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Post by biorag on Aug 31, 2008 23:34:23 GMT -5
No, I learn to be patient !
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Post by raymondo on Sept 1, 2008 16:39:36 GMT -5
Looks mouth-wateringly delicious!
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Post by biorag on Sept 6, 2008 4:01:01 GMT -5
Sorry, it's not concerning the Lunéville's melon ! Pictures of « early napoletano verde” : The same with regular flesh : Another with white flesh. I saved the seeds of this one if somedody would get a try next year.
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Post by canadamike on Sept 6, 2008 8:48:15 GMT -5
Hello Gérard. The flesh of the verde looks withish. Is it is full color or was it a bit bland because not ripe?
How were both taste wise and did they fare well in that bad weather (disease resistance)? Unless you had a different summer in your micro-climate....
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Post by grungy on Sept 6, 2008 10:43:48 GMT -5
Hi Gerald, Would be interested in some of the seeds of both colors, later on this fall / winter. As soon as I get done with my own seed collecting. Thank you for the offer. Cheers, Val / grungy
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Post by biorag on Sept 7, 2008 5:02:03 GMT -5
Hi Val and Michel ! (I don't unterstand withish ! ) The two napoletano were perfectly ripe and sweety, but the flesh a little different, less soft, less "farineux" ("et plus ferme") for the second (I don't know the translation in English!?, help Michel !). We prefered the second one. About the disease resistance, I had not any problem, but they were in my greenhouse. Outside nearly all the melons were hit. Thank you Val it will be a great pleasure to send you some seeds ! The harvest yesterday : From left to right and top to bottom : -Vieille France : what a wonder !!! Sweety and very pleasant flesh. Just a default : I sew it in april and I've just got the first one now. -jaune canari hâtif : wonderful too. I think this one was cross-pollinisated with "noir des carmes" !? I hope so, and I'll see that in 2009. I have seeds for you two if you want to play with me. -vert grimpant : not very good, but it was outside and it's really a cold and rainy year here for the melons. -far north : not so bad. It's not a great melon but I sew it lately in july at the same time and same conditions as Lunéville's and a second time noir des carmes ...... and it's the first in our plate. I'm waiting now the last noir des carmes .... and naturally the Lunéville's !!! The same :
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Post by canadamike on Sept 7, 2008 8:58:47 GMT -5
Thanks Gérard. Withish is '''white-ish'' coloquial for about or quasi white, By ''farineux'' and less firm you mean N. Verde was firm ( ferme) less melting. Its flesh looks like a cross of cucumis melo inodorus (canari, casaba, Piel de Sapo, Tendral Verde etc... all the melon miel and their relatives and melons d'hiver. or winter melons, the good keepers) and cantaloupensis.
Vieille France did the same thing to me. Touted all over as an early one for northern regions, well... he might be good in a shorter version of Paradise Island, but certainly not in a summer like this one. Mind you, northern France has beeen experiencing its second summer in a row with 3 months of rain, that could explain our Tomodori's friends frustration.
Here, the last 3 summer have seen way too much rain, but the last 2 ones were weird, with inundation style periods followed by lots of sun. This summer without a summer and constant rain was a weird experience.
I lost 6 melon cultivars at the very beginning, but even erased all my notes not to be biased against them, hail falling in a random way, they might very well have been hit very directly where it killed them. I was lucky to keep the others alive!
Next year will be better I hope....
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Post by biorag on Sept 7, 2008 11:43:25 GMT -5
Thanks Michel for your help ! I confirm : the withish napoletano is firm and is less melting than the regular one. The cucumis melo inodorus I grew are honeydew (white Antibes) and "jaune canari hâtif" As honeydew has green flesh, I think it's certainty a cross of the canari. Anyway, I preserve affectedly seeds. Like you, I hope 2009 will be better !
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Post by Alan on Sept 9, 2008 21:35:05 GMT -5
Thanks for the updates and pics biorag. Keep up the good work.
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Post by canadamike on Sept 13, 2008 10:54:10 GMT -5
Ouahhhhhhhh!! The LUNÉVILLE IS GOOOOOOOOOOODDDDDD!!!! Like the PETIT GRIS DE RENNES, I just had both!!! Pure ambrosia...
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Post by grungy on Sept 13, 2008 11:54:42 GMT -5
Obviously delicious. Pics please. Is it possible to send through the computer? Great growing Michel.
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Post by canadamike on Sept 13, 2008 12:59:02 GMT -5
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Post by grungy on Sept 13, 2008 21:18:39 GMT -5
What wre the weights?
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Post by canadamike on Sept 13, 2008 22:15:58 GMT -5
I totally forgot to weight them, sorry. Over 2 kg for the Lunéville for sure, but the PETIT GRIS THE RENNES WAS OF COURSE MUCH SMALLER, SOFTBALL SIZE.
I was so excited to eat them I forgot to weight the LUNÉVILLE. But it is a heavy fellow...I ate all the petit gris, but tomorrow I make CONFITURE DE MELON DE LUNÉVILLE, I got the recipe from Bell, it was made at the château by one of France's great chefs, so I restreined myself ;D ;D ;D
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Post by Alan on Sept 13, 2008 22:57:24 GMT -5
Those look absolutely delicious. Unfortunately I'm all out of melons for the season, but still have plenty of watermelons to sate my sweet tooth. I have a very nice "early moonbeam" waiting for lunch tomarrow.
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