Canary yellow never looked so good. Summer is melon season and California’s San Joaquin Valley is the Napa Valley of melons. It’s hot and dry — perfect growing conditions for melons. Most melons ...

Melons are part of the cucurbit family, which includes squash, cucumbers, pumpkin and zucchini. Melons date back thousands of years to Africa and Southeast Asia, and have sweet and delicious fruit ...

Delicious and packed with nutrition, melons have delighted gardeners for about 2,500 years. Their rambling vines grow best in warm weather, and fruit flavor and texture improve if rain becomes less ...