Varieties range from large picnic watermelons to smaller icebox sizes to personal mini-melons.
The plants are resistant to fusarium wilt and anthracnose and require a long, hot growing period.
The dark green rind contrasts well with the deep red flesh.
Charlene Collins / Getty Images
While it has a long maturity date, the vines are vigorous and produce high yields.
The rind is thick and dark-green without stripes and the flesh is bright red and crisp.
An icebox melon, it is an early-season, crack-resistant fruit with bright red flesh.
@purelineseeds/ Instagram
These oblong picnic melons can grow from 50 to 200 pounds.
The plant is resistant to fusarium wilt andanthracnose.
The bright red flesh has black seeds and distinctive light and dark green stripes.
Moussa81 / Getty Images
The plant needs a long growing season and plenty of room for the long vines.
It was the 1950 All-American Selection winner.
Each melon weighs between 8 and 12 pounds and is considered an icebox variety.
Grygorii Shvets / Getty Images
The flesh is white or cream-colored and very sweet.
While it has seeds, they are very few and the dark red flesh has a high sugar content.
The plant is resistant to fusarium wilt and anthracnose.
JFVelasquez Floro / Wikimedia Commons / CC0
Crimson Sweet was the 1964 AAS (All-American Selections) winner.
The variety is resistant to fusarium wilt and matures in just 80 days.
The picnic melon has very sweet, firm red flesh.
The Washington Post / Getty Images
These melons thrive in heat and humidity and grow to between 26 and 38 pounds.
Look for seeds labeled as ‘Jubilee Improved’ to grow plants that are resistant to fusarium wilt and anthracnose.
The melons grow from 25 to 30 pounds and have red flesh.
Panama7 / Getty Images
Introduced in 1926, they add interest to the garden with leaves that have the same yellow markings.
New Queen
@henfen_orchard/ Instagram
New Queen is an icebox-sized watermelon weighing around 5 to 6 pounds.
It matures early and has bright orange flesh, few seeds, and a high sugar content.
Mark Hochleitner / Getty Images
The melons are globe-shaped with light green rinds and distinctive dark green stripes.
Orangeglo
@hrweather/ Instagram
Mix up your fruit plate with Orangeglo Watermelon.
The deep orange flesh is crisp and sweet with white seeds.
@indarafarms/ Instagram
The rind has light and dark green stripes and the melon weighs between 20 and 30 pounds.
The vines produce high yields when grown under the right conditions.
The 20 to 23-pound oblong fruit is dark green with jade green stripes.
Pixabay
The plants are sturdy and produce high yields.
This seedless oval watermelon weighing 16-20 pounds has a medium-green exterior with green stripes.
The flesh is deep red.
@krusinthesierrafarm/ Instagram
When growing seedless and has a nice round-oval shape.
The flesh is firm, crisp, deep red flesh.
Seedless watermelons have undeveloped seeds and are usually grown from seedlings purchased at a nursery.
@life_with_linz/ Instagram
The flesh is apricot-colored and the rind is striped on these oblong melons.
The eight to nine-pound size is perfect for the icebox.
The seedlings are vigorous and grow quickly with just 83 days to maturity.
DeniseBush / Getty Images
The flesh issoft-yellowbut sweet and aromatic.
@henfen_orchard/ Instagram
@hrweather/ Instagram
@terimarlenereddish/ Instagram
Studio OMG / Getty
ligora / Getty Images
ufseeds.com
ufseeds.com
