Description
Melon ‘Charentais’ – French Heritage Variety
10 seeds
A classic French heritage melon, Charentais is renowned for its sweet, aromatic orange flesh and smooth, grey-green skin. Traditionally grown in the Charente region, this variety produces small to medium-sized fruits with exceptional flavour and fragrance.
Highly prized for its rich taste and tender texture, it remains one of the finest dessert melons available to the home gardener.
Key characteristics
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French heritage melon
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Small to medium round fruits
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Smooth, lightly ribbed grey-green skin
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Deep orange, sweet and aromatic flesh
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Excellent dessert quality
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Botanical name: Cucumis melo
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Growing information
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Sow under cover in spring
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Grow in a greenhouse or warm, sheltered outdoor position
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Requires fertile soil and regular watering
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Harvest when fruits are fragrant and slip easily from the vine
In the kitchen
Charentais is perfect for fresh eating, fruit salads and classic summer dishes, offering a rich sweetness and intense aroma
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This packet contains enough seed to produce enough for the whole family , These seeds will be packaged in clear sealed bags, fully labeled with all EU seed requirements, photo, quantity of seed, packaged date etc. These will then be enclosed in our pictorial envelope together with growing tips and hints and suggestions for successful germination
- .All the seed we supply is professional quality seed which has been fully tested for germination and we grow every single variety ourselves to test viability, taste, special growing requirements and of course customer popularity.
- Delivered from our French organic Farm
- Non treated Non GMO seed
- Beautiful unique JandL Packaging and growing instructions
- Approx. 10 seeds per packet — open-pollinated, heritage variety
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