I posted elsewhere about my melon-growing struggle this year (again!). The hotbed got infested with ants and I think undermined the plants resulting in the watermelon dying and the cantaloupe hanging on grimly with 2 fruits looking very sick. When I went to water it today, the smaller fruit looked like it had a very small soft patch at the blossom end and the bigger one had a small crack in the skin. So I thought, that's it, time to take them home before they get any worse.
Cut the smaller one open and it's wonderful! Honey-sweet and SO juicy. I'm thrilled! The picture is after I'd eaten one slice because if it had tasted awful, it would have gone on the compost heap without a picture. Bigger one is in the fridge for tomorrow.
PS It's Sweetheart F1 Cantaloupe
