Our 2025 EFN seed catalogue is now live! Featuring over 130 new varieties and over 640 total varieties, sourced from over 50 different growers from across the country. Huge thanks to all of our growers, volunteers, and to our stellar seed-house team in Minnesota! Each of you make this work possible.

'Vine Peach' Melon

'Vine Peach' Melon

Regular price $3.75 Sale

Cucumis melo

Origin: China

Improvement status: Cultivar

Seeds per packet: ~25

Germination tested 10/2024: 98%

Life cycle: Annual

Vining Chinese melon with yellow skin and pale, fruity tasting but not too sweet flesh, reminiscent of honeydew melon mixed with peach when made into dessert. Used for pickling, or cooked as a fruit or vegetable -- such as mixed 50/50 with apples to make apple pie!

 

We got our original seeds from Dr. William Woys Weaver's Roughwood Seed Collection.

 

GROWING TIPS: Direct seed after danger of last frost or transplant healthy plant starts after danger of last frost. Plants could be 12-18 inches apart, in rows 4-6 feet apart. Plants will sprawl. Could be trellised.