FB-FOOD-WATERMELONS-- Native to Africa and a member of the gourd family, watermelons fall into one of two broad categories of melon, the other being muskmelon.
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Old-fashioned varieties new to the catalog this year include a Watermelon Beefsteak tomato ( left ), legendary Cajun long green eggplant and Jenny Lind muskmelon ( named for the 19th century singer ).
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If you are a melon connoisseur, as I am, then you've probably heard of Hand Melon Farm in Greenwich, a place noted across the country for producing fine muskmelons, aka cantaloupes.
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From 1942 to 1950, Shifriss was the director of vegetable research for Burpee, in Warminster, Pa ., where he developed 12 varieties, including early hybrids of cucumber, eggplant, muskmelon and watermelon.
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Aromas of summer fruit, especially peaches, apricots and nectarines, are mirrored on the palate, where they are joined by ripe muskmelon and a very subtle but distinct floral note, more plumeria than rose.
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GADSDEN, Ala .-- FB-FOOD-WATERMELONS-- Native to Africa and a member of the gourd family, watermelons fall into one of two broad categories of melon, the other being muskmelon.
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Muskmelons further divide into two principal varieties : those with netted skins, like cantaloupe, Persian, Santa Claus, Sharlyn and Galia, and those with smooth skins, like Juan Canary, casaba, Crenshaw, Cavaillon and honeydew.
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In addition to the staple crops mentioned, Mongolia also produced small quantities of oil-yielding crops, such as sunflower and grape, and fruits and vegetables, such as sea buckthorn, apples, European black currants, watermelons, muskmelons, onions, and garlic.
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Dr . Timothy Ng, a professor of natural resource sciences at the University of Maryland and a melon breeder, said that because of cross-breeding, " at some point it's arbitrary whether the melon is a cantaloupe, a muskmelon or a honeydew ."
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The "'North American cantaloupe "', common in the United States, Mexico, and some parts of Canada, is actually a muskmelon, a different variety of " Cucumis melo ", and has a " net-like " ( reticulated ) skin covering.
