The perfect gift for the astronomer who has everything!

It’s a breed of watermelon. That has the moon and stars charted on its inky purple skin in bright yellow.

In fact, the resemblance is so strong that the watermelon is indeed called the Moon & Stars (Van Doren) Watermelon. And you can buy 250 of its seeds at the Seed Savers Exchange for only $9. Add sun and water and you’ve got yourself a great deal.

For growing instructions you can read this 2005 article over at the SF Chronicle by Lynette Evans.

Suffice to say the seeds are large but the fruit is sweet.

Also on offer. The Tigger melon for the large feline biologist/winnie the pooh fan who has everything. It’s got white cantaloupe-esque flesh encased in some orange and red tiger stripes.