Cantaloupe 'Sucrin de Tours'
- Product number: 202560
- Origin: Mediterranean Region
- Latin: Cucumis melo
Historic, fairly early, French variety with beautifully thick, netted markings. This melon is easy to grow, preferably under glass or in a greenhouse, but outdoor cultivation is promising in good summers. The firm, orange-red flesh is deliciously sweet and aromatic.
Cantaloupe or Netted melon (Reticulatus group) Vining, with musky aroma and scent, lobed and (often) heart-shaped leaves. The flesh is orange or green and the skin is always netted. Cantaloupe (Dutch: Kanteloep) is the French spelling for the Italian Cantaluppi, the popes' estate, where in the early Middle Ages melons from the then accessible world were collected and grown.
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Latin: Cucumis melo
Dutch: Kanteloep
Also: Cantaloup
English: Melon
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- Flower colour: Greenish white
- Origin: Mediterranean Region
- Average growth height: More than 120 cm
- Annual or perennial: Annual
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- Winter hardy: Not frost hardy
- Ease of cultivation: Easy
- Latin: Cucumis melo
- Dutch: Cantaloupe
- Also known as: Cantaloupe
- English: Melon
