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	Melon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The melon is the fruit and plant of a typically vine-like (climber and trailer) herb that was first cultivated more than 4000 years ago (~ 2000 BC) in Persia and Africa.
		Conomon Group is the oriental pickling melon; it is also known as the Sweet melon, Chekiang melon, or Chinese white cucumber.
		These melons are susceptible to fungal infections by fusarium and verticillium wilts, as well as a bacterial wilt transmitted by the cucumber beetle.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Melon (507 words)

	news Sep. 30, 1999 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		This week, bona fide Montreal melons were harvested on their native NDG soil.
		The Montreal melon once sold for a dollar a slice in New York and was one of the biggest sellers in the Burpee seed catalogue of the 1880s.
		Unfortunately, the melons were gobbled up at a harvest party on Wednesday.
	www.montrealmirror.com /ARCHIVES/1999/093099/news1.html (203 words)

	Montreal's Marvelous Melon
		Melons were carefully cultivated and selected from year to year from the mid-seventeenth century on.
		Well, for years the "secret ingredient" that made the melon so exquisitely plump, flavorful and large was horse manure, the fertilizer of choice for melon farmers.
		But maybe the most credible scientific reason for the melon's gradual demise is the fact that the genotype of the Montréal Melon is not stable and must be carefully selected out every year in order to maintain the character and quality of the fruit.
	www.travellady.com /Issues/Issue61/montrealmelon.htm (1280 words)

	Montreal melon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Persian Melon also know as Montreal melon and Montreal market muskmelon or the Montreal nutmeg melon, is a variety of melon recently rediscovered and cultivated in the Montreal, Canada area.
		In its prime from the late 19th century until World War II, it was one of the most popular varieties of melon on the east coast of North America.
		The fruit was large (larger than any other melon cultivated on the continent at the time), round, netted (like a cantaloupe), flattened at the ends, deeply ribbed, with a thin rind.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Montreal+nutmeg+melon (215 words)

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		The origins of the melon are lost in time, although an ancient strain of the fruit was grown in Montreal by the Jesuits as early as 1694.
		The Montreal melon was derived from one such type and perfected by the Decarie and Gorman families, each of which had a variety named after it.
		The Montreal Melon did not fit the bill - the melon was labor intensive, demanding individual attention on a daily basis from its farmer.
	www.montrealmelon.com (1109 words)

	Melon article - Melon fruits melon (disambiguation) Cucurbitaceae fruit plant herb - What-Means.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		A melon (Cucumis melo L.; Muskmelon; Family Cucurbitaceae) is the fruit and plant of a typically vine-like (climber and trailer) herb that was first cultivated more than 4000 years ago (~ 2000 BC) in Persia and Africa.
		This group includes the recently rediscovered Montreal melon.
		Melon article - Melon definition - what means Melon
	www.what-means.com /encyclopedia/Melon (487 words)

	Encyclopedia: Melon
		Binomial nomenclature Cucumis sativus Ref: ITIS 22364 The cucumber is the edible fruit of the cucumber plant Cucumis sativus, which belongs to the gourd family Cucurbitaceae, as do melons and squash.
		World map showing location of North America A satellite composite image of North America North America is a continent in the northern hemisphere, bounded on the north by the Arctic Ocean, on the east by the North Atlantic Ocean, on the south by the Caribbean Sea, and on the west...
		Melon seeds Illustration of melon seeds, picture taken by myself for wiki File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Melon (1336 words)

	melon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		A melon (Cucumis melo; Muskmelon, Family Cucurbitaceae) is the fruit and plant of typically vine-like (climbers and trailers) herbs that first started being cultivated more than 4000 years ago (~ 2000 BC) in Persia and Africa.
		Dudaim Group is the apple melon; it is also known as the fragrant melon, pocket melon, Queen Anne's pocket melon, vine pomegranate, plum granny, dudaim melon).
		Reticulatus Group includes muskmelon, netted melon, and cantaloupe (US) of commerce, although this is not the true cantaloupe.
	www.yourencyclopedia.net /Melon.html (472 words)

	Melon -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		This (Plants having seeds in a closed ovary) flowering plant bears an (Fruit containing much fleshy tissue besides that of the ripened ovary; as apple or strawberry) accessory fruit of a type that (A biologist specializing in the study of plants) botanists call a false berry.
		This melon is not cultivated in (A continent (the third largest) in the western hemisphere connected to South America by the Isthmus of Panama) North America.
		Conomon Group is the oriental pickling melon; it is also known as the Sweet melon, (Click link for more info and facts about Chekiang) Chekiang melon, or Chinese white cucumber.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/m/me/melon.htm (475 words)

	Splendid: Departments: LiveLine: POP Montreal 2003
		Friday night was going to be considerably more difficult to juggle, as both New York-based The Sharp Things and Montreal's The Besnard Lakes would complete their opening sets in support of current "it" band Broken Social Scene, only moments before Belgium's brilliant Melon Galia were scheduled to take the stage a twenty-minute stroll across town.
		Melon Galia had arrived in Canada only days earlier to play a couple of warm-up shows before their headlining set at POP Montreal.
		Tears were flowing freely down some audience members' cheeks during the set's most poignant and romantic moments, while all in attendance rose to their feet for a rambunctious encore that confirmed the group as more than just a gaggle of twee shut-ins.
	www.splendidezine.com /departments/liveline/popmontreal2003 (1148 words)

	Belgium's Melon Galia vs. Montreal's Tiga - The Concordian - Entertainment
		Melon Galia was founded in 1995 by two friends: Thierry De Brouwer and Samir Barris at the University of Brussels.
		Backed by Montreal's own Grenadine Records, the band is bringing their orchestral yet irresistibly indie sound to this year's Pop Montreal Festival.
		Montreal's homegrown electro darling Tiga will be DJing a special showcase for this year's Pop Montreal Festival.
	www.theconcordian.com /news/2003/09/24/Entertainment/Belgiums.Melon.Galia.Vs.Montreals.Tiga-477205.shtml (828 words)

	Urban Landscape: Return of the Montreal Melon
		The once-famous Montreal melon, thought to be extinct, was now growing again in its traditional home, the fertile soil on the western slopes of Mount Royal.
		The Montreal melon seeds from that harvest were returned to NDG, to the Cantaloup Garden, and are now growing in the garden named in its honour.
		Of the 10 melons growing in the Cantaloup Garden, some were too pointy or too small or too green to be the true Montreal melon, with its flat shape and mottled skin.
	www.vehiculepress.com /montreal/urban_melon.html (1184 words)

	action communiterre (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		And so the Montreal Melon slipped into virtual extinction (as did thousands of other varieties of heirloom fruits and vegetables that take a little more love but give a whole lot of flavor); to be replaced by the Cantaloupe, Honeydew and Water Melons we're used to seeing at supermarkets everywhere.
		The Montreal Melon was reintroduced to its native NDG soil after more than a generation of extinction by a group of volunteers at the Cantaloup Garden in the Backyard of the YMCA-NDG.
		So while the Montreal Melon was a gourmet item and fetched a dollar a slice in posh New York Restaurants in 1905 - in 1999 the Melon is being grown for the community.
	www.cam.org /~ecoini/english/melon.html (740 words)

	Montreal melon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		In its from the late 19th century until World War II it was one of the most varieties of melon on the east coast North America.
		The fruit was large (larger than other melon cultivated on the continent at time) round netted (like a cantaloupe) flattened at the ends deeply ribbed a thin rind.
		But after a couple of generations was rediscovered in a seed bank maintained the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Ames Iowa in 1996 and is currently enjoying a renaissance Montreal-area gardeners.
	www.freeglossary.com /Nutmeg_melon (439 words)

	Slow Food Canada (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		The Montreal Melon, prized for its unique sweet and spicy flavour with tones of nutmeg, can be traced back to varieties brought over by French settlers in the 17th Century.
		During its heyday in the early 20th Century it was known as the "Queen of Melons".
		Red Fife wheat is a heritage wheat of notable flavour, the foundation of the entire Canadian wheat industry, and the genetic parent to virtually all bread wheat grown in North America today.
	www.slowfood.ca /projects.htm (231 words)

	New for 2005 - Vegetables M to S (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		Said to be a cross between the Banana and the Montreal melon.
		It is said that these melons are so odorant that they could be found in total darkness in a barn (?!).
		This melon is served in Italy with Parma ham.
	solanaseeds.netfirms.com /new2005vegetablesM-S.html (1736 words)

	The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents Volume 64
		They have hastened to conclude the embassy, through fear that, after the defeat of the french at Montreal, and in despair of ever obtaining a firm and lasting peace by means of negotiations, it might be decided once for all to make war; and that afterward an order might come from you to do so.
		They then desired it and all would have been found ready for it; but at present they must not be relied upon for the war, since the departure of their ambassadors, which compels them to remain quiet to await their return and the result of their negotiations.
		In the last descent of the enemy upon Montreal, instead of opposing army to army, and standing his ground, and giving battle, when he had heard of his approach before his arrival he shut himself up in his forts, — leaving the country open to the foe to burn and ravage, which he did.
	puffin.creighton.edu /jesuit/relations/relations_64.html (9872 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		In Montreal, it was St Jean Baptiste Day so there were plenty of signs of Montreal’s French heritage but Mark was in town to track down the city’s Scottish past.
		Montreal is made up of a number of islands and in the 19th century, a temporary railway was built across the frozen rivers surrounding the city.
		Back in Montreal, Mark was on the trail of the Montreal ‘Decarie Melon’, a delicacy favoured by Edward VII and popular in Montreal at the turn of the 20th century.
	bbc.co.uk /scotland/radioscotland/content/features/newsletter4.doc?... (615 words)

	Montreal Mirror - Disko Akimbo by Raf Katigbak
		Melon will be mixing hip hop and disco samples over a live set by Radar Sat-1 while Poontz and FatSack will be displaying some mad mixing and turntablist skills.
		This Friday, Feb. 27, Montreal's ragga jungle revival shows no signs of slowing down as DJs Nitrous, Regimental, Jahstyle, Mack One and Iznogood converge on four decks and two CD decks.
		The name of this all-night hoedown is The Ragga Jungle Book (named after the lost Disney sequel where Mowgli moves to Jamaica to become a Rastafarian dancehall toaster, I think), the location is 4445 St-Laurent and it's a fiver at the door.
	www.montrealmirror.com /ARCHIVES/2004/022604/akimbo.html (455 words)

	Magazine Québec Science - SEPTEMBRE 2002 - Un survenant dans le potager (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		On a ressuscité une légende : le melon de Montréal.
		Le plant qui a poussé m'a donné deux melons la première année.
		Il y a, dans l'évolution de ce melon, une soudaine diminution du patrimoine génétique due à la disparition d'une bonne partie des variétés présentes à l'origine.
	www.quebecscience.qc.ca /Cyber/4.0/2002/09/melon.asp (640 words)

	Le jardin des fifilles - Été 2004 - Les melons de Montréal, melon Africain, melon Citron
		Pour les semis de melon d'Oka, un intrus (la marmotte) au jardin a eu le dessus sur les plants, on recommencera l'an prochain ainsi que pour le melon Charentais.
		D'autres particuliarités du plant de melon africain, ses vrilles qui sont doubles et presqu'en caoutchou, la fleur mâle qui va s'abriter dans le creux de la feuille tandis que la fleur mâle pousse à la base de la tige.
		Voici le feuillage du melon citron qui est assez "dentelé" et sort de l'ordinaire dans le jardin.
	www.jardinpotager.com /FF2004melondemontrealetcharentais.htm (620 words)

	Hour.ca - News - Sowing seeds of diversity
		It is sad that the Montreal Botanical Gardens charges a fee during the summer to visit the exterior grounds.
		An exception was made to Montreal Access Card holders who can get in for free but it costs 5 dollars a year but even here access to the greenhouses costs extra.
		I have never heard of this kind of event before in Montreal and I have to admit that I'm very curious to attend this gathering at the Botanical Gardens.
	www.hour.ca /redirect.aspx?iIDReaction=14800 (1770 words)

	Breakbeats.ca - MYAGI, BROKEN TURNS 5, BROKEN RADIO
		With a busy international touring schedule, a track licensed by the one and only Plump Djs and releases on labels in the UK, USA and Canada Myagi is on fire.
		He totally rocked Stereo Afterhours the last time he came to Montreal and will no doubt tear the roof off of Saphire this time around.
		Rhys Taylor and Melon journey to the land of the fairy people to rescue Poontz from the araknoids.
	www.breakbeats.ca /showthread.php?p=2877#post2877 (281 words)

	Montreal Mirror - Music : Melon Galia
		Home of Hoegaarden, French fries and chocolate museums - and now, Melon Galia, the early-morning chamber pop quintet signed to Montreal's Grenadine Records.
		Their debut album, Les embarras du quotidien, reveals shades of Teenage Fanclub, Belle & Sebastian and the Smiths, but Melon Galia's sonic sweetness and lyrical wit are all their own.
		On the eve of their first American tour (and their second Montreal gig), singer Thierry De Brouwer tested his English with the Mirror.
	www.montrealmirror.com /ARCHIVES/2003/041003/music3.html (468 words)

	Entertainment - The Concordian
		Growing up in the United Arab Emirates, Iraq and Canada, Concordia hip-hop group The Euphrates Project bring a distinctively Middle-Eastern flavour to their music, but the group's dark and political sound defies simple characterization.
		Performing this Thursday at the Pop Montreal Festival, the crew took time out to speak to The Concordian.
		Toronto's Broken Social Scene are one of the "buzz" bands joining the line up of this year's Pop Montreal Festival.
	www.theconcordian.com /main.cfm?include=section§ion_id=149826 (258 words)

	Press Release for Spoken Here published by Houghton Mifflin Company
		Along the way he reveals delicious linguistic oddities and shows us what is lost when one of the world's six thousand tongues dies — an irreplaceable worldview and a wealth of practical knowledge.
		A) A century ago, one of the most sought-after kinds of melon in North America was a big, green-fleshed, aromatic fruit known as the Montreal melon.
		It would be sent by train from Montreal down to New York and Boston, where a slice cost a dollar in fancy restaurants.
	www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com /booksellers/press_release/abley (3032 words)

	My Melon Update
		Ripeness indicators I noticed for this melon are a change in the background color(in between the netting) from dark green to a yellowish or golden color.
		The larger melons could serve two people, the smaller ones were fine for one person to eat in one sitting.
		Although I might not have seen some, as my melon hills were planted too close together this year, and the vines of one variety are crossing over the vines of the next one.
	forums.gardenweb.com /forums/load/heirloom/msg081608568386.html (8380 words)

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