the one and only - Tiger Melon

[Carol Dee]

DH and I ordered a few novelties from Bakker's Creek. We tried Tiger Melon. We grew ONE! Here it is. Small enough to fit in DH's hand. When split open it has creamy flesh. Very firm & SMOOTH, not grainy at all and has a very MILD cantaloupe flavor.

 

[897tgigvib]

Looks real nice Carol! Using it in a salad?

 

[ninnymary]

Carol, will you grow this again? How was the flavor?

Mary

 

[Carol Dee]

I am not a melon fan. I do not usually eat watermelon or cantaloupe. DH said he would grow it again as he had never been able to grow cantaloupe of any kind before. I did like the smooth firm texture. Marshall. Yes, It would be a good addition in a fruit salad. Probably have people wondering what it was !

 

[ninnymary]

Carol, how can you NOT be a melon fan? I just LOVE cantaloupes, watermelons, and strawberry papayas. Those are my favorite fruits! I'm willing to pay $2.99 for a papaya.

Mary

 

[baymule]

Success!! It might only be one, but you are still successful at melon growing!!

 

[digitS']

I felt very challenged to grow a melon, Carol.

For years, it was Minnesota Midget or nothing . . . usually, it was nothing.

Then I came across this list: Earligold, Earliqueen, Goddess, Strike, Halona and Passport. Okay, I came across the list after I tried one of these, the Passport melon. It isn't a cantaloupe, it's a "Galia" melon and, I believe, a cross between a honeydew & a muskmelon. I think the others are cantaloupe and this is the 2nd year I've grown Goddess. I've had my first Goddess and 3 or 4 Passports. Today, I just brought 3 more ripe melons in from the garden!

These melons were all developed by Brent Loy at the University of New Hampshire. It isn't as tho' I grow a whole lot of these things. And, these particular varieties are not growing out there by leaps & bounds, either. There is one, 30' by 4' bed in the garden and the melon vines have shared that bed with a bunch of basil plants around the outside and, yesterday, I noticed that there's a cucumber plant in that bed! A melon plant must have died and been replaced a couple of months ago . . .

That used to be a real common problem - melon death :/. Spring has been so cool & miserable some years, that my melon plants just up & die! Passport tuffs it out! Year after year, I've got those melons . Now, your early season may be entirely different but you and your DH are doing the right thing - trying different types. Keep trying!

Steve

 

[MontyJ]

That's a cute little melon Carol. I'm with you though, I'll pass. I don't even like watermelon

 

[bj taylor]

a pretty thing. I bet it tastes good. I love melons

 

[mrcman]

Hi Carol,

I don't care for cantaloupe either. but the wife loves them. I showed her yours and we'll likely be trying it next year in the garden.

Tony