Melon Champagne is a productive variety of watermelon producing round fruits approx. 4 kg in weight. The outer rind is light green with dark green stripes, whilst the flesh is yellow and tender with a juicy, sweet flavour.
What does champagne melon taste like?
The Champagne Watermelon flesh can range from pale yellow to deep gold and may contain large brownish black seeds or be completely seedless. While their succulent and crisp texture is comparable to other standard red watermelons, their flavor is usually much sweeter offering notes of honey and apricot.
How do you grow champagne watermelon?
WATERMELON ‘Champagne’ seeds
The flesh tastes similar to a regular watermelon. Sow 12mm in a sunny position at 20+ degrees C, germinates in 6-10 days, harvest in about 120 days.
What are the striped watermelons called?
Sweet Beauty
Small oblong watermelons are striped with dark and light green. Flesh is deep red with a sweet flavor and crisp texture. The vines on this variety will spread eight to 10 feet and bear harvestable fruit in just 77-80 days.
What is Diana watermelon?
Diana watermelon seeds produce beautiful little golden-yellow watermelons with fantastic, delicious, dark pink flesh. Each fruit weighs around 1kg (2.2 lb). They are fast to mature and have strong hybrid resistance to plant diseases. Their unusual colour makes them stand out like gems in the garden.
What’s the difference between Crenshaw and cantaloupe?
As for the taste, well, the crenshaw is not all that different from a cantaloupe in flavor and texture. If anything, the taste is a little milder, and the flesh of the melon is a little lighter (which seemed strange to me, as the melon as a whole was so heavy).
Is a Crenshaw melon the same as a honeydew melon?
Honeydew melons should be harvested when the stem end is slightly springy and the skin begins to take on a creamy yellow appearance. Crenshaw melons are picked when the blossom end begins to soften and the skin is golden yellow and green. The flesh should be a golden pink.
What is candy melon?
Orange Candy is a new Aussie grown super sweet Amarillo melon, crisp like a nashi pear, full of flavour and refreshingly juicy. When the smooth skinned variety turns bright yellow, it is ripe for the picking, carefully washed, packed and on it’s way to you.
How can you tell the difference between a red and yellow watermelon?
Taste & Color
The real differences between these watermelon varieties is apparent when they are cut in half and placed side by side. A red watermelon’s flesh should be deep red in color, while a yellow watermelon’s flesh appears canary yellow.
How is a watermelon yellow?
So what’s the difference between red and yellow and why should you give yellow watermelon a try? Red watermelons contain a chemical called lycopene that produces the red colour in fruits and vegetables like tomatoes. The lack of lycopene in yellow watermelon results in their yellow flesh.
What’s the sweetest tasting watermelon?
Sultan. Sultan is one of the sweetest varieties you’ll find, this one measures 12.3 on the Brix scale. The fruits average 15 pounds and ripen within 95 days.
What is the most delicious watermelon?
10 Great Watermelon Varieties
- Bradford Family. This watermelon is a true heirloom treasure.
- Sugar Baby. The quintessential icebox melon.
- Jubilee Bush.
- Georgia Rattlesnake.
- Odell’s White.
- Charleston Grey.
- Mountain Sweet Yellow.
- Moon and Stars.
What is the sweetest melon?
Crenshaw. One of the sweetest varieties available, the Crenshaw ripens from midsummer through autumn. The thick, pink-orange flesh has a heady aroma and works well with prosciutto and other charcuterie.
How big do Yellow Doll watermelons get?
5-7 lbs
More details about Yellow Doll
Yellow Doll watermelon seeds produce small, oval, striped melons with thin rinds and few seeds borne on semi-compact vines. The flesh from Yellow Doll watermelon seeds is bright lemon-yellow, very sweet, with a pleasing, dense, crisp texture. Fruits average 2.2-3kg (5-7 lbs).
How big do Sugar Baby watermelon plants get?
‘Bush Sugar Baby’—Compact vines grow 36 to 42 inches and yield up to two fruits (six to 12 pounds). Ripens in 75 days.
What is a cross between a cantaloupe and honeydew?
Galia. A cross between a honeydew and a cantaloupe, a Galia melon’s rind is netted like a cantaloupe, but the smooth lime-green flesh is like a honeydew. Unlike many other melons, the tenderness of the stem end is not a good indicator of ripeness.
What are Dino melons?
The Dino melon, so named due to the green stripes that give it the appearance of a dinosaur egg, is a white honeydew-type of melon grown in Brazil by Agricola Famosa.
What is the best tasting melon?
Cantaloupe, honeydew, and watermelon are the best known melons, but also be adventurous and try casaba, Crenshaw, Persian melons or other varieties. Some are grown in the United States. Others are imported from Central America and New Zealand. Enjoy the taste of summer with melons.
Which melon is the healthiest?
Honeydew melon and cantaloupe have similar nutrition profiles, but cantaloupe contains more vitamin C and vitamin A. Additionally, cantaloupe is more likely to be contaminated with harmful bacteria due to its netted rind.
What is a sugar kiss melon?
A cross between Galia and Charentais melons, the Sugar Kiss looks like an edible basketball, with a shocking green lining to complement its bright orange flesh. Firm and luscious, the melon’s full bodied flavor pairs perfectly with prosciutto.
What is the orange melon called?
Cantaloupe
Cantaloupe. The Cantaloupe melon is named after a small town near Rome, Cantalupa, and is appreciated everywhere for its exceptionally juicy, sweet, orange flesh.
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