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Charentais is a bright orange fleshed melon with sugary flavor, and fragrant flesh. It is popular both as a dessert and breakfast melon. It is available year round and is grown in Europe and in California. It has a smooth skin and is deeply ribbed. It is a good keeper if kept in a dry dark place.
The words cantaloupe and muskmelon are used rather loosely and are interchangeable. All varieties and types of muskmelon belong to the same genus and species; however, cantaloupe belongs to a different botanical variety than winter type muskmelons.
NOAA Fisheries Service released the final report today on the mysterious stranding event of melon-headed whales off the coast of Hawaii in July 2004. Although the exact cause of the stranding is unknown, scientists concluded that navy sonar exercises may have played a role in the stranding.
Tianma, a small town of Shandong Province, China, locates in the southeast of Shouguang, the "Chinese Vegetable City". The total acreage of this town is about 10 acres, and it contains 56 villages. The total population is about 41,000.
1 Horticultural High School and Breeding of Chott-Mariem, 4042 Sousse, Tunisia 2 National Institute of Agronomic Research of Tunisia, PRRDA-CE Chott-Mariem, 4042 Sousse, Tunisia *jkhayfa@yahoo.fr
A citron melon (Citrullus lanatus var. citroides) growing wild along the railroad tracks in coastal San Diego County, California. One melon is cut open to reveal the whitish flesh.