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Cantaloupe melon 'Green Climbing' / 'Vert Grimpant'

Cantaloupe melon 'Green Climbing' / 'Vert Grimpant'

Cantaloupe melon 'Green Climbing' / 'Vert Grimpant'

Product number: 202200
Origin: Mediterranean region
Latin: Cucumis melo

Ideal small fruit melon (10-15cm), with a reasonably hard skin, so they can be stored well for the Christmas menu... The shape is high-oval with a medium-green mottled exterior. The light-green flesh is very juicy and usually wonderfully sweet.

Cantaloupe or Net melon (Reticulatus group) Vining, with musk aroma and scent, lobed and (often) heart-shaped leaves. The flesh is orange or green and the skin is always netted. 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.

Names:
Latin: Cucumis melo
Dutch: Kanteloep
Also: Netmeloen
English: Melon

Sowing method: For a heated greenhouse, sow from late January and transplant in early March. For a cold greenhouse: sow from late March, transplant in early May. Planting distance 150x50 cm. The plants can creep or climb along strings.

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