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This melon is slightly flat on the top and bottom. The flesh is orange and the skin is thin and tender, as well as being ribbed and netted. The skin's color is greenish-brown with patches of golden-brown. [1] 'Emerald Gem' Considered to be one of the finest cultivars, this melon has green, ribbed skin laced with webbing. It has pale orange ...
Kateryna Bibro/Getty Images. Scientific name: Cucumis melo var. Inodorous ‘Sancho’ Taste: Sweet, mild, slightly earthy In its homeland of Spain, the Santa Claus melon is also called “piel de ...
Piel de Sapo (' toad skin ') or Santa Claus melon, a melon with a blotchy green skin and white sweet-tasting flesh. Sugar melon, a smooth, white, round fruit. [23] Tiger melon, an orange, yellow and black striped melon from Turkey with a soft pulp. [24] C. melo reticulatus, true muskmelons, with netted (reticulated) skin.
A melon with netted rind is not necessarily a cantaloupe. Many varieties of Chandalak Group and Ameri Group also have netted rind. [1] The Japanese muskmelon (Sub-group Earl's) resembles the American cantaloupe in netted rind, but differs in green flesh and non-dehiscent peduncles (which means the melon does not detach from the stalk when it is ...
A Charentais melon hybrid with somewhat netted skin, split in half. 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.
Cucumis melo, also known as melon, [2] [3] is a species of Cucumis that has been developed into many cultivated varieties. The fruit is a pepo.The flesh is either sweet or bland, with or without an aroma, and the rind can be smooth (such as honeydew), ribbed (such as European cantaloupe), wrinkled (such as Cassaba melon), or netted (such as American cantaloupe).
In 1962, the Sakata Seed Company crossbred this with the Charentais melon, a type of European cantaloupe, to produce the Prince Melon (プリンスメロン), which quickly became the dominant commercial melon variety in Japan. [33] [34] [35] Prince melons weigh between 500 and 600 grams (18 and 21 oz), have a greyish-white skin, and orange ...
Maclura pomifera, commonly known as the Osage orange (/ ˈ oʊ s eɪ dʒ / OH-sayj), is a small deciduous tree or large shrub, native to the south-central United States. It typically grows about 8 to 15 metres (30–50 ft) tall.