Dawn said:

Something tells me it's not "Hales Best Jumbo Cantelope" like I thought
I planted.

younger green fruit: www.reddawn.net/temp/veg2.jpg


older and starting to turn orange! : www.reddawn.net/temp/veg1.jpg

Could this be a pumpkin? (That would explain why I had orange zucchini
last week)

Oh yeah, it's some kind of C. pepo squash. It would cross with zucchini,
but not turn them orange.
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