swap_horiz Montreal Melon Alternatives

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Crane Melon

Crane Melon is a California heirloom muskmelon associated with the Crane family near Santa Rosa in Sonoma County. Oliver...

Heritage Heirloom Californian White Flesh

8.6 Great

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Bradford Watermelon

American heirloom watermelon cultivated by the Bradford family of South Carolina since the 1840s, nearly extinct by the...

American Heritage Heirloom Watermelon

8.4 Great

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Eden's Gem

Eden's Gem is a small heirloom muskmelon associated with early 20th-century American seed catalogs and the melon-growing...

American Small Heirloom Green Flesh

8.3 Great

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Ananas Melon

Ananas melon is a type of muskmelon whose name uses the word for pineapple found in several European languages. Varietie...

Spicy Heirloom Middle Eastern White Flesh

8.2 Great

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Honey Rock (Pride of Wisconsin)

Honey Rock, also known as Pride of Wisconsin, is an American heirloom muskmelon with netted rind and orange flesh. It re...

American Heirloom Cool Climate Orange Flesh

8.1 Great

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Pride of Wisconsin

An American heirloom muskmelon associated with Midwest growing regions, bearing large fruit with thick, sweet salmon-col...

American Heirloom Cool Climate White Flesh

8.0 Great

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Collective Farm Woman (Kolkhoznitsa)

Collective Farm Woman, also sold under the Russian name Kolkhoznitsa, is a muskmelon cultivar associated with Soviet-era...

Russian Heirloom Cool Climate White Flesh

7.9 Good

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Collective Farm Woman Melon

A Soviet-era Ukrainian heirloom muskmelon developed in the 1930s under state agricultural programs, notable for cold tol...

Russian Heirloom Cool Climate Early Season

7.9 Good

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Blenheim Orange

English heirloom greenhouse melon named after Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire, cultivated in Britain since at least the V...

Heritage British Heirloom Cantaloupe

7.8 Good

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Hopi Yellow

A Native American heirloom watermelon cultivated by the Hopi people of the American Southwest, distinguished by yellow f...

Heritage Native American Heirloom Watermelon

7.8 Good

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Ananas d'Amerique

A heirloom muskmelon whose French name means 'Pineapple of America,' listed in European seed catalogs for its distinctiv...

French Spicy Heirloom White Flesh

7.8 Good

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Navajo Sweet

An heirloom watermelon traditionally grown by the Navajo people of the American Southwest, valued for drought tolerance,...

Heritage Native American Heirloom Watermelon

7.7 Good

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Boule d'Or

A French heirloom muskmelon whose name means 'Golden Ball,' noted for its smooth golden-yellow skin and sweet flesh, doc...

French Heirloom White Flesh Yellow Rind

7.7 Good

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Amish

An heirloom muskmelon preserved by Amish farming communities in North America, valued for its large size, sweet orange f...

American Heritage Heirloom White Flesh

7.6 Good

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Banana Melon

The Banana Melon is an heirloom variety of muskmelon that has been cultivated in North America since the 19th century. I...

American Heirloom Elongated Salmon Flesh

7.4 Good

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Fordhook

Fordhook is a name long associated with W. Atlee Burpee & Company's Fordhook Farm in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, the compa...

American Heritage Heirloom Watermelon

7.4 Good

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Collective Farm Boy

The Collective Farm Boy is an Eastern European heirloom muskmelon cultivar related to the Collective Farm Woman variety....

Russian Yellow Heirloom Cool Climate

7.4 Good

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Old Time Tennessee

A Southern U.S. heirloom muskmelon passed down through Tennessee farming communities, valued for its salmon-colored swee...

American Heirloom Southern White Flesh

7.4 Good

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Cooperstown

American muskmelon variety named after Cooperstown, New York, producing moderate-sized fruits with sweet orange flesh su...

American Heritage Heirloom Watermelon

7.2 Good

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Golden Jenny

Compact golden-skinned muskmelon producing small to medium fruits, suited to home gardens and valued for its sweet flesh...

American Small Yellow Heirloom

7.2 Good