Heirloom Watermelon Varieties

Discover which heirloom watermelon varieties to grow in your garden.

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Heirloom Vegetable Gardening by William Woys Weaver is the culmination of some thirty years of first-hand knowledge of growing, tasting and cooking with heirloom vegetables. A staunch supporter of organic gardening techniques, Will Weaver has grown every one of the featured 280 varieties of vegetables, and he walks the novice gardener through the basics of planting, growing and seed saving. Sprinkled throughout the gardening advice are old-fashioned recipes — such as Parsnip Cake, Artichoke Pie and Pepper Wine — that highlight the flavor of these vegetables. The following excerpt on heirloom watermelon varieties was taken from chapter 39, “Watermelons.”


‘Black Spanish’
Watermelon

‘Citron’ Watermelon

  • Updated on Dec 28, 2021
  • Originally Published on Oct 10, 2013
Tagged with: citron, garden, heirloom watermelon, ice cream watermelon, moon and stars, rattlesnake watermelon
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