New Melon

Last night we cut open our mystery melon and enjoyed it’s great flavor.

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Do you know what type of melon this is????

It’s not a honeydew.

It’s not a cantaloupe.

It’s not a casaba.

It’s not a crenshaw.

It’s a…

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Sharlyn melon!
Have you heard of it? We haven’t.

A Sharlyn melon tastes like a cantaloupe and a honeydew combined! It has a texture of vanilla ice cream so there is no need to chew, it’s creamy and smooth! You can eat all the way down to the outer rind. We all enjoyed it’s great taste and smooth cool texture.

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The seeds were all grouped together. Very clean inside this melon.

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Scooping them out was easy!

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They stayed together even after we picked them up a few times.

This special melon is a great “treat” during the summer. However it is rare and comes with a very high price, our melon was over $10.00 but worth the try! The market where we purchased it said, they only get them once a year.

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