Melons, and even more so, watermelons, need plenty of warmth and sun – but it is possible to grow these delicious fruits at home. Warmth is essential, but it can be provided by greenhouses, cold ...

although hailed as the best tasting watermelon of the antebellum era in the United States, proved to be difficult to grow and ship commercially. So around 1840, a friend of Lawson’s sent some ...