The watermelons are really coming in now , as Ezekiel harvests his landrace crosses from the Grocery Row Gardens .
First , here ’s a 13 lb watermelon with some interesting coloration : Note the orange in the rind , rather than pink :
This next melon is likely a purebred Charleston Gray :
Here it is as Ezekiel brought it in from the garden . 25lbs !
Our next melon is a 20 pound type of which we do not know the stock : And then we have this little 7 lb melon , which is almost certainly a cross from last year ’s gardens : This one was quite ripe , as you’re able to see when you lodge a tongue in it .
CRACK ! It give up even before you start cutting .
Note the white seeds .
And finally , this magnanimous yellow type , clocking in at a modest 11lbs :
There were hints of vanilla in one of those yellow melons , and in the other one , a potent resemblance to fresh cane juice .
The diversity of all these melons has been quite entertaining . We ’re never trusted what we ’re going to get when we open one up .
If you ’re concerned in set some of your own from these seed lines , you canget some of his come at the Good Gardens storage .
Related posts:
Watermelons and weeds and it’s HOT HOT HOT!
26lb Pink-Fleshed Watermelon (and a 45lb Monster Melon)
How I Grow Watermelons
Ezekiel’s Landrace 2023 Melon #3
Charleston Gray Baby
Landrace Watermelons in Africa (And a Plant Sale…
Where do Watermelons Grow?
Meanwhile in the Grocery Row Garden…
The Watermelon Landrace Project (And Corn, and Pumpkins!)
How Joseph Lofthouse is Helping Me Grow Watermelons
