When should I harvest these, I have no idea when their ready? anybody know.
their a new melon for me this year.
banana melon ?
They turn yellow and release (slip) from the vine. It is an odd ball cantaloupe, but a cantaloupe non-the less.
so they tastes just like cantelope?
Some folks love the, others hate them. http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/60239/index.html
I consider tham a novelty. They are large,and attractive, but I don't like the taste which reminds me of cucumber. After all they are the same species as Armenian cucumbers. This cultivar has been around for over a hundred years, and has not been refined like modern cantaloupes.
oh bummer, I have tons of them LOL. I sure hope I like them.
If you don't care from them straight up, there's a recipe in _The Joy of Pickling_ that uses underripe canteloupe.... Looks similar to a watermelon pickle type recipe to me.... I haven't tried it yet, but LMK if you need it, and I'll type it out.
Thanks critter, I don't really think anybody here would eat it though. I'll just wait and see how they taste, I might be giving away to the local folks at our church, they love me come garden time LOL
Banana melons----- I never grew them myself but my grandfather did...back around 1908 in OK. I'm guessing that they were a "treat" in those days when nothing else was available. According to my mother, They were HIS favorite, but in those days, when our sweet, present-day cantalopes were not available, anything resembling a melon would be a treat.
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