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Cantaloupe Hale's Best (Heirloom) - 1 Pkt. (30 seeds)
"80 days. Developed by a Japanese market gardener in California around 1920, this muskmelon became widely popular because it combined excellent flavor with earliness. Hale's Best is a beautiful oval melon deep green skin with golden netting. The flesh is an appealing salmon color, aromatic and sweet."
Average Customer Rating:
4.5 out of 5
2 of 2 (100%) customers would recommend this product to a friend.
Customer Reviews for Cantaloupe Hale's Best (Heirloom) - 1 Pkt. (30 seeds)
Review 1 for Cantaloupe Hale's Best (Heirloom) - 1 Pkt. (30 seeds)
4
out of 5
(Overall Rating)
Top 50 Contributor
Against all odds,
August 18, 2007 Submitted bywilbar from Clayton
"When my neighbors saw my canaloupe vines,they told me it did not grow here and that I was wasting my time with it.They advised I just pull them up and plant something else while I still had the time. I started to pull them up and then stopped with two plants remaining. They grew well early on and produced five melons.One was evey bit as big as the storebought ones.The others were smaller but sweet. As with all of my vines,there was a problem with leaf mold and these plants died early.That was my fault really,for not knowing enough but,next year i will be on better gaurd than this year. when the melons ripened the skin turned yellow and the stem just about "fell" off.I left them on as long as I could stand it because once picked ,it will not get any sweeter no matter how you try. Oh! By the way...I gave my sceptical neighbors the biggest one.They have not said a word since!"
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.
Reviewer Information
Would recommend: Yes
Type of gardening:
Small Garden
Gardening skill:
Beginner
State of residence:
NC
Types of plants:
Vegetables
Gardening experience:
0-1 years
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Ripe when skin is yellow
Review 2 for Cantaloupe Hale's Best (Heirloom) - 1 Pkt. (30 seeds)
5
out of 5
(Overall Rating)
Great for even the novice gardener!,
September 15, 2006 Submitted byAliakey from Lubbock, Texas area
Plant performance:
5
out of 5
Taste:
5
out of 5
Yield:
4
out of 5
"I was a little apprehensive towards an heirloom seed surviving my plant care techniques, as I have a green thumb... but for weeds and bugs only! But, these cantaloupes did great even under the stress of overcrowding pig weed, flooding storms, and the number/type of insects were really bad this year. I didn't use pesticides and just added normal amounts of vegetable fertilizer, and these melons did great! Very sweet, and no internal damage from the bugs. The melons are a bit smaller in size compared to the store-bought varieties, but my plants yielded about 3 to 5 beautiful melons each. I will be using these next year, and also hiring the kids down the street to help pull weeds."
5 of 5 people found this review helpful.
Reviewer Information
Would recommend: Yes
Type of gardening:
Large Garden
Gardening skill:
Beginner
State of residence:
TX
Types of plants:
Vegetables
Gardening experience:
1-5 years
