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flexuosus group, long and twisted like a snake, which includes the “Armenian cucumber.” There is also the dudaim group of small, especially musky melons used in the U.S South and elsewhere for preserves and simply to scent the air (pocket melon, pomegranate melon, smell melon); dudaim is Hebrew for “love-plants.” The horned melon, also called jelly melon and kiwano, is the fruit of Cucumis metuliferus, a native of Africa with a spiky yellow skin and a relatively scant amount of emerald-green, translucent gel surrounding its seeds The gel has a sweet cucumbery flavor and is used in drinks, fresh sauces, and sorbets The hollowed-out skin makes a decorative container Watermelon The watermelon is a distant relative of the other melons, the fruit of an African vine, Citrullus lanatus, whose wild relatives are very bitter The Egyptians were eating it 5,000 years ago, and the Greeks knew it by the 4th century BCE World production of watermelons is now double the production of all other melons combined Watermelons are notable for the large size both of their cells, which are easily seen with the naked eye, and their fruits, which can reach 60 lb/30 kg and more Unlike other melons, the watermelon consists of seed-bearing placental tissue rather than seed-surrounding — thus seed-free — ovary wall “Seedless melons,” which actually contain small undeveloped seeds, were first bred in Japan in the 1930s The classic watermelon is dark red with the carotenoid pigment lycopene, and in fact is a much richer source of this antioxidant than tomatoes! Recent years have brought yelloworange varieties A good watermelon has a crunchy, crisp, yet tender consistency, a moderately sweet taste, and a delicate, almost green aroma External signs of quality are a substantial heaviness for the melon’s size, yellow skin under-tones indicative of ...it by the 4th century BCE World production of watermelons is now double the production of all other melons combined Watermelons are notable for the large size both of their cells, which are easily seen with the naked eye, and. .. which are easily seen with the naked eye, and their fruits, which can reach 60 lb/30 kg and more Unlike other melons, the watermelon consists of seed-bearing placental tissue rather than seed-surrounding — thus seed-free... “Seedless melons,” which actually contain small undeveloped seeds, were first bred in Japan in the 1930s The classic watermelon is dark red with the carotenoid pigment lycopene, and in fact is