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The salmonella outbreak in cantaloupe has expanded to include several brands and products. Here's what you need to know. The List Of Recalled Cantaloupe Is Growing—Here's What You Need To Know
In 2016, global production of melons, including cantaloupes, totaled 31.2 million tons, with China accounting for 51% of the world total (15.9 million tons). [9] Other significant countries growing cantaloupe were Turkey, Iran, Egypt, and India producing 1 to 1.9 million tons, respectively. [9] California grows 75% of the cantaloupes in the US ...
The Persian melon resemble a large cantaloupe with a darker green rind and a finer netting. [19] C. melo inodorus, casabas, honeydew, and Asian melons Argos, a large, oblong, with orange wrinkled skin, orange flesh, strong aroma. A characteristic is its pointed ends. Growing in some areas of Greece, from which it gets its name.
A Charentais melon is a type of French cantaloupe, Cucumis melo var. cantalupensis. It is a small variety of melon, around the size of a softball. It has flesh similar to most cantaloupes, but with a distinct and more intense aroma, and a more orangey hue.
Both melons provide vitamin C, but cantaloupe is higher in this nutrient, which is crucial for a healthy immune system. Your immune system needs vitamin C in its army of defenses against invaders ...
Cucumis – cucumber (C. sativus); various melons and vines. Momordica – bitter melon. Luffa – commonly called 'luffa' or ‘luffa squash'; sometimes spelled loofah. Young fruits may be cooked; when fully ripened, they become fibrous and unpalatable, thus becoming the source of the loofah scrubbing sponge. Cyclanthera – Caigua.
Watermelons have a longer growing period than other melons and can often take 85 days or more from the time of transplanting for the fruit to mature. [37] Lack of pollen is thought to contribute to "hollow heart" which causes the flesh of the watermelon to develop a large hole, sometimes in an intricate, symmetric shape.
The Yubari King is a hybrid of two other cantaloupe cultivars: Earl's Favourite and Burpee's "Spicy" Cantaloupe. [2] The hybrid's scientific name is Cucumis melo L. var. reticulatus Naud. cv. Yubari King. Six Yubari King melons packed in cardboard for transport. A top-grade melon is to be perfectly round and have an exceptionally smooth rind.