Crisp Melon 'Early Silver Line'

This one grew well and produced prolifically, too bad the fruit was tasteless.

I hate to give so-so reviews, but this just must be a southern thing. The plant grew well up north, but the long awaited melons didn't h...Read Moreit my taste buds right. Sort of like the inside rind of an old watermelon or something. Miniature cantalope and honeysdews I've grown in past were much sweeter and better.

It is easy to tell when this plant is ripe. It turns from a green to a bright yellow with silver/white ribs. Great for mixing in salsa a...Read Morend fruit cocktails. Delicious salted or with prosciutto. First ate it in Italy. Now grow it in my garden. The flesh has less water content and is similar in texture to watermelon rind and is white. Delicious. This is a regular in my garden and produces prolifically. I grow it around the base of my dwarf orange trees in the large flower pots and the vines trail over the side loaded with fruit. This can also be used as a sweet hot house cucumber in salads, doesn't get soft as fast as cucumbers. These are also a nice size to cut in half and use as bowls for fruit salad. These peel like a cucumber too! My kids even like the skins...reminds them of thin apple skins. Is wonderfully refreshing when juiced, especially with midori. LIKES FULL SUN AND DO NOT LET THE VINES WILT FROM DRYNESS.

Elongated oriental melon. White, crips flesh sweet and fragant. A small delicious gourmet meleon rarely found in markets. Yellow skin lin...Read Moreed with silvery furrows, so thin it can be peeled like an apple. Harvest 76 days after sowing.