-sLesser known melon varieties:

1. Casaba: wrinkly, ridged melon taste like cucumbers with a squeeze of citrus juice, it's nice in gazpacho or a smoothie.
2. Galia: a cantaloupe — honeydew hybrid, with delicious smelling pale green flesh.
3. Charentais: also known as french canteloupe, honeyed and tender with green ribbing and slight netting (like a cantaloupe with stripes).
4. Canary: bright yellow, football— shaped melon is sugary, a little tangy, somewhat tropical tasting.
5. Sprite: petite, smooth-skinned type from North Carolina has notes of honeydew, watermelon and pear. Uniquely crisp apple-like flesh.
6. Crendhau: cross between a casaba and a Persian comes in both white and green varieties.
7. Persian: musky scent, orange flesh.
8. Christmas/Santa Claus: dark green, oblong melon, available from South America.
9. Sherlyn: highly perishable variety, with subtle flavour.