Authentic cantaloupe is oblong with rough skin and produced in Hami, Xinjiang.
Melon, on the other hand, is round and smooth, and is produced in Henan.
Hami melon is delicious, especially produced in Xinjiang (arid and high temperature climate is suitable for the growth conditions of Hami melon), so authentic Xinjiang Hami melon is very expensive. The taste and price of honeydew melon are far from each other.
Hami melon is a transformation of melon. Also known as snow melon and tribute melon, it is an excellent melon variety with round or oval fruit shape, which is produced in Xinjiang. Sweet in taste and big in fruit, Hami is the most famous one, so it is called Hami melon. Because it tastes sweet and belongs to a kind of honeydew melon, cantaloupe is often wrongly written as "cantaloupe".
Hami melon:
Melon:
Hami melon, a specialty of Xinjiang, is a symbol product of chinese national geography.
Hami melon is mainly produced in Turpan-Hami basin. It has different shapes, unique flavor, plump flesh, crisp and refreshing. Hami melon is rich in nutrition, with the highest sugar content of 2 1%. Hami's melon became a tribute variety in Yongping period of the Eastern Han Dynasty. By the Qing Dynasty, it was named Hami melon as a tribute by King Hami and rewarded by Kangxi. At that time, cantaloupe "paid tribute in previous years", "melons are more abundant in Hami" and "melons are really out of Hami as tributes". Tracing back to the source, cantaloupe originated in Shanshan County, Turpan.
Melon (cucumimelo? L.) Also known as cantaloupe, cantaloupe and so on. It is an annual vine herb of Cucurbitaceae. Stems and branches are angular. Tendrils are slender, simple and puberulent. Petiole long with grooves and short bristles; Leaf blade is thick and papery, rough on it, and white and coarse. Flowers unisexual, monoecious.
Male flowers: several clustered in leaf axils; Pedicel slender; Corolla yellow; Female flowers: solitary, with rough pedicels and pilose; The ovary is oblong. The shape and color of fruit vary with varieties, usually spherical or oblong, with smooth skin, longitudinal grooves or stripes, and white, yellow or green flesh with sweet smell; The seeds are dirty white or yellowish white, oval or oblong, with sharp apex and smooth surface. Flower and fruit period in summer.
References:
Hami Melon-Baidu Encyclopedia? Melon-Baidu Encyclopedia