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magic melons
Cultivars Description Days to
harvest
‘Ananas’ Heirloom with webbed skin, pale-orange
fragrant flesh. High yielding.85–95‘Canary
Yellow’Large Aussie-rules-football shape
with yellow skin, pale-green flesh.90–105‘Collective
Farm Woman’Small Ukranian heirloom with green and
orange skin and white flesh. Stores well.80–90‘Delice de
la Table’French heirloom for late 1800s. Large
ribbed yellow/cream fruit, orange flesh.85–95‘Eden Gem’ Small US heirloom from 1860s.
Webbed skin, fragrant, green flesh.
Good for cooler regions.80–90‘Emerald
Green’Popular heirloom from late 1880s.
Dark-green skin, pale-orange flesh.75–90‘French
Charentais’Small heirloom from late 1700s.
Aromatic, deep-orange flesh. Good for
cooler regions. Disease resistant.80–90‘Green
Nutmeg’From the early 1800s. Medium, typical
grey, netted skin, green flesh. Good for
cooler regions.80–90‘Hales Best’
JumboLarge fruit, webbed skin, bright-orange
flesh. Mildew resistant.80–100‘Ha’ogen’ Full-flavoured heirloom with smooth,
striped yellow skin, pale-green flesh.90–100‘Hearts
of Gold’US heirloom from 1890s. Grey skin,
bright-orange flesh. Disease resistant.70–85‘Honeydew’ Large heirloom with pale-green skin,
green flesh.85–100‘Kazakh’ Small Kazakhstan heirloom with yellow
and green skin, pale-green flesh.80–90‘Oka’ Canadian heirloom from early 1900s.
Medium, flattened grey-green fruit,
orange flesh. Good for cooler regions.80–90‘Petit Gris
de Rennes’French heirloom from 1500s. Small
with smooth yellow/grey skin, very
sweet orange flesh.75–85‘Piel de Sapo’ Long, oval Spanish heirloom with thick
striped green skin, creamy-white flesh.
Stores well.85–95‘Pomona’ Australian heirloom. Large pale-green
skin, aromatic, green flesh.90–100‘Prescott
Fond Blanc’French heirloom from mid-1800s. Pale
yellow when ripe, fragrant, orange flesh.
Dry tolerant.95–105‘Queen Anne’s
Pocket’Prolific, very small and round with
speckled-orange skin, white, aromatic flesh.80–90‘Zatta’ Italian heirloom from 1600s. Large with
ribbed, warty, yellow skin, orange flesh.85–95t nt
PHOTOS:
TOP & CENTRE: ISTOCK/RIGHT: THE DIGGERS CLUB
‘Canary Yellow’‘Green Nutmeg’‘French Charentais’