Cantaloupe Hale's Best Seeds – Heirloom Sweet Melon Classic
- Ontario Grown
$1.95
SKU: GS-9715-CAN-DT
- Free shipping on orders over $50 (in Canada)
- Organicly grown
- Non GMO
Description
Cantaloupe Hale’s Best (Cucumis melo), also known as Hale's Best Jumbo, is a celebrated 1920s heirloom muskmelon renowned for its exceptional sweetness, rich aroma, and heavy yields. Producing oval fruits weighing 3 to 5 pounds, it features thick, deep salmon-orange flesh with a small seed cavity and an attractive, heavily netted tan skin. Heat-loving and drought-tolerant, this classic variety matures early on vigorous vines, delivering juicy, sweet, honey-flavored melons perfect for fresh summer breakfasts, fruit salads, and desserts.
Specifications
- Plant Name: Cantaloupe Hale's Best (Cucumis melo)
- Cultivar Type: Heirloom, Open-Pollinated
- Plant Class: Warm-Season Fruiting Crop (Annual)
- Color: Heavily netted tan outer rind with vibrant salmon-orange interior flesh
- Plant Characteristics: Vigorous sprawling vines (4–6 ft), oval fruits (3–5 lbs), thick juicy flesh, small seed cavity, high sugar content
- Suitable Space: Full-sun garden beds, warm raised plots, melon hills, garden mounds
- Season: Warm Season (Late Spring through Late Summer)
- Best Time for Sowing (Zone 6b): Start indoors late April in biodegradable pots (3–4 weeks before last frost); or direct sow outdoors late May to early June once soil temperatures exceed 21°C (70°F).
- Sunlight: Full Sun (6+ hours direct sunlight daily)
- Watering Needs: Moderate (requires regular deep watering during vine, fruit development; reduce watering as melons ripen to concentrate sugar sweetness)
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