Mommy's Giant Melons: A Hilarious Adult Humor Book For Those Who Love Big Melons

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Some types of muskmelons are smooth-skinned varieties whereas others have light to pronounced netting over their green skin.

If you want to know how succulent a fresh cantaloupe is, compare its weight with similar melons. The heavier the fruit, the more succulent it will be. Ripe cantaloupes should give off a delightful floral aroma and be very slightly soft to touch. a b Heidemarie Vos (2010). Passion of a Foodie - An International Kitchen Companion. Strategic Book Publishing. p.348. ISBN 978-1-934925-63-8 . Retrieved 2014-10-20. Honeydew, with a sweet, juicy, green-colored flesh. Grown as bailan melon in Lanzhou, China. There is a second variety which has yellow skin, white flesh and tastes like a moist pear.

Valencia Melon

Muskmelon ( Cucumis melo) is a variety of melon. This variety of melon includes a number of melon cultivars such as cantaloupes, honeydews, casaba, and Persian melons. Honey Globe melons are a large and white type of melon with pale green flesh and a round to oval shape. When choosing what to grow, it’s worth looking for varieties with an RHS Award of Garden Merit (AGM), which shows they performed well in trials – see our list of AGM fruit and veg. Linda Ziedrich (2010). The Joy of Jams, Jellies and Other Sweet Preserves: 200 Classic and Contemporary Recipes Showcasing the Fabulous Flavors of Fresh Fruits (Easyread Largeed.). ReadHowYouWant.com. p.116. ISBN 978-1-4587-6483-6 . Retrieved 2014-10-20.

The first fruit to set can prevent further fruit formation. To avoid this, keep the plants covered with fleece, cloches or frames until multiple flowers are produced and then remove covers to allow for insect pollination. In the greenhouse watch out for the first flower and remove it. Melons in genus Cucumis are culinary fruits, and include the majority of culinary melons. All but a handful of culinary melon varieties belong to the species Cucumis melo L.

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Growing Melons". University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension. Archived from the original on 2012-04-03 . Retrieved 2011-11-04. Mabberley, D.J. (1987). The Plant Book. A portable dictionary of the higher plants. Cambridge University Press. p.706. ISBN 0-521-34060-8 . Retrieved 2014-10-20. The bitter melon cultivar is common in China has long shape which becomes narrower at the ends. This type of bitter melon is usually 20–30 cm (7.9–11.8 in) long and has light green color with lightly bumpy skin.