Description
Melon ‘Prescott Fond Blanc’ – Heritage Variety
10 seeds
An unusual and historic French melon, Prescott Fond Blanc is instantly recognisable by its heavily ribbed, warty skin and pale grey-green colouring. Beneath this distinctive exterior lies sweet, fragrant orange flesh of excellent quality.
Grown since the 19th century, this heritage variety combines ornamental appeal with rich, traditional flavour.
Key characteristics
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Historic French heritage melon
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Medium-sized, heavily ribbed fruits
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Warty pale grey-green skin
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Sweet, aromatic orange flesh
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Distinctive and ornamental appearance
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Botanical name: Cucumis melo
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
Prescott Fond Blanc is perfect for fresh eating, offering a sweet, rich flavour and a wonderfully traditional melon aroma.
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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