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Internet Colors - Set of 1035
Honeydew Color 429 - #F0FFF0
Cucumis melo -
Honeydew is a cultivar group of the muskmelon, Cucumis melo Inodorus group,
which includes crenshaw, casaba, Persian, winter, and other mixed melons
A honeydew has a round to slightly oval shape. The
flesh is usually pale green in color, while the smooth peel ranges from
greenish to yellow. Like most fruit, honeydew has seeds. Honeydew's thick,
juicy, sweet flesh is often eaten for dessert, and is commonly found in
supermarkets across the world. This fruit grows best in semiarid climates and
is harvested based on maturity, not size.
"Honeydew" is in fact the American name for the White Antibes cultivar which
has been grown for many years in southern France and Algeria. In China,
honeydews are known as the Bailan melon; they are a locally famous product near
Lanzhou, the capital city of Gansu province in China's northwest.
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