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TITLE: Melon Mapping Projects - North America PUBLICATION DATE: March 1995 ENTRY DATE: March 1995 EXPIRATION DATE: None UPDATE FREQUENCY: As needed CONTACT: Plant Genome Data and Information Center pgenome@nalusda.
Commodity Fact Sheet Cantaloupe Information compiled by the California Cantaloupe Advisory Board How Produced California cantaloupes are grown in two main regionsthe Southern Desert Area, and on a 200-mile long stretch on the west side of the San Joaquin Valley from Bakersfield to Tracy.
Florida Food Fare by Mary King and Mary Jo Oswald Family & Consumer Sciences University of Florida / IFAS Sarasota County Extension Cantaloupe Description: Actually, the correct term for cantaloupe in the United States is muskmelon.
HANDLING Muskmelon is the common name for botanical varieties of Cucumis melo L. This botanical group includes cantaloupe, honeydew, and casaba. Cantaloupe fruit (C. melo var. reticulatus Naud.) are usually characterized by netted surfaces with shallow vein tracts and the flesh is salmon-coloured.
Cantaloupes, a common American name for muskmelons, are a member of the cucurbitaceae family, which include squash, pumpkins, cucumbers, watermelons and gourds. Most growers and consumers are familiar with cantaloupes.
There are cultures which consider a woman who can fit a cantaloupe in her mouth to be a creature of surpassing beauty. Other cultures consider a man to be mature only if he has a small ferret nursing its young in his loin cloth.
Depending on the weather, four foliar diseases can commonly be found on cantaloupe (muskmelon) in South Carolina. Correctly identifying a disease is the first step in selecting the best control measure.
On the day that Nirvana's Kurt Cobain died, lead singer Shannon Hoon of Blind Melon appeared on the "Late Show" with a question mark painted on his head to symbolize the uncertainty of life.