On Fri, 24 Jan 2003 19:18:53 +0100, "Pietje Bell"
wrote:

Cantaloupe and "Netmeloen" (the Dutch name) "cucumis melo reticulatis" are
two different melons for sure!!
Canteloupe are available on almost every seedshop in my country Holland.
Anyway thank you very much for answering my question.

Grts,
PB-Netherlands

I think this may be a difference in nomenclature between the US and
Europe. The Joy of Cooking describes 4 types of dessert melons (all
the melons that are not watermelon). There's the smooth or winter
group, which has the late-ripening melons. The netted melons include
_American cantaloupe_, muskmelon, etc. "In Europe, and botanically
speaking, _true cantaloupes_ have another shape. They have a smooth
hard rind, and may be lightly fluted. " The French Charentais melon
is in that group. And then there are the tropical melons, such as
Galia, Ha-Ogen, Passport, etc.

There's your trivia for the day.

Rebecca