Though they didn’t gain popularity until the 1990s, icebox melons include many heirloom varieties. Some favorites include: ...

Orange-flesh watermelons tastes like a watermelon it has a stronger flavor but very juicy and sweet, he said. Sugar baby watermelons are dark skinned, with a sweet, dark-red flesh. Another kind of ...

And, he adds, some people prefer the caramel flavor of the Sugar baby variety, while others like the straight watermelon flavor of Crimson sweets. So the definition of "sweet" is variable.

The Shaws are growing a variety of melons: Honey Orange, Sugar Baby watermelon, Arava and Tasty Bites. “Last year, we field tested a lot of melon varieties for Johnny’s Selected Seeds.