{"title":"Cantaloupe Seed","description":"\u003cp\u003eCantaloupes are known for their sweet, juicy flesh and aromatic flavor. Growing your own cantaloupes allows you to enjoy the freshest, most flavorful fruits right from your garden. Training the vines along trellises or allowing them to sprawl across the ground can add visual interest to your garden. \u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"ambrosia-hybrid-cantaloupe","title":"Ambrosia Hybrid Cantaloupe Seed","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt's no wonder gardeners come back to Ambrosia Hybrid Cantaloupe year after year. This long-time favorite produces fruits with an attractive, orange-peach flesh that is loaded with sweetness and a rich, complex flavor. The 4-5 lb. melons have a small seed cavity and are the perfect size for slicing and sharing or cutting up for fruit salads. Ambrosia was a real knock-out when introduced over 40 years ago and is still among the best flavored dessert-quality melons. Other melons are now better in disease resistance and with higher vigor, but Ambrosia is the only melon that is currently recommended by all 15 of the South's State Extension Services! Shows resistance to powdery mildew. 86 DAYS.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gurneys","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51622009307508,"sku":"87406","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/8676\/9195\/files\/87406.webp?v=1729086203"},{"product_id":"athena_hybrid_cantaloupe_","title":"Athena Hybrid Cantaloupe Seed","description":"\u003cp\u003eA great all-around cantaloupe for home gardeners, Athena Hybrid Cantaloupe consistently produces coarsely netted, 5-6 lb. fruits with outstanding flavor and an enticing aroma. The firm, salmon-colored flesh holds up well after harvest, too. In our melon trials, Athena delivered the highest-quality cantaloupes in the 5-6 lb. fruit range. Its vigorous vines exhibited good disease resistance and produced high yields. This cantaloupe is a top performer in many parts of the United States. With its flavor and performance, it's easy to see why Athena Hybrid Cantaloupe is a consistent favorite among home gardeners. 75 DAYS.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gurneys","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51622013731188,"sku":"66185","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/8676\/9195\/files\/66185.webp?v=1729086328"},{"product_id":"cantaloupe-annas-charentais-hybrid","title":"Anna's Charentais Hybrid Cantaloupe","description":"This French-type melon checks all the boxes: exceptional texture and flavor, a long shelf life and disease-resistant vines. Charentais types are world-renowned for their eating quality—and Anna's Charentais Hybrid Cantaloupe delivers with 2-3 lb. fruits that are packed with a super-sweet, gourmet flavor, a firm, deep orange flesh and an aromatic fragrance. The fruits can be stored at room temperature for six or more days and for up to 18 days when refrigerated! The vines are highly resistant to Fusarium wilt and exhibit intermediate resistance to powdery mildew. This melon performs best under sunny, warm summer growing conditions. 78-90 DAYS.","brand":"Gurneys","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51622030147956,"sku":"86458","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/8676\/9195\/files\/86458.webp?v=1729086779"},{"product_id":"gurneys-lil-sweet-improved-hybrid-cantaloupe","title":"Gurney's® Li'l Sweet Improved Hybrid Cantaloupe Seed","description":"The perfect 'personal-sized' cantaloupe has better disease resistance and yields than the original Li'l Sweet and is even more flavorful! Luscious 1 ½ to 2 lb. melons are a light green color and turn to a yellow-tan color as they ripen. They have a high sugar content, a tantalizing fragrance and a very small seed cavity. Best of all, they have a rich, sweet, full-bodied cantaloupe flavor. In the garden, the melons are slow to split. The fruits are the perfect size for 1 to 2 persons to enjoy fresh and make a wonderful summertime dessert – simply halve, scoop out the seeds and fill in with vanilla ice cream. Delicious! The productive plants produce high yields and are resistant to powdery mildew and fusarium wilt. Zones 4-10. 90 DAYS.","brand":"Gurneys","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51622065045876,"sku":"94682","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/8676\/9195\/files\/94682.webp?v=1729087932"},{"product_id":"gurneys_giant_improved_hybrid_cantaloupe","title":"Gurney's® Giant Improved Hybrid Cantaloupe Seed","description":"This is hands-down our best-selling cantaloupe year after year. Its compact vines produce 4-5 fruits weighing up to 18 lbs. each. Their flavor is exceptional—very sweet, aromatic and with a good melon flavor. For a large melon, Gurney's Giant Improved Hybrid Cantaloupe has a high ratio of flesh to seeds. Its deep orange flesh makes it very attractive to serve at picnics and in fruit salads. The melons ripen in early August—a week before most really large melons. This is a great variety to grow and to share with family and friends. 80 DAYS.","brand":"Gurneys","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51622066225524,"sku":"84891","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/8676\/9195\/files\/84891.webp?v=1729087990"},{"product_id":"hannahs-choice-hybrid-cantaloupe","title":"Hannah's Choice Hybrid Cantaloupe Seed","description":"We love so much about this melon! Its aroma and sweet, rich flavor just embody summertime. When we grew Hannah's Choice in our trial gardens, it was a real standout. The 3 1\/2 to 5 lb. fruits were very aromatic, very sweet, richly flavored and had a high overall quality—and that was during a \"bad melon year.\" On top of that, the vigorous, productive vines exhibited multiple disease resistances. This cantaloupe is a favorite for slicing and eating fresh or cutting up for a fruit salad. 80 DAYS.","brand":"Gurneys","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51622068388212,"sku":"87405","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/8676\/9195\/files\/87405.webp?v=1729088066"},{"product_id":"melon-sugar-rush-hybrid-pkt","title":"Sugar Rush Hybrid Melon","description":"A great melon for home gardeners, Sugar Rush offers naturally disease-resistant plants and cantaloupes that are out-of-this-world sweet and flavorful. The productive plants produce plenty of 4 lb. melons with small seed cavities. They have gorgeous orange flesh and a sugar content of 15% Brix. In our melon trials, they were a favorite for sweetness, flavor and size—they're larger than personal-sized melons. Cantaloupes are some of the most popular vine crops for home gardeners—and we expect Sugar Rush Hybrid Melon to quickly become a favorite for home and market gardeners. 75 DAYS","brand":"Gurneys","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51622084706676,"sku":"62005","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/8676\/9195\/files\/62005.webp?v=1729088665"},{"product_id":"melon_sugar_cube_hybrid","title":"Sugar Cube Hybrid Melon Seed","description":"\u003cp\u003eA taste-test winner in our melon trials, Sugar Cube Hybrid Cantaloupe produces personal-sized, 2 lb. fruits with a high, 14% sugar content, deep orange flesh and a small seed cavity. A top performer for disease resistance in our melon trials, Sugar Cube Hybrid Melon produces high yields of uniform fruits with netted skin and no suture. Excellent shelf life. Melon seeds can be direct-seeded into the garden after the last frost has passed or started indoors and transplanted to the garden. Approx. 10 seeds per pkt. 80 DAYS.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gurneys","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51622084739444,"sku":"08800","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/8676\/9195\/files\/08800.webp?v=1729088666"},{"product_id":"petit-gris-de-rennes","title":"Petit Gris de Rennes Melon Seed","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn our garden trials, this cantaloupe stood up to disease pressure better than most hybrid melons we grew. An open-pollinated, French heirloom, Petit Gris de Rennes produces 2 lb. fruits with small seed cavities, powerful fragrance and sweet, richly flavored flesh that have hints of caramel. Its flavor is unlike any modern hybrid melon that we've tried. The fruits are as attractive as they are delicious. They have dark gray-green skins and deep orange flesh. Cantaloupe seed can be directly sown into the garden or a Grow Tub after the danger of spring frost has passed. 85 DAYS.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gurneys","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51622098272628,"sku":"75980","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/8676\/9195\/files\/75980.webp?v=1729089138"},{"product_id":"portento-hybrid-tuscan-melon","title":"Portento Hybrid Tuscan Melon","description":"This Italian-style cantaloupe is a delight to eat—whether picked early or late. When picked early, the fruits have a light, pleasantly sweet flavor with a nice crisp crunch. At later stages of maturity, its texture becomes softer and its honey sweet richness and complex flavors really come out. The 3-5 lb. fruits are shallowly netted with small seed cavities—so you'll have more deep salmon-colored flesh to enjoy. On top of all that, Portento Hybrid has healthy vigorous vines and great disease resistance. It was one of the few melons we were able to grow organically to maturity at our Ohio farm. 80 DAYS.","brand":"Gurneys","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51622100926836,"sku":"82359","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/8676\/9195\/files\/82359.webp?v=1730395773"},{"product_id":"sarahs-choice-hybrid","title":"Sarah's Choice Hybrid Melon Seed","description":"Sarah's Choice Hybrid Melon has thick, orange flesh that is sweet and juicy with a flavor that can't be beat. The 3-3½ lb. oval melons have an attractive, heavily netted rind. Sarah's Choice produces high yields of melons and shows good resistance to powdery mildew and fusarium. Melon seeds can be direct-seeded into the garden after the last frost has passed or started indoors and transplanted to the garden. Melons can be stored in the refrigerator for up to one week. Approx. 20 seeds per pkt. 76 DAYS.","brand":"Gurneys","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51622111215988,"sku":"67873","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/8676\/9195\/files\/67873.webp?v=1729089641"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.gurneys.live\/collections\/cantaloupe_seed.oembed","provider":"Gurneys","version":"1.0","type":"link"}