There is nothing like a cool, refreshing slice of sweet watermelon on a hot summer day. Harvesting your own garden-fresh watermelon is rewarding as well as economical, and the flavor is simply delicious. There are a number of watermelon varieties to consider planting.
All varieties fall into one of four groups.
It says ice-box varieties are round, and they can have either yellow or red flesh. These small watermelon generally weigh between five and fifteen pounds. Yellow fleshed varieties usually weigh between ten and thirty pounds and have variegated stripes. They are either oval or oblong in shape. Picnic varieties can become quite large weighing anywhere from fifteen pounds on up to forty-five pounds.