(Cantaloupe, Hales Best Jumbo Cantaloupe)

The heirloom cantaloupe, 'Hale's Best Jumbo', has greenish tan, netted skin and super sweet, salmon-orange flesh within. This early-producing variety produces oval fruit that reach about 6 inches (15 cm) in diameter. This variety takes 86 days to produce harvestable fruits, and summer warmth needs to last for at least ten weeks for fruit production.

Melons are tropical annual vines with long, spreading stems that cling via springy tendrils. Their big lobed leaves are coarse, fuzzy and medium...

(Honey I Dew Honeydew, Honeydew)

The sweet flesh of 'Honey-I-Dew' is white and blushed with salmon-orange towards the center. This vigorous hybrid has oval fruits with smooth, golden yellow skin. It takes approximately 86 days to produce harvestable fruits, and summer warmth needs to last for at least ten weeks for fruit production. Mature fruits reach 3 to 4 pounds.

Melons are tropical annual vines with long, spreading stems that cling via springy tendrils. Their big lobed leaves are coarse, fuzzy and medium to deep green....

(Christmas Melon, Piel de Sapo)

This 2009 All-America Selections Winner has juicy, pale green, sweet flesh and a compact seed cavity. The 2 to 4 pound fruits are oval with thin skin that is mottled with dark green and greenish yellow blotches. It takes approximately 65 to 75 days to produce harvestable fruits, and summer warmth needs to last at least ten weeks for fruit production.

Melons are tropical annual vines with long, spreading stems that cling via springy tendrils. Their big lobed leaves are coarse, fuzzy and medium...

(Cantaloupe, Savor Charantais Melon)

Like all charentais type melons, 'Savor' has deliciously fragrant, deep orange flesh. Mature fruits reach 2 pounds. They are small and round with smooth, slightly netted, grayish green skin with bands of darker green. This vigorous cultivar is considered one of the finest of the charentais melons and produces many melons from each vine. It takes approximately 78 to 85 days to produce harvestable fruits, and summer warmth needs to last at least ten weeks for fruit production.

Melons are tropical...

(Cantaloupe, Sensation Cantaloupe)

This prolific hybrid melon boasts dense, sweet flesh that’s ivory yellow, firm and flavorful. The disease resistant vines produce 5 to 6 pound fruits that are ready for harvest around 85 days after planting.

Melons are tropical annual vines with long, spreading stems that cling via springy tendrils. Their big lobed leaves are coarse, fuzzy and medium to deep green. Bright yellow, funnel-shaped flowers are produced when the vines reach maturity. The flowers are monoecious, meaning separate...

(Cantaloupe, Sierra Cantaloupe)

The classic muskmelon, ‘Sierra Gold’, has been a garden favorite since it was first introduced in 1950. Its golden orange flesh is sweet and fragrant. Mature fruits are oval, approximately 3 pounds and have green skin with tan netting. It takes approximately 80 to 85 days to produce harvestable fruits, and summer warmth needs to last at least ten weeks for fruit production.

Melons are tropical annual vines with long, spreading stems that cling via springy tendrils. Their big lobed leaves are...

(Muskmelon )

The prolific hybrid muskmelon 'Super 45' boasts extremely sweet, firm flesh of salmon-orange. The vines are resistant to powdery mildew and produce 3- to 4-pound fruits. Melons are ready for harvest 80 to 88 days after sowing seeds. The oval fruits also resist cracking and store and ship well, making it a good commercial farm variety.

Muskmelons are tropical annual vines with long, spreading stems that cling via springy tendrils. Their big lobed leaves are coarse, fuzzy and medium to deep...

(African Horned Cucumber, Blowfish Fruit, Jelly Melon, Kiwano Melon)

If you've already had success growing melons and cucumbers, try growing the closely related African horned cucumber or jelly melon. This annual vine is native to sub-Saharan Africa where it thrives along river edges as well as open, rocky, upland locations. Its funny looking edible fruits may be bitter or non-bitter. Non-bitter types are edible and may be tart or have a mild, fruity flavor likened to a cross between a banana and pineapple. Bitter forms are absolutely inedible, so it's important to...

(Cucumber)

Fresh or pickled, cucumbers are a favorite garden vegetable that are as easy to grow as they are tasty. They grow on vines that can be trellised if space is limited and there are literally hundreds of cultivars and types to choose from.

Native to South Asia and cultivated since ancient times, cucumbers are frost-tender annual vines that thrive in warmth and sunshine. They have large, broadly lobed leaves that are green and scratchy to the touch. When mature they produce yellow flowers that are...

(A & C Pickling Cucumber, Cucumber, Pickling Cucumber)

Introduced in 1928 by Abbott & Cobb of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 'A & C Pickling' produces large crops of straight, 10-inch (25-cm), dark-green cucumbers on long vigorous vines. The cucumbers are excellent for slicing into salads, or for pickling when young. Plants grow from seed to harvest in 50 to 55 days.

Asian in origin, cucumbers have been cultivated since ancient times for their prickly, tough-skinned, succulent fruits. These frost-tender annual vines bear large, lobed, rough-textured...