Honey Melon

Honeydew melon: smooth pale skin, green-white flesh, and a gentler, cleaner sweetness than a cantaloupe. Less perfume, more refreshment.

It is the best melon of the three for a fruit salad because it does not overpower anything it sits next to, and the best for children who find cantaloupe too musky. Cut into ribbons with a peeler it makes a surprisingly good salad with cucumber and mint.

A ripe honeydew has a faintly waxy rather than glossy skin, and the blossom end gives slightly. Unlike cantaloupe it does not smell strongly even when ready, so go by feel and by weight.

Price on this one moves week to week, so we quote it rather than list it — send an enquiry and we will come back with today's rate.

Counter to finish ripening, fridge to hold. Whole, about five days cold.

Wrapped once cut, and three days at most.