Sugar Baby

Sugar Baby is a popular icebox-type watermelon introduced in 1956 that revolutionized small-fruited watermelon growing for home gardens. Its compact, round fruit fits easily in a refrigerator, and its short vines and relatively early maturity make it well suited to smaller gardens and cooler, shorter-season climates. Sugar Baby is prized for its intensely sweet, deep red flesh and dark, nearly black-green rind. It has remained a favorite among home growers for over half a century because of its dependability and manageable size. The variety is open-pollinated, so gardeners can save seed, and it produces well even where larger watermelons struggle to ripen.