Cantaloupe

This is the most popular melon in Brazil, mainly cultivated on the semi-desertic northeastern region of this country. It´s a quite versa...Read Moretile dessert, can be served pure, cold or not, combined with other fruits, chocolate, ice cream, juices... It´s a refreshing fruit, with high quantities of water and low sugar. One of my favorite fruits.

Cucumis melo now has lots of varieties (I ate some of a white melon variety last week, for example), but the most popular over here is the yellow one.

Americans refer to the Cucumis melo as the Cantaloupe, although the rest of the world calls these "Muskmelons". Americans grow these net...Read Moreted fruits that "slip" from the vine when ripe.

A warm season vegetable that should be sown only after all threat of frost is passed.