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It&#;s melon mania time! Nothing is quite as refreshing as a ripe, sweet melon at the peak of the season.  Here&#;s the secret to picking the perfect melon: use your senses. A ripe melon will give off a pleasant, fresh aroma. Tap the melon and listen for a dull thump. If a melon feels heavy for its size, that means it is likely to be sweet and perfect to eat right away. Learn more about all the varieties we&#;ll be carrying this season &#; from the classic watermelon to the eye-catching Piel de Sapo!

 

Ambrosia

 

• Petite size, resembles a small cantaloupe
• Sandy hued exterior has rough netting that becomes increasingly pronounced as melon reaches ripeness
• Pale orange flesh is very sweet, juicy, and tender with slight floral nuances
• Sweet aroma

 

Canary

• Flesh has a pale greenish hue
• Fairly soft texture when it is ripened
• Tangy and sour flavor

 

Cantaloupe

• Netted and smooth skin
• Bright orange flesh
• Very sweet flavor

 

Charentais

• Heirloom French melon
• Widely popular for its sweet and refreshing fragrance
• Bright orange, super sweet flesh

 

Crenshaw

• Large in size, averaging 8-10 pounds in weight
• Yellowish-green, hard rind has a rough corrugated texture void of netting
• Skin turns golden-yellow at the peak of ripeness and will have slightly waxy feel
• Dense and tender peach-colored flesh
• Flavor is very sweet and slightly spicy

 

Galia

 

• Hybrid melon between the Honeydew and the Cantaloupe
• The more orange in color the exterior skin is, the higher the sugar content of the melon&#;s flesh
• Chartreuse flesh has succulent texture
• Signature spicy-sweet flavor with tropical aromatics

 

Goddess

• Oval shaped with slight suturing and medium coarse netting
• Resembles a cantaloupe
• Soft orange flesh tastes exceptionally sweet and juicy

 

Hami

• Large in size-closer in scale of a watermelon than a cantaloupe
• Golden yellow, lightly netted skin
• Inner flesh is a pale, coral color and surrounds a large central seed cavity
• Crisp flesh is juicy and refreshingly sweet
• Floral and sweet aroma
• Long shelf life

 

Harper

 

• Looks very much like cantaloupe but slightly less tan
• Netted exterior rind
• Inner flesh is salmon-orange with a firm yet exceedingly succulent texture
• Slightly less aromatic than other traditional varieties
• Sweet flavor rich with bright honey tones

 

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Green Honeydew

• Perfectly spherical with a smooth and slightly waxy, cream-colored rind
• Pale green flesh is sweet and juicy
• Flavor has notes of honey and cucumber

 

Orange Honeydew

 

• Oval to round in shape
• Smooth rind is pale yellow-green
• Salmon-hued flesh is honey sweet

 

Piel de Sapo

• Name means &#;toad skin&#; in Spanish
• Oval and long, with a striking rind
• Sweet white flesh

 

Sharlyn

 

• Exterior resembles an elongated cantaloupe with a thinner, mosaic-like netting
• Pale green flesh is soft near the center and firm near the rind
• Distinct, perfume-like fragrance
• Flesh has a balanced sweetness
• Short shelf-life and should be eaten within a week of harvesting

 

Snow Leopard

 

• Cream-colored skin with green spots and streaks
• White flesh with somewhat crunchy texture

• Bright

   

  flavor; super sweet with undertones of honey and pear

 

Watermelon

• Varieties include seeded, seedless, and mini
• Trademark two-toned variegated green skin
• Juicy, aromatic sweet flesh
• Crisp and succulent texture

Culture: Pull from the vine when the skin blushes yellow, at full slip.

The name Galia is the feminine form of the Israeli name Gal (meaning &#;wave&#;). Developed in Israel around by breeder Zvi Karchi, Galias feature smooth lime-green flesh and a sweet taste with tropical overtones. Typically the fruits have corky netting but no ribbing.

Melons

• About 25&#;35 seeds/g; watermelons about 20 seeds/g; exceptions noted.
• Days to maturity are from date of transplanting.

Melon seed lives more than 10 years with proper storage. 18th- and 19th-century growers preferred to sow 4- to 10-year-old melon seed, believing that such seeds produced plants that spread less and fruits with a finer perfume.

Melon seed lives more than 10 years with proper storage. 18th- and 19th-century growers preferred to sow 4- to 10-year-old melon seed, believing that such seeds produced plants that spread less and fruits with a finer perfume.

Most Years You Can Vine-Ripen Melons In Maine
Melons are a tender crop with high nitrogen requirements. They love heat, cannot stand frost, and may be damaged by night temperatures below 40°. Though they require some extra fussing, the results are sure worthwhile.

• Note days to maturity and select varieties that will ripen in your climate. Alvaro and Halona are surest bets.
• Start indoors in early May (later if the spring is slow to warm) in plastic or peat pots, 2 or 3 seeds to a pot. Minimum germination soil temp 60°, optimal range 75&#;95°. Melons resent transplanting but will take if their roots are not disturbed.
• Prepare hills in advance with liberal amounts of well-rotted manure or compost. A cold start can permanently stunt growth, so wait for a warm spell after all danger of frost to transplant, usually between May 20 and June 20. Don&#;t place melons next to vigorous crawling plants like cucumbers, gourds or winter squash.
• Water heavily and, if soil is dry, place a temporary hay mulch around plants until a soaking rain comes.
• Melons are much more sensitive than squashes so use low tunnels with floating row covers that do not abrade plants. If you have sandy soil, check daily and irrigate when needed.
• Use blue, black or clear plastic mulch between plants.
• Use a foliar feeding program to speed ripening.
• Remove row covers before buds open. Replace them when you don&#;t desire any more fruit to set.
• To reduce rot loss, rotate ripening melons occasionally. To reduce mouse damage, place ripening melons on bricks.
• Inspect your patch daily at ripening time. Check fruits for aroma and color and pull gently on those that appear to be ripe. Most muskmelons are ripe when the pressure causes them to slip from the vine. Harvest Galia, Charentais, Honeydews before full slip. Watermelons are ripe when the tendril near the stem is dry.
• Enjoy an incomparable taste treat!

Pest: Striped Cucumber Beetle
Cultural controls: use tolerant or resistant varieties, rotate crops, till under crop debris soon after harvest, use floating row covers until flowers appear, use plastic mulch, perimeter trap cropping (Black Zucchini and Blue Hubbard make particularly good trap crops), use yellow sticky strips, hand-pick early morning when beetles are very sluggish.
Materials: Surround, Pyrethrum (PyGanic).

Disease: Powdery Mildew
Controls: Use small plots to slow spread, plant indeterminate (viney) varieties, control weed competition.
Materials: sulfur and whole milk, mineral or other oils in combination with potassium bicarbonate.
Disease: Bacterial Wilt
Cultural control: Striped Cucumber Beetle is vector&#;control it; choose resistant varieties.

Fascinated by heritage melons? Amy Goldman&#;s Melons for the Passionate Grower (ISBN 1--213-1), a mouth-watering journey through her 100 favorite varieties, is an indispensable identification and cultural aid.

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