Cantaloupe (Spanspek)
Posted on May 25th, 2009 by admin
The cantaloupe originated in India and Africa. Cantaloupes were originally cultivated by the Egyptians and later the Greeks and Romans. The North American cantaloupe, common in the United States and in some parts of Canada, is a different member of the same muskmelon species. It is named reticulatus due to its net-like (or reticulated) skin covering. It is called a spanspek or sweet melon in South Africa, where it is harvested during the summer months October through February. It is a round melon with firm, orange, moderately sweet flesh and a thin reticulated light-brown rind.
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