Honey Dew Melon Muskmelon
These are the melons you see listed on the menus of the biggest and most famous hotels and cafes' at 60 cents for a half melon. Honey dew melon is all that its name says. The flavor is great – unlike any other variety of melon. Then Honey Dew is a cross between a cantaloupe and a Cassaba and has the good quality of both. The melons are large but uniform in size, weighing 5 to 7 pounds. Perfectly round, smooth, light yellow in color, turning a lemon color when ripe. The flesh is a light green in color, very thick, with a small seed cavity and can be eaten to the rind. No more difficult to grow than cantaloupe, requiring the same sort of soil and cultivation. We are anxious to see more Honey Dew Melons grown for they are a delicacy for the home gardener to grow and a big money crop for the commercial grower. Our seed this year is excellent, showing high vitality in our laboratory tests.
Originally listed in: Porter and Sons mid-20th-century pricelist
These are the melons you see listed on the menus of the biggest and most famous hotels and cafes' at 60 cents for a half melon. Honey dew melon is all that its name says. The flavor is great – unlike any other variety of melon. Then Honey Dew is a cross between a cantaloupe and a Cassaba and has the good quality of both. The melons are large but uniform in size, weighing 5 to 7 pounds. Perfectly round, smooth, light yellow in color, turning a lemon color when ripe. The flesh is a light green in color, very thick, with a small seed cavity and can be eaten to the rind. No more difficult to grow than cantaloupe, requiring the same sort of soil and cultivation. We are anxious to see more Honey Dew Melons grown for they are a delicacy for the home gardener to grow and a big money crop for the commercial grower. Our seed this year is excellent, showing high vitality in our laboratory tests.
Originally listed in: Porter and Sons mid-20th-century pricelist