Cucumis melo (90 days) Approx. 30 seeds per 1 g packet. When ripe, their smooth, blue-green skin turns yellow, and the melons slip easily from their stems. If those signs of readiness are not enough, just the aroma of a ripe Charentais in the patch is a dead giveaway. The flavor is perfumed and tropically exotic, distinct from the more typical netted-skinned varieties.
Melon Seeds - Charentais
Mother Earth News says about Charentais...
"Among many delicious melons that are too fragile to ship, the French cantaloupes are at the top of my list. Perfectly sized for a half-melon serving, the French Charentais types have thick, firm, orange flesh and a small seed cavity."
Amy Goldman writes in her book, Melons For the Passionate Grower...
The Charentais is a type of melon (many commercial varieties exist) that originated in the Poitou-Charentes region of western France, circa 1920. "It is a refined cantaloupe," she says, "free of the blemishes and warts of its ancestors."
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