Melon
Appearance
Melon is a name given to females who have extremely large Titties, sometimes actually all the time, theyre fun to play with, its also in the 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. The plant grows as a vine. Although the melon is a fruit, some varieties may be considered "culinary vegetables".
Culinary vegetables
- Genus Momordica Bitter melon
- Genus Benincasa Winter melon
Culinary fruit
- Genus Citrullus - Watermelon
- Genus Cucumis
- C. metuliferus - Horned melon
- C. melo
- C. melo cantalupensis. Skin that is rough and warty, not netted. European cantaloupe and Algerian melon.
- C. melo inodorus. Canary melon, Casaba, Kolkhoznitsa melon, Hami melon, honeydew, Navajo Yellow, Piel de Sapo/Santa Claus, sugar melon, tigger (tiger) melon, and Japanese melons.
- C. melo reticulatus, true muskmelons, with netted skin. Examples include Bailan melon, , North American cantaloupe, Galia, Ogen, Persian, Sharlyn melons.
- Modern crossbred varieties, e.g. Crenshaw (Casaba X Persian), Crane (Japanese X N.A. cantaloupe)
See also
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.).
Gallery
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Melon
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Melon, seed plant
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Melon seeds
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Yubari Melon intended as a high-priced gift
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Slices of melon on a plate
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North American "cantaloupes"
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Honeydew melon
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cucumis melo.
- 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
- Growing Melons, Makings, Tips - A Grandfather’s Tenets – Melon Growing Guide at Agriculture Guide