VEGETABLES / MELON
Market mature fruit is medium, football-shaped, deeply-ridged. Mottled green fruit ripens to bright yellow-green with a fine corky netting. Fruit average 7.8" long, 6"wide, 4lbs. Moist orange flesh, subtle flavor, moderately sweet. Donated to SSE by Jon Thurston (ME TH J) of the Medomak Valley High School Heirloom Seed Project. Originally from the Chase Fogg family of the Fogg Homestead in Readfield, ME. The melon dates to the 1890s and was grown by at least four generations of the family. SSE Accession # 113330
SSE Accession: 113330
$4
Listed In: 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024