seeds
(100 days) Open-pollinated. Dark green skin has beautiful yellow spots which range in size from little peas (the stars) to a silver dollar or larger (the moon). Sweet (9.7% Brix) somewhat grainy pink flesh, and such a looker! Once feared extinct, this now-famous watermelon became a cause célèbre for the Seed Savers Exchange. Released by Peter Henderson & Co. as Sun, Moon and Stars in 1926, it was popular in the ’30s before fading into obscurity for almost fifty years. Seed Savers Exchange co-founder Kent Whealy found it again in 1981 after a four-year search and his son Aaron supplied us with our original seed when he was just 12 years old. We still get our seed from Aaron and he continues to re-select this stunner to showcase its celestial beauty. Spotted foliage, actually a product of a virus found in the breeding lines, looks unhealthy to the uninitiated. Because it needs a lot of heat to set fruit, it poses a challenge worthy of the Maine melon-grower’s mettle. ②
From early May through October 31, items shipping from
our garden seeds warehouse ship twice a week, usually
Tuesday and Thursday. For quickest turnaround
time order online by noon Monday or Wednesday.
We will not be fulfilling seed orders from May
20 - May 22 while we do physical inventory count. Orders
placed by Monday, May 19 at 10am will be shipped before
the break. We will resume normal order fulfillment on
Friday, May 23.
ships year-round
This item is certified organic