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'Amarillo Oro' Melons
 
Sub-Category: Casaba/Canary
 
Sub-Category 2:
Description: Spanish Canary-type. Vines bear bright-yellow, 4- to 6-pound fruit with thick creamy-white flesh.
Days To Maturity: 80-90
Seed Sources:
 
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Overall: (3.0 Stars)Overall
Taste: (3.0 Stars)Taste
Yield: (2.0 Stars)Yield
Ease/Reliability: (2.0 Stars)Ease/Reliability
 
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Reviewed on 08/14/2007 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

I brought this melon over to the house of my friends with children who eat melons like they are going out of style. Her little girl described it as "it tastes sort of like a watermelon." It was very crisp, but with less juice than a watermelon. I kind of enjoyed it, though I think I may have picked it a little early. The plants were very compact and seemed to have a very natural propensity to grow up rather than out. Would be a natural space saving melon to trellis. However, the compactness only afforded one melon.
 
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