Melon
| Melon | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Type | Crop |
| Season | Summer |
| Seed | Melon Seeds |
| Growth Time | 12 days |
| Sell Price | 250g |
Melon is a big Summer fruit and one of the season's most valuable single-harvest crops. Each melon sells for a high price, and in a Keg it becomes one of the best wines a first-year farm can make. Melon is one of the few crops that can grow into a Giant Crop. It is needed for the Summer Crops Bundle, Demetrius asks for one by mail, and the Gourmand Frog on Ginger Island wants to see one growing. Penny loves Melons, and a single one restores a huge amount of energy.
The in-game description reads: A cool, sweet summer treat.
Growing
Melon grows through five stages and gives one fruit per plant. Each tile is replanted after harvest.
The long growing time fits two plantings into Summer. A seed sown on the first of Summer is ready about halfway through the season. Replanting at once gives a second harvest just before Fall. Missing the first days of Summer costs that second harvest.
Pierre's General Store sells Melon Seeds in Summer. JojaMart sells them at a higher price. Mixed Seeds planted in Summer can also become Melons, and a Seed Maker turns harvested Melons into more seeds.
Speed-Gro and the Agriculturist profession shorten the growing time. Deluxe Fertilizer is the only way to grow iridium Melons, which are worth twice the normal price.
Melon can grow into a Giant Crop. Plant it in solid three-by-three squares and keep watering the ripe fruit. Each day, every full square has a small chance to merge into one giant Melon. It is cut down with an Axe and drops far more Melons than the nine plants would have given. Larger fields have more possible squares and better odds.
Prices
Each Melon sells for about three times its seed cost. Two harvests in one Summer make it a strong earner, though Blueberries and Starfruit earn more over the season.
The Tiller profession adds ten percent to the raw price. Gold and iridium Melons are worth noticeably more.
As a fruit, Melon makes wine in a Keg or jelly in a Preserves Jar. Melon Wine is worth three times the raw fruit, far more than the jelly. With a high base price like this, the Keg is clearly the better machine. The Artisan profession adds forty percent to both.
The Dehydrator turns five Melons into one pack of dried Melon by the next day. Five bottles of wine are worth much more, but the Dehydrator is far faster when Kegs run short.
Sell prices by quality, with the bonus from each profession.
| Quality | Price | Tiller (+10%) |
|---|---|---|
| Normal | 250g | 275g |
 Silver
|
312g | 343g |
 Gold
|
375g | 412g |
 Iridium
|
500g | 550g |
Uses
The Summer Crops Bundle in the Pantry needs one Melon. Five gold-quality Melons are one of the options for the Quality Crops Bundle.
Demetrius sends a letter on the twentieth of Summer asking for a Melon. The quest is called "Crop Research". It pays gold and a full heart of friendship with Demetrius. A Melon planted on the first of Summer is ready in time.
On Ginger Island, the Gourmand Frog in the cave asks to see three crops growing. Melon is the first. The Melon must be fully grown and left unharvested when the frog sees it.
Cooking a Blueberry with a Melon and an Apricot makes Fruit Salad. Cooking a Melon with Wheat Flour, Sugar and an Egg makes Pink Cake. The Queen of Sauce teaches both in the second year. Both restore a lot of energy and sell for a good price.
Melons may appear as a Summer request on the Help Wanted board outside Pierre's General Store. Delivering the Melon pays three times its value and adds friendship with the villager who asked.
In tailoring, Melon in the Sewing Machine with Cloth makes dyeable Shorts. It gives a pink colour in the Sewing Machine and fits the red dye pot in Emily and Haley's house.
Cooking
Cooking Melon with the other ingredients below makes these dishes.
| Dish | Image | Ingredients |
|---|---|---|
| Fruit Salad | 
|
Blueberry (1), Melon (1), Apricot (1) |
| Pink Cake | 
|
Melon (1), Wheat Flour (1), Sugar (1), Egg (1) |
Bundles
The Community Center asks for Melon in these bundles.
| Bundle | Room | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Summer Crops Bundle | Pantry | 1 |
| Quality Crops Bundle | Pantry | 5 |
Gifts
Penny loves Melons. One is among the easiest loved gifts for her in Summer.
The marriage candidates Elliott, Harvey, Leah and Shane count Melon as a liked gift. The same goes for Robin and Sandy, and for the older residents Demetrius, Jodi, Kent, Linus and Pam.
Abigail, Haley, Jas and Vincent dislike them.
The older residents Caroline, Evelyn, George and Lewis count Melon as a neutral gift. Leo feels neutral about it as well. The same goes for the Dwarf, Krobus and the Wizard, and for the shopkeepers Clint, Gus, Marnie, Pierre and Willy. So do Alex, Emily, Maru, Sam and Sebastian.
Notes
Plant Melons in blocks of three by three on the first of Summer. Blocks give every patch a chance at a Giant Crop, and the early start fits both harvests.
Keep one Melon from the first harvest for Demetrius and one for the Summer Crops Bundle. Store a Melon Seed as well for the Gourmand Frog, since Ginger Island grows it in any season.
All Crops
Every crop, with its season, growth time and normal-quality sell price.
| Crop | Image | Season | Growth | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Jazz | 
|
Spring | 7 days | 50g |
| Carrot | 
|
Spring | 3 days | 35g |
| Cauliflower | 
|
Spring | 12 days | 175g |
| Garlic | 
|
Spring | 4 days | 60g |
| Green Bean | 
|
Spring | 10 days | 40g |
| Kale | 
|
Spring | 6 days | 110g |
| Parsnip | 
|
Spring | 4 days | 35g |
| Potato | 
|
Spring | 6 days | 80g |
| Rhubarb | 
|
Spring | 13 days | 220g |
| Strawberry | 
|
Spring | 8 days | 120g |
| Tulip | 
|
Spring | 6 days | 30g |
| Unmilled Rice | 
|
Spring | - | - |
| Ancient Fruit | 
|
Spring, Summer, Fall | 28 days | 550g |
| Tea Leaves | 
|
Spring, Summer, Fall | 20 days | - |
| Blueberry | 
|
Summer | 13 days | 50g |
| Hops | 
|
Summer | 11 days | 25g |
| Hot Pepper | 
|
Summer | 5 days | 40g |
| Melon | 
|
Summer | 12 days | 250g |
| Poppy | 
|
Summer | 7 days | 140g |
| Radish | 
|
Summer | 6 days | 90g |
| Red Cabbage | 
|
Summer | 9 days | 260g |
| Starfruit | 
|
Summer | 13 days | 750g |
| Summer Spangle | 
|
Summer | 8 days | 90g |
| Summer Squash | 
|
Summer | 6 days | - |
| Tomato | 
|
Summer | 11 days | 60g |
| Corn | 
|
Summer, Fall | 14 days | 50g |
| Sunflower | 
|
Summer, Fall | 8 days | 80g |
| Wheat | 
|
Summer, Fall | 4 days | 25g |
| Amaranth | 
|
Fall | 7 days | 150g |
| Artichoke | 
|
Fall | 8 days | 160g |
| Beet | 
|
Fall | 6 days | 100g |
| Bok Choy | 
|
Fall | 4 days | 80g |
| Cranberries | 
|
Fall | 7 days | - |
| Eggplant | 
|
Fall | 5 days | 60g |
| Fairy Rose | 
|
Fall | 12 days | - |
| Pumpkin | 
|
Fall | 13 days | 320g |
| Sweet Gem Berry | 
|
Fall | 24 days | - |
| Yam | 
|
Fall | 10 days | 160g |
| Powdermelon | 
|
Winter | - | 60g |
| Broccoli | 
|
- | - | - |
| Cactus Fruit | 
|
- | - | 75g |
| Grape | 
|
- | - | 80g |
| Pineapple | 
|
- | - | - |
| Qi Fruit | 
|
- | - | - |
| Taro Root | 
|
- | 10 days | 100g |