Muskmelon, also known as cantaloupe, is a tender, heat-loving
vegetable. Most varieties of the muskmelon have a musk smell;
thus the name muskmelon. Muskmelon originated in India and were
cultivated by settlers in the 1600's. All varieties are hybrids
unless designated OP (for open-pollinated). Ambrosia (86 days to
harvest, very sweet flesh) Burpee Hybrid (85 days, standard
eastern sutured melon) Bush Star (88 days; 2 pounds; bush-type
plant for limited space) Earlisweet (68 days; very early; 2 to 3
pounds, good sweet flavor, firm flesh) Gold Star (87 days,
resistant to fusarium wilt) Harper Hybrid (86 days, resistant to
alternaria blight, fusarium wilt, mosaic) Harvest Queen (OP-90
days, resistant to fusarium wilt) Iroquois (OP-85 days,
resistant to fusarium, very tasty) Pulsar (80 days; heavily
netted; tolerant to powdery mildew, fusarium) Rising Star (84
days, resistant to fusarium race 2) Saticoy (86 days; resistant
to fusarium wilt, powdery mildew) Supermarket (88 days;
resistant to fusarium wilt, powder