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Queen Annes Pocket Melon Cucumis melo dudaim
| Queen Anne's Pocket Melon (Cucumis melo dudaim). This unusual annual trailing plant with highly aromatic, ornamental fruit is also known as Plum-Granny and has been grown for at least 1000 years. Although possibly named for Queen Anne of England (1702-14), this melon is native to Persia and Linnaeus attributed it to Egypt and Arabia. Legend has it that the ladies of the Queen's court carried the fragrant melon as a perfumed sachet. While edible, this melon is valued more for its scent than its rather flavorless white flesh. This plant grows best... - Queen Anne's Pocket Melon (Cucumis melo dudaim). |
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