Hale's Best #36 Cantaloupe
Melon (AKA Hale's Best 36 Improved Melon)
Origin: United States
Item #: MELON007
Hale's Best #36 Cantaloupe
Melon is an improved version of Hale's Best Cantaloupe Melon that was once
used for commercial purposes. Hale's Best 36 Improved is the parent to
numerous other commercial cantaloupe melon varieties; Gulfstream and Sweet
N Early being two examples.
Though once a very popular
commercial melon cultivar, Hale's Best 36 has become very rare in recent
years. Seeds of Diversity, who is Canada's premier seed exchange organization
states in their melon database that the variety disappeared from commercial
sale 20 years ago and is not currently maintained by any of their members.
They go on further to say that it is not maintained by any seed banks in
Canada or the United States and list the variety's status as "Apparently
Extinct". Though the status of this variety is not quite as bad as they
make it out to be, Hale's Best 36 Improved Cantaloupe Melon is in fact,
extremely rare and besides ourselves, only two other seed companies worldwide
continue to offer this wonderful old melon cultivar.
Hale's Best #36 is a very
flavorful and very productive melon that produces uniform melons in the
range of 2 to 3 pounds each. The melons are slightly oval in shape and
and feature a smooth shape with solid netting. It was reputed to be a fair
shipping melon in its day and its salmon colored flesh features a sweet,
slightly spicy taste. Though it is similiar to the Mildew Resistant #45
Melon, Hale's Best #36 is slightly earlier to mature and has a better taste.
Matures in 80 to 85 days.
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