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'Prescott Fond Blanc' Melons |
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Charantais/French
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Open-pollinated. 3- to 5-pound, warty, gray-green fruit with orange flesh.
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88
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| Seed Sources: |
Seed Savers Exchange - updated in 2014
Underwood Gardens - updated in 2011
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| Rating Summary |
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Overall: (3.0 Stars)
Taste: (3.0 Stars)
Yield: (3.0 Stars)
Ease/Reliability: (3.5 Stars) |
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Number of Reviews: 2
KEY: O=Overall Rating, T=Taste, Y=Yield, E=Ease
Reviewed on 08/06/2007 by
MAldrich
- A novice gardener
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Greenville, South Carolina, United States
Frost Free Season: 123 - 143 days
Soil Texture: Clay
Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
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| Prescott Fond Blanc is possibly the most beautiful thing that I have ever grown. It's gorgeous warted golden yellow rind is a true show stopper! I would easily use this at a dinner party as a centerpiece and then serve it with a very sweet ice cream. As the other reviewer mentioned it is not extremely sweet. It is decently sweet though with a flavor reminescent of regular US muskmelons.
I really didn't have a problem growing it although the cucumber bugs liked it a little better than the other melons. It put off 2-3 melons per vine which is pretty good considering it's size. I would grow again, but only as a novelty show stopper. |
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Reviewed on 01/17/2007 by
California Olive
- An experienced gardener
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California, United States
Frost Free Season: More than 203 days
Soil Texture: Clay
Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
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| This is a very unusual melon. It resembles a small, deeply ribbed pumpkin in shape and looks very dramatic when cut in wedges with scalloped edges. The color turns from grey-green to a pretty orangey-buff white when ripe. Like most French melons, it's not supposed to slip when ripe. But if watered near maturity in our climate, it does slip, sometimes even before it is ripe. But it doesn't split like a Charentais would under similar circumstances..
Texture of the flesh is firm and the flavor is not very sweet. Sometimes recommended with Parma ham, etc. |
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