Product Overview
Cucumis melo
Hale's best is a very well known heirloom, developed in the 1920s by a Japanese grower in California. Produces lovely, large, round, netted fruit that have a thick flesh wall and small seed cavities. The flesh is aromatic, sweet and juicy with a pleasant mouthfeel. Heat loving and more drought tolerant than other muskmelons, this variety grows very well in the warmer summer months.
Slip ripened: Ripe and ready when the stem of the fruit parts from the fruit with very little pressure.
Approx 20 seeds