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Melon de Montréal
Melon de Montréal
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At a glance
Cucumis melo
- Light Full sun
- Life cycle Annual
- Difficulty Challenging
- Sowing depth 1"
- Method Start indoors
- Packet About 30 seeds
- Organic Certified organic by Québec Vrai
- When to sow Indoors, 4 weeks before last frost
About this variety
Also called Montreal Nutmeg. From Montreal proper, this melon was widely grown and popular in the northeast and Quebec before World War II, it was thought to have disappeared, but the variety was located anew in a seed bank in Ames, Iowa. Green fleshed.
+/- 30 Seeds
Certified organic by Quebec Vrai
Growing notes
It’s best to seed melons indoors up to one month before transplanting outdoors. Plant one or two seeds per cell or pot, 1⁄2” – 1” deep. Keep soil moist and warm. Transplant when weather forecast is frost-free and warm. Transplant 1’ apart in rows 6’ apart. Cut any extra seedlings with scissors.
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Shipping and Order Fulfillment
We ship throughout Canada: lettermail from $3.50 (free from $35), or tracked Canada Post Expedited Parcel, priced at checkout.
Or pick up your order at the farm in Farrellton, QC.
We're trialing and breeding new varieties!
This is the most challenging and thrilling part of our work.
The trialing allows us to test varieties of a same species side by side and determine which one(s) taste and perform the best.
Breeding and variety maintenance means selecting for traits that are desirable such as flavor, texture, disease resitance, earliness and hardiness, just to mention a few.
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