Heirloom Vegetable Gardening by William Woys Weaver

Author:William Woys Weaver
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: MBI
Published: 2018-03-30T04:00:00+00:00

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FOND BLANC MELON

CUCUMIS MELO VAR. CANTALOUPENSIS

This melon is the only true cantaloupe on this list. The American custom of referring to all muskmelons as cantaloupes developed in the 1880s as a marketing term for any melon shipped in crates. This usage has since spread to all parts of the country in an attempt to give the muskmelon a less awkward-sounding name. True cantaloupes are smooth-skinned or warty, require a long growing season, and are not grown to any large extent in the United States, even though their hard skin makes them ideal for shipping. The name cantaloupe, as we use it, is the French spelling of Cantaluppi, a papal estate near Rome where the first of these melons were grown in the 1400s.

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