This report contains information on shipments, shipping point information, and wholesale terminal market pricing for watermelons (primarily) and other melons by type and region.

This report concerns the weekly shipment amounts, by weight, of watermelon. Data presented is organized by commodity variety, mode of transport, and origin of shipment. Also included are the total shipments of the last two seasons.

This report concerns the weekly shipment amounts, by weight, of seedless watermelon. Data presented is organized by commodity variety, mode of transport, and origin of shipment. Also included are the total shipments of the last two seasons.

This report concerns the weekly shipment amounts, by weight, of seeded watermelon. Data presented is organized by commodity variety, mode of transport, and origin of shipment. Also included are the total shipments of the last two seasons.

This watermelon data set contains time series data for the the period 1950-2012 at the U.S. and State-level for such variables as watermelon acreage, yield, production, price, and value. Other series include U.S. per capita disappearance (consumption), U.S. trade--by product, country (1978-2012), market shipment volume, U.S. arrivals in major cities (through 1998), world production and trade by country, usual planting and harvesting dates, and major varieties planted.

Dataset updated June 2013.