A fine, ripe, raw melon is one of the easiest foods to serve and to savor. Sliced, cubed, scooped into perfect balls, as a first course or a dessert, in a salad, as an hors d`oeuvre or a garnish, ...

It's hard to beat a plain slice of cool melon on a hot day. But old standbys like cantaloupe and honeydew are now joined by more exotic varieties... When I was growing up on our farm in east Tennessee ...

Reporting from Onyx — Thirteen years ago, when Ruben Mkrtchyan told his wife and four children that they were going to move from Glendale to a high desert valley in the middle of nowhere to grow the ...

One of summer’s favorite foods is melons. They are in the same family as squashes and cucumbers because they all grow on vines. Several different varieties of melons are available at your local farmer ...

Rich and juicy, melons are powerhouses of both flavor and nutrition. They're part of the gourd family Cucurbitaceae, which also includes pumpkins and squash, and those that are sweet belong to a ...

With the extended statewide dry spell, researchers have been focusing their attention on improving varieties of drought-tolerant melons. With the extended statewide dry spell, researchers at the Texas ...

ALTON - The expert produce teams at Schnucks are ready for summer and excited to share their knowledge of the season's most delicious fruit: gourmet summer melons. Schnucks and Logli customers are ...

Melons are worth growing if only for their perfume as the fruits ripen on a hot August day. Few other scents can match cantaloupe for sheer, mouth-watering potency. And a whole patch of ripening ...

When I was growing up on our farm in east Tennessee, we always had a melon patch. I'm not sure what varieties my parents tried besides cantaloupes and watermelons, but knowing them, it was probably ...