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'Hale's Best 45' It has bright orange flesh with a good flavor and dense, tan netting. 'Hami' A very large melon, their skin is lightly netted and colored golden-yellow. Its flesh is pale yellow and refreshingly sweet. 'Hearts of Gold' Has orange and firm, sweet flesh. Its skin is ribbed and green with heavy netting. 'Jenny Lind'
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).
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 ...
The Canary melon (Cucumis melo (Inodorus group) [1]) or winter melon [2] (not to be confused with the wax gourd, also called winter melon) is a large, bright-yellow elongated melon with a pale green to white inner flesh.
The Santa Claus melon, sometimes known as Christmas melon [1] or Piel de Sapo (Toad Skin), is a variety of melon (family Cucurbitaceae, Cucumis melo, Inodorus group) originating in Spain that grows to about a foot in length and is ovoid in shape.
The honeydew is 90% water, 9% carbohydrates, 0.1% fat, and 0.5% protein. Like most melons, it is an excellent source of vitamin C, with one cup containing 56% of the recommended daily value.
Muskmelon: Cucumis melo: Natal orange: Strychnos spinosa: North American cantaloupe: Cucumis melo var. reticulatus: Oriental melon: Cucumis melo Makuwa Group Santa Claus melon: Cucumis melo var. inodorus 'Sancho' Sprite melon: Cucumis melo 'Sprite' Tigger melon Cucumis melo 'Tigger' Watermelon: Citrullus lanatus: Wood-apple: Limonia acidissima
A melon is any of various plants of the family Cucurbitaceae with sweet, edible, and fleshy fruit. It can also specifically refer to Cucumis melo, commonly known as the "true melon" or simply "melon". The term "melon" can apply to both the plant and its fruit. Botanically, a melon is a kind of berry, specifically a "pepo".