Jenny Lind - Melon
This ancient variety produces flattened turban-shaped fruits weighing 0.5 to 1.5 kg, with orange-brown skin marbled with green when ripe. The green flesh is very sweet and pleasantly fragrant.
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in the ground, in bucket
Sow in pots at a temperature of between 20 and 25°C, 6 weeks before planting. Transplant with the root ball, after the last frosts, in planting holes enriched with compost, spaced 1 m apart in all directions. Sowing in the open ground under the same conditions is possible when the soil is well warmed and outside temperatures no longer fall below 15°C.
Melons need plenty of light and warmth to ripen before the frosts.
March, April, May
April, May
July, August, September, October
in the ground, in the greenhouse
sunny
fort
limestone, humus
reheated, rich, drained, light
Cucumis melo
mid-season
From 500 to 1500 g
25 seeds
turban
farm
Brown
From 15 to 20 cm
runner
United States
1883
"Vilmorin-Andrieux "Les Plantes Potagères
An old variety named after the famous Swedish singer Jenny Lind, who arrived in the United States in 1850. The flesh of this melon is soft and fragrant, like the voice of the "Swedish Nightingale". It was named in 1883 in Vilmorin-Andrieux's "Les Plantes Potagères".
