MELON

'Melon' is a term used for various members of the Cucurbitaceae family with fleshy fruit. Melon can refer to either the plant or the fruit, which is a false berry. Many different cultivars have been produced, particularly of muskmelons.
'Culinary Vegetables':

★ Genus ''Momordica'' Bitter melon

★ Genus ''Benincasa'' Winter melon
'Common Culinary Fruit:'

★ Genus ''Citrullus'' Watermelon, Little Yellow, Crimson, Icebox, Sugar Baby, Yellow, Ecstasy, Sangria,

★ Genus ''Cucumis''

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★ ''C. metuliferus'' Horned melon

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★ ''C. melo''

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★ ''Cantalupensis group''. Skin that is rough and warty, not netted. European Cantaloup

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★ ''Inodorus group''. Canary melon, Casaba, Hami melon, Honeydew, Navajo Yellow, Piel de Sapo, Santa Claus, Sugar melon

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★ ''Reticulatus Group''. Netted skin. Ambrosia melon, Bailan melon, North American "cantaloupe", Galia, Ogen , Persian, Sharlyn Melons

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★ Modern hybrids. Crenshaw (Casaba X Persian), Crane (Japanese X N.A. cantaloupe)

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See also

★ Melon baller

References

★ Mabberley, D.J. 1987. ''The Plant Book. A portable dictionary of the higher plants''. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. 706 pp. ISBN 0-521-34060-8.

★ Magness, J.R., G.M. Markle, C.C. Compton. 1971. ''Food and feed crops of the United States''. Interregional Research Project IR-4, IR Bul. 1 (Bul. 828 New Jersey Agr. Expt. Sta.).

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External links

★ Cucumis melo L. – Purdue University, Center for New Crops & Plant Products.

★ Sorting Cucumis names – Multilingual multiscript plant name database

★ The Cook's Thesaurus: Melons – List of photographed varieties of melons

★ Welcome to Delicious Organics – List of photographed varieties of Melons and Watermelons