PlantFiles: Watermelon
Citrullus lanatus 'Cream of Saskatchewan'

I grew these mostly for fun, living in a climate that is marginal for melons. Today I harvested two little melons that were fresh, crisp, juicy, and mildly sweet, despite a cool and foreshortened growing season. The vines weren't particularly vigorous, but they were healthy despite cool temps for watermelon. My wife who loves watermelons thought they were not bad. I saved the seeds, and will try again next year and share the extras with friends. I'll start them a bit earlier and let them sit under the lights a little longer, because sitting under florescent lights waiting for warmer temps didn't seem to bother them. I grew them in peat pots and planted the seedlings out pot and all, to avoid root disturbance.

This melon was brought to Saskatchewan by Russian immigrants. Has a very thin rind and must be handled carefully, and is only good for home gardeners and local markets. Does well in northern climates.

This was about the only successful watermelon in my garden this year. I tried Orangeglo, Ali Baba, and this one. We had a very, very unusually dry summer this year so I may have watered too much to compensate. This melon did very well for me and it tastes good. Like the other post, I agree this melon is not as sweet but it does taste good. Would you want your chicken or fish to taste the same every time you cooked it? Makes a nice change from the usual sweet red watermelon.

A 4 to 8 pound melon with thin light green skin with dark green stripes. Flesh is described as white or cream colored. Exterior appearance is the same as the white fleshed Japanese melon sold by Henery Field in the 60's. That one was good so I am trying Cream this year to see if it is similar.
7-14-05. A prolific early melon. It appears to be identical in coloring, size, shape and flavor to the Henry Field melon. It is not as sweet as Crimson Sweet and its counterparts but a very tender tasty melon.