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Chris Cross
American heirloom muskmelon introduced in the early 20th century, prized for its sweet aromatic orange flesh and the distinctive cross-pattern netting on its skin.
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The top alternative to Chris Cross in 2026 is Crimson Sweet with a score of 8.6/10, followed by Sugar Baby (8.5) and Kleckley Sweet (8.4).
Crimson Sweet
Crimson Sweet is a watermelon cultivar developed at Kansas State University and released in 1963. It produces round to s...
Sugar Baby
Sugar Baby is a compact watermelon cultivar known for producing small, nearly round fruit suited to household refrigerat...
Kleckley Sweet
Kleckley Sweet is an American heirloom watermelon introduced in the late nineteenth century and also known as Monte Cris...
Bradford Watermelon
American heirloom watermelon cultivated by the Bradford family of South Carolina since the 1840s, nearly extinct by the...
Charleston Gray
Charleston Gray is an open-pollinated watermelon cultivar released by the United States Department of Agriculture in 195...
Moon and Stars
Moon and Stars is an American heirloom watermelon cultivar distinguished by a dark green rind marked with yellow spots o...
Orangeglo
American heirloom watermelon distinguished by orange flesh instead of the typical red, known for its sweet, honey-like f...
Blacktail Mountain
Blacktail Mountain is an open-pollinated watermelon cultivar bred by Glenn Drowns in northern Idaho for regions with sho...
Allsweet
Allsweet is an open-pollinated watermelon cultivar known for elongated fruit with alternating light and dark green rind...
Georgia Rattlesnake
Georgia Rattlesnake is an American heirloom watermelon associated with Georgia and documented in cultivation since the 1...
Dixie Queen
Dixie Queen is an open-pollinated watermelon cultivar long grown in the United States, particularly in Southern gardens....
Mickylee
Mickylee is a small, round icebox watermelon cultivar developed for producing fruit of a size convenient for household u...
Sweet Beauty
A small personal-sized watermelon with red flesh and a thin rind, bred for home garden production with an emphasis on ea...
Klondike Striped
An early 20th-century heirloom watermelon with distinctive light- and dark-green striped rind, once a commercial standar...
New Hampshire Midget
The New Hampshire Midget is an heirloom variety of icebox watermelon bred for short northern growing seasons. The plant...
Fordhook
Fordhook is a name long associated with W. Atlee Burpee & Company's Fordhook Farm in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, the compa...
Mountain Hoosier
Mountain Hoosier is an heirloom watermelon cultivar historically associated with Indiana and the broader American Midwes...
Florida Giant
The Florida Giant is a large heirloom watermelon cultivar historically grown in the southeastern United States. Under op...
Cooperstown
American muskmelon variety named after Cooperstown, New York, producing moderate-sized fruits with sweet orange flesh su...
Weeks NC Giant
A large watermelon variety developed in North Carolina, associated with giant-fruit growing competitions and capable of...
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