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NUTMEG MELON [2 records]

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Record 1 2016-03-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
  • Culture of Fruit Trees
Universal entry(ies)
Cucumis melo reticulatus
Latin

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
  • Arboriculture fruitière
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Cucumis melo reticulatus
Latin
OBS

On appelle ainsi les melons dont les fruits présentent sur l'écorce des marques rappelant des broderies.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Botánica
  • Fruticultura
Entrada(s) universal(es)
Cucumis melo reticulatus
Latin
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Record 2 2001-11-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Food Industries
  • Fruits and Vegetables (Types and Processing - Food Ind.)
CONT

The melon's roots can be traced back to varieties brought over by French settlers in the seventeenth century. In its heyday, half a century ago, the Montreal melon was the Queen of Melons. Its delicious, green flesh was prized in the fancy dining rooms of New York and Boston, where customers would pay a big price for the pleasure of eating just a single juicy slice. A 1938 handbook Vegetables of New York claimed that "handled skillfully and intelligently, the melon produces the largest fruits of its type in American cultivation." A single melon could easily reach 15 pounds! And its unique spicy flavour was the reason it was also known as "The Montreal Nutmeg Melon."

CONT

Unfortunately, it is all too easy to lose varieties which contain unique genes; for instance the "Montreal melon", once renowned for its special taste and sold in New York for exorbitant prices, has disappeared without a trace.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
  • Fruits et légumes (Types et traitement - Alimentation)

Spanish

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