I like mellon

[Mugwump]

...I cut up a cantaloupe this morning.....it was delicious....I really like muskmelon too....MMmmmm

[Mugwump]

OH.....and loaded with Vit's A, C, and potassium too.....

[PaulineMi]

Cantaloupe with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.....yum

[GraphicGr8s]

...I cut up a cantaloupe this morning.....it was delicious....I really like muskmelon too....MMmmmm

You do know it's the same thing don't you?
A true cantaloupe is a rarity in the US.

[Mugwump]

...I cut up a cantaloupe this morning.....it was delicious....I really like muskmelon too....MMmmmm

You do know it's the same thing don't you?
A true cantaloupe is a rarity in the US.

Same family, but not the same....muskmellon has deep ridges around it and is way more pungent than cantaloupe.....

[GraphicGr8s]

...I cut up a cantaloupe this morning.....it was delicious....I really like muskmelon too....MMmmmm

You do know it's the same thing don't you?
A true cantaloupe is a rarity in the US.

Same family, but not the same....muskmellon has deep ridges around it and is way more pungent than cantaloupe.....

A true cantaloupe is rare in the US. What is sold as a cantaloupe is a type of muskmelon.

Description

The fruit widely known as "cantaloupe" throughout the U.S. is actually muskmelon. When we purchase "cantaloupe" in a U.S. grocery store, what we're used to seeing is an outer surface that consists of "netting"?an orderly mosaic pattern - that sits atop and covers the outermost skin (rind). We may or may not also see "ribbing" on the cantaloupe ("ribbing" in the sense of lines running from one end of the cantaloupe to the other, like the seams on a basketball). But if we do see ribbing, it is not usually very heavy or very deep., Melons with a very developed and orderly netting and only mild-to-moderate ribbing are not true cantaloupes but rather muskmelons (Cucumis melo var reticulatus).

Cantaloupes (Cucumis melo var cantalupensis) typically lack an extensive, orderly netting and they have ribs (also called "sutures") that are much heavier and more deeply grooved. In addition, true cantaloupes are grown almost exclusively in other parts of the world (and especially in the Mediterranean region). In fact, the name "cantaloupe" actually comes from the name of a town in Italy near Rome called Cantaloupo in Sabina, where seeds were brought from Armenia and planted in the Papal gardens during the 1400-1500's.) Despite this misnaming of "cantaloupes" in the U.S. marketplace however, from hereon we're going to stick with this common U.S. practice and refer to muskmelons as cantaloupes.

[Mugwump]

LOL....we're in the midwest......we grow our own.......and there is a difference....the one we had today.....maybe what you're saying could/can be true...otherwise....nada, nope....      

[GraphicGr8s]

LOL....we're in the midwest......we grow our own.......and there is a difference....the one we had today.....maybe what you're saying could/can be true...otherwise....nada, nope....    

Well we in the states have never had a cantaloupe. But I will say this the muskmelon we call cantaloupe is good eats.

[Mugwump]

interesting...

"Muskmelon (Cucumis melo 'reticulatus') is commonly known in the trade as a cantaloupe. However, no cantaloupes are actually grown commercially in the United States, only muskmelons. Cantaloupes (Cucumis melo 'cantaloupensis') are a rough warty fruit while muskmelon have the characteristic netting on the fruit rind."

I tend to agree with you somewhat...however, you'll note above, my bold, that it says commercially grown......I do know the difference in the rind textures too...so today, ok, it was commercially grown....but come summer time here.....I'm eating the real muskmellon..... ...yes, farmers know the difference...it's their business to know... ...not all farmers choose to do grow them, but those that do...get our money....

[Mugwump]

Muskmelon vs Cantaloupe..we aren't the only ones to discuss the topic.....LOL..and semantics are crucified.....

Cantaloupe or muskmelon? - University of Illinois Extension
web.extension.illinois.edu/dmp/palette/070729.html
Jul 29, 2007 - The other variety, European cantaloupe, Cucumis melo cantalupensis, has ribbed light green skin and looks nothing like what we commonly call cantaloupe. While both of these cantaloupe varieties are muskmelons, not all muskmelons are cantaloupes. The name muskmelon comes from the sweet fragrance of the ripe fruit.

[greydragon]

i love the mellon grown in or very near to Muscatine Iowa,but i have not had any for many years

[Ron Sower]

I like melons too! 

[Mugwump]

LOL...that pic sure blew up....

[PaulineMi]

We have a festival celebrating the Howell Melon every year. They are very, very good.

http://mfea.org/event/howell-melon-festival-2014/

[Ron Sower]

At least we'll know ''Howell'' get there...there's a map!
(sorry guys and gals!...it's been too long since I punned on here....I just had to do it! Sorrrrry! )