The sweetest melon is NOT always the best. Most people will love Goddess Muskmelon, but it has a lower brix that many muskmelon. It is also considered an early season melon only. It cracks, badly, mid-season.
As for watermelon, I don't grow any yellow melons. They do not sell well around here. I grow Ruby Premium, Harmony and a new variety called fascination. I use Jade star (Pata Negra) as a pollinator, which is a seeded sugar baby. I find at my farmers market that I can sell just as many seeded as seedless. I am the only grower who sells the newer hybrid seeded varieties.
I personally think the best tasting melon I sell is the Pata Negra. It has firm flesh, is sweet without becoming sickeningly sweet and has a nice color with good watermelon taste.
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