"brickled" wrote in message
k.net...
i've grown this variety and had the melons get nearly twice the size as
they
are reported to. sadly, the individual melons that got larger never got
ripe
before the first frost.


I've never seen anything like this, the vine started indoors in early May,
set out in soil in late May, had flowers by late June and started getting
fruit in early July. The melon in question first appeared about 7 weeks ago.
There are others on the same vine that have been growing longer but haven't
gotten nearly as big.