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Don't play the guessing game — here's exactly how to tell if a cantaloupe is ripe or not.
For example, a drop of iodine on a slightly rotten part (not the skin) of an apple will stay yellow or orange, since starch is no longer present. If the iodine is applied and takes 2–3 seconds to turn dark blue or black, then the process of ripening has begun but is not yet complete.
So here, we've broken down exactly how to pick out a pineapple that's perfectly sweet and ready to eat. Step 1: Smell the bottom Pineapple should smell like , well, pineapple.
The Yubari King is a hybrid of two other cantaloupe cultivars: Earl's Favourite and Burpee's "Spicy" Cantaloupe. [2] The hybrid's scientific name is Cucumis melo L. var. reticulatus Naud. cv. Yubari King. Six Yubari King melons packed in cardboard for transport. A top-grade melon is to be perfectly round and have an exceptionally smooth rind.
A Cantaloupe , also cantaloup or rockmelon (Cucumis melo cantalupensis), is the North American name for a variety of muskmelon. "True cantaloupes are not netted, have deep grooves, a hard warty rind, and orange or green flesh. These are grown only in Europe where the population easily makes the distinction between muskmelons and cantaloupes" [1].
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Cucumis melo, also known as melon, [2] [3] is a species of Cucumis that has been developed into many cultivated varieties. The fruit is a pepo.The flesh is either sweet or bland, with or without an aroma, and the rind can be smooth (such as honeydew), ribbed (such as European cantaloupe), wrinkled (such as Cassaba melon), or netted (such as American cantaloupe).
A salmonella outbreak tied to tainted cantaloupe has now killed eight people — three in the U.S. and five in Canada, health officials reported Thursday. In the U.S., at least 230 people have ...