Cantaloupe 'Délices de la Table'
- Product number: 202030
- Origin: Mediterranean area
- Latin: Cucumis melo
Rare old variety with bumpy skin, delicious taste and orange-red flesh.
A household name in France!
Cantaloupe or Net 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 reticulated. Cantaloup (Dutch: Kanteloep) is the French spelling for the Italian Cantaluppi, the estate of the popes, where in the early Middle Ages melons from the then accessible world were collected and cultivated.
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Latin: Cucumis melo
Dutch: Kanteloep
Also known as: Netmeloen
English: Melon
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- Flower colour: White flowers
- Origin: Mediterranean area
- Average growth height: More than 120 cm
- Annual or perennial: Annual
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- Winter hardy: Not frost hardy
- Ease of cultivation: Moderate
- Latin: Cucumis melo
- Dutch: Cantaloupe
- Also known as: Cantaloupe
- English: Melon
