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A very fragrant cultivar with deep red-orange flesh and a thick rind. [1] 'Delmonico' The rind is dense, heavily netted, and has prominent ribs. The flesh is a salmon-orange color. [1] 'Early Christiana' 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.
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.
The oriental melon (Cucumis melo Makuwa Group), is a group of Cucumis melo cultivars that are produced in East Asia. [1] [2] Phylogenetic studies tracing the genetic lineage of the plant suggest that it may have originated in eastern India, having then spread to China over the Silk Road, from which it was introduced to Korea and Japan.
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 ...
Kajari melon, a sweet honeydew cultivar that is red-orange in color with green stripes reminiscent of a beach ball; Kolkhoznitsa melon, with smooth, yellow skin and dense, white flesh. [22] Japanese melons (including the Sprite melon). Korean melon, a yellow melon with white lines running across the fruit and white inside. Can be crisp and ...
The selection ranges from the regular red-flesh watermelon to those with yellow or orange meat, as well as exotic cantaloupe. A Fresno County farmstand sells ‘dino’ melons and ‘sugar baby ...
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 ...
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).