Local nurseries will have melon varieties that will grow best in most regions of the state except the Oregon coast, which is usually too cool. In high elevation areas with a short growing season of 90 to 120 days and frost is possible in any month, melons need to be protected with row covers. Gardeners in cooler areas might have the best luck with honeydews and muskmelons, including the cantaloupe-types. Willamette Valley gardeners that want to try to grow watermelons, casaba or crenshaw melons should really use clear plastic tunnels or other row cover material until melons start to develop female flowers. Muskmelons are not well suited for coast or high elevations.
Honeydews are usually smooth, have greenish-white rinds that turn creamy when white.
They have light green or orange flesh.