
We are always searching for the ultimate early melon for the UK climate, and we think we are doing pretty well
now with the collection that we have here.




 

plant picture 'Collective Farm Woman' Melon
This old Ukrainian variety is not only nice and early, but has sweet, crunchy flesh. Each vine produced several melons just the right size for two (greedy) people to eat. Said to be grown in central Russia and even to ripen in Moscow - we can believe it. Most unusually, it keeps for several weeks after picking.

Fantastic Ukrainian melon.

Order MeCF - 14 seed £1.81



plant picture Minnesota Midget
First seen in 1948, this fantastic variety was bred for short summers - it swaps size for earliness - but without any sacrifice of sweetness or flavour. Compact vines grow about 4' and quickly set several small (cricketball-sized) melons with sweet orange flesh, edible right to the rind.

The scent and flavour are incredible. Ripe melons can be located in the garden by smell alone! Fusarium-resistant, and the female flowers are formed even while it is young, thus outperforming many other varieties.

Very, very early melon. It's going to be hard to improve on this one.

Order MeMM - 12 seed £1.99 [OG1/CO1]



plant picturePrescott Fond Blanc

This is a unique French variety from the early 1800s. It is a most colourful melon, with a gently ribbed surface and beautifully variegated and marbled skin.

It has been well maintained over the years and is still 'exceedingly fine flavoured and melting', with an exquisite fragrance.

Like all rock melons, it does not come off the vine when ripe,
but you can tell when it's ready by the sweet scent, from a distance of several feet!

Beautiful, multi-coloured rock melon

Order MePF - 15 seed £1.79


~ WATERMELON Seed ~

plant picture 'Blacktail Mountain' Very Early Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus)
If you've had no luck with watermelons in the past, here's your chance to try again with a better strain. This is a very, very early varietey .

'Blacktail Mountain' was developed by plant breeder Glenn Drowns of Iowa when he was a teenager in 1977, and time after time it beats all the other early watermelons in trials - it is widely acknowledged as one of the earliest varieties available.

It has nice sweet red flesh, and is the best we have found to try in a polytunnel or greenhouse in the UK.

Very early small red fleshed fruit.

Order WMBM - 14 seed £1.69



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We will immediately refund or replace if you are in any way less than delighted with them, even including the flavour of the resulting crop!

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Gardeners Should Save their Own Seed:

Because none of these seeds are hybrids, you can save your own seed for future use: there's no need to buy new each year.
Saving your own is easy. You will get great seed, and great vegetables adapted to your local conditions.
Do have a go - read the seedsaving instructions we provide with every packet, and also on this site.

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