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On May 18, 2008, at 12:11 PM, Ginda Fisher wrote:

> In eastern Massachusetts, the major  
> difficulty growing melons is that the season is too short, but I know  
> several people who've gotten a few melons before the frost did in the  
> vines.

You might try Fisher's Montana Gold.

Fisher's Seeds
PO Box 236
Belgrade MT 59714
406-388-6052 
(that's the mailing address; store street address is 20750 East Frontage Road.)  

They have no web site or email; but what they do have is some very nice short-season varieties, many of them of their own breeding.

I assume you're starting your melons indoors, and transplanting them out. Growing on black plastic and under row covers can also help a lot. (Remove the row covers when bloom starts, so the pollinators can get at the flowers.)

--Rivka
Finger Lakes NY; zone 5 mostly