Unusual melon

LoreD · November 26, 2006

Last night, during a bout of insomnia, I was watching a Cindy Crawford Informercial and they said that the base for her cosmetics line was a "rare french melon." It looked like it was a charantais type melon with a salmon colored flesh. They said that the anti-aging base component was due to the melon not rotting as fast as other melons. They used time-lapse photography to show two similar looking melons and only one rotted.

Anybody have any idea what kind of melon they were using?

LoreD

dcarch · November 26, 2006

Winter squash last even longer.

Good night
dcarch :wink:

**carolyn137** · November 26, 2006

A rotting melon cannot be compared to a rotting face due to age or whatever.

There's more than one French melon that has orange flesh as I recall, and if it's a Charantais, having grown both the OP true version and several hybrids, they don't rot that fast, trust me.

landarc · November 26, 2006

Since rot is just the end stage of a long process that includes ripening, would you really want a melon that never rots? There are tomatoes that have been selected for durability and long shelf life. You can get them all over the place. I wonder if a melon of tha same character wouldn;t have the same flaws?

LoreD · November 26, 2006

I don't want to eat the melon, I was just curious about the "rare french melon." I had never heard of a melon that stayed "young" and didn't "age." I thought we might be able to put a name to this melon.

Anyone ever hear about this strange melon?

Enquiring minds want to know!

The webpage had such a long address that I'm just putting the site address and click "the science" and then click on the "our discovery" button so that you can see the melon.

www.meaningfulbeauty.com

LoreD

username5 · November 26, 2006

I don't know what kind of mellon it is, but I think it would be fun to email the company and ask them.

I wonder if they would say?

November 26, 2006	#1
LoreD Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Chicago Suburbs Posts: 306	Unusual melon Last night, during a bout of insomnia, I was watching a Cindy Crawford Informercial and they said that the base for her cosmetics line was a "rare french melon." It looked like it was a charantais type melon with a salmon colored flesh. They said that the anti-aging base component was due to the melon not rotting as fast as other melons. They used time-lapse photography to show two similar looking melons and only one rotted. Anybody have any idea what kind of melon they were using? LoreD __________________ Its not what you get to keep in life, its what you get to give away.

November 26, 2006	#2
dcarch Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: NY Posts: 2,618	Winter squash last even longer. Good night dcarch :wink: __________________ tomatomatomatomatomatomatomatomatomatomatomatomato matomato tomatomatomatomatomatomatomatomatomatomatomatomato matomato tomatomatomatomatomatomatomatomatomatomatomatomato matomato

November 26, 2006	#3
carolyn137 Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Upstate NY, zone 4b/5a Posts: 21,169	A rotting melon cannot be compared to a rotting face due to age or whatever. There's more than one French melon that has orange flesh as I recall, and if it's a Charantais, having grown both the OP true version and several hybrids, they don't rot that fast, trust me. __________________ Carolyn

November 26, 2006	#4
landarc Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Left Coasty Posts: 964	Since rot is just the end stage of a long process that includes ripening, would you really want a melon that never rots? There are tomatoes that have been selected for durability and long shelf life. You can get them all over the place. I wonder if a melon of tha same character wouldn;t have the same flaws? __________________ Lets see...$10 for Worth and $5 for Fusion, man. Tomatoes are expensive! Bob

November 26, 2006	#5
LoreD Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Chicago Suburbs Posts: 306	I don't want to eat the melon, I was just curious about the "rare french melon." I had never heard of a melon that stayed "young" and didn't "age." I thought we might be able to put a name to this melon. Anyone ever hear about this strange melon? Enquiring minds want to know! The webpage had such a long address that I'm just putting the site address and click "the science" and then click on the "our discovery" button so that you can see the melon. www.meaningfulbeauty.com LoreD __________________ Its not what you get to keep in life, its what you get to give away.

November 26, 2006	#6
username5 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Zone 5 Wisconsin Posts: 117	I don't know what kind of mellon it is, but I think it would be fun to email the company and ask them. I wonder if they would say? __________________ We don't inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.