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Melon (apple)

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'Melon'
Hybrid parentageunknown
Cultivar'Melon'
OriginConnecticut and later Ontario County, New York, United States, before 1800

The 'Melon' apple, also called 'Watermelon' and 'Norton's Melon' is a partly red dessert apple in season from autumn through early winter. Its quality is excellent, but it does not keep well into late winter.[1] It originated among seedling trees that were brought from Connecticut to make an orchard in New York state in 1800.[1]

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  1. ^ a b Beach, S.A.; Booth, N.O.; Taylor, O.M. (1905), "Melon", The apples of New York, vol. 1, Albany: J. B. Lyon, pp. 204–206
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