Pretty broad Shot. Hope you are doing well. I have cut back, old age reinforced by by last years drought. Early garden is coming along. Cauliflower, Broccoli ( only trialing two new cultivars this year), Cabbage, English peas ( one new trial), Irish potatoes,Lettuce ( Iceberg)Radish, Spinach ( one trial)Getting ready for tranplanting 6 cultivars of eggplant (1 new), 6 cultivars of pepper ( 3 new)and a dozen cultivars of tomato. Put the sweet potato bed down yesterday 3 cultivars but no new trial cultivars. Hoping to get in corn 6 cultivars ( 3 trials), beans 6 cultivars (1 trial), watermelon 14 cultivars ( 2 trials) Canteloupe 8 cultivars (2 trial) squash 12 cultivars ( 3 trial) within the next few days. I only have 1 trial cowpea this year, but will plant 7 cultivars starting about the first of May Three cultivars of Okra, 3 cultivars of limas. Much of this is repeated in fall plantings plus collards ,mustard, rutabagas, turnips.

Framerd
Which melons are you growing this year?

Yeah, farmer, why only 14? heh,heh

FARMERDILLA, you put me to shame. Look forward to some photos later on.

Shot

We are both getting a little long in the tooth, Shot. At least you have a son willong to come and do some of the heavy lifting for you. When I can no longer do it, it won't get done. So far tho, I am holding to gether pretty well/
Here a stab at name that cultivar, Ray. AU Sweet Scarlet, Stone Mountain, Dixie Queen. Chris Cross, Sweet Princess, Kleckley's Sweet, Wilson Sweet, Scaley bark, Florida Giant, Golden Honey, Tendersweet, Tendergold, Big Crimson, Starbright, Daisey, Crest, Whoops alraedy past 14 and I have not included a couple of my projects like Mutt( a cross between Sweet Princess and Klondike Blue Ribbon). I will also find some space for Cream of Saskatchewan.

I had no idea there was a watermelon called Cream of Saskatchewan, which is funny because that is where I am from, how does it taste?

Okay, here we go:

11 variaties of tomatoes (Early & Often, Yellow Pear, Best Boy, Salad Sweet, Steak Sanwhich, Green Zebra, Mixed Beefsteak, Roma, San Marzano, Yellow Jubilee, Sweet 100)

3 variaties of peppers (Gypsy, Anaheim and Bell)

radishes

carrots (3 or 4 variaties)

Yukon Gold and Red Pontiac potatoes

Red Onions

Snow peas and garden peas

Yellow squash and zucchini

Pumpkin (baking pumkin, not a jack-o-lantern)

Three varieties of cukes (Spacemaster, Burpless, Tiny Tikes)

Watermelon (Sugarbaby)

Popcorn and sweet corn

Beans (fresh: Blue Lake & Tongue of Fire and dry: Kidney, Calypso, & Great Northern)

Lots of lettuce!

Cabbage

Garlic

Strawberries

I think that's everything...not to mention the raspberries, blackberries, lemon tree, organge, nectarine tree, cherry tree and plum trees that I need to take care of!

I love every minute of it too!

Here is a link that might be useful: How my garden grows!

Veggierosalie. Cream of Saskechewan is an icebox size melon with cream colored flesh. Usually promoted as white fleshed. Very sweet but light in taste. Appears identical to the Henry Fields White Sugar Lump which I grew back in the 80's and 70's. It tastes pretty good but I grow it mainly as a novelty to shock folks who think watermelons should be red.
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,FARMERDILLA, You right about us both getting a little long in the tooth. Always had a full head of dark hair. Not anymore! It came out Christmas and I haven't seen it since... Doctors say my condition is uncureable so I am making the most of this. Yeah, #1 son (computer geek) did my planting and son #2 got upset because he wanted to do it. He is a long haul truck driver and wasn't ever here at the time.

You talking about the colors of watermelons reminded me of a few years ago when I had a new neighbor move in across the road. Me, being a good neighbor, took him a mess of Silver Queen corn. I said you know the difference between the sweet and field. He said "Yeah, the yellow is the ole yucky field corn."

BTW: while they were planting the other day they planted about ½ of a 5 gallon bucket of Hickory King, so I should be blessed with plenty of that (rain of course)... lol

Take care of yourself and see you later.

Shot

thanks for the photos farmerdilla,
these look a bit like the 'yellow doll' melons we grow, but rounder. And you are right, customers are generally surprised to see they are cream coloured.
cheers

Farmerd

Where do you get your sweet princess seeds?

rayrose, In case farmer doesn't have a current supplier...

Louis Holloway had seeds 2 years ago 25/$1+SASE.
Phone 252-756-5661
3295 Dickinson Ave Ext
Greenville, NC 27834

Veggierosalie. Cream of Saskatchewan is a bit larger in size ( 9-12 lbs) and much lighter color in flesh. It is open pollinated. Usually I don't find much advantage in hybrid watermelons, but Yellow Doll is one of the best. I have Red Doll on my to try list but have not gotten around to it yet.
Ratrose , I got them from Willhite and have been trying to keep them going since Willhite dropped them. They are getting very hard to find. Mine got crossed before I realized that seed were goin to be hard to get. Trying to rogue out the cross and keep them going. Good melon.

FARMERDILLA, Morning sir!

My wife was off from work Sunday and she bought two pounds of seed (Peaches & Cream Corn and Cream 8's). She was going to help me onto the tractor as it still had the planters behind it. I was able to climb up there by me own self! We got it all planted, then she hooked up the cultivator frame and I plowed & fertilizer some of the older Peaches & Cream. Then it was time for smoked ribs, cheese rice, corn on the cob and cheese sticks. Man, what an Easter!

BTW: I just use corn plates anymore. I put southern peas in all hoppers and so far so good. Always had trouble finding plates (for push planter) for Fordhook beans. When wifey bought the seeds the other day, I found a special plate for the Fordhooks. Always had to plant them by hand. Now just push & plant. Works great!

Suppose to rain off and on all day today so I will just stay inside.
Take care of yourself.

Shot

Wayne
Thanks for the info. Tried to call Mr. Holloway this
morning, but got his voice mail. Will try again later today.
Ray