The 'Melon' apple, also called 'Watermelon' and 'Norton's Melon' is a partly red dessert

apple An apple is an edible fruit produced by an apple tree (''Malus domestica''). Apple fruit tree, trees are agriculture, cultivated worldwide and are the most widely grown species in the genus ''Malus''. The tree originated in Central Asia, wh ...

in season from autumn through early winter. Its quality is excellent, but it does not keep well into late winter. It originated among seedling trees that were brought from Connecticut to make an orchard in New York state in 1800.

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Melon A melon is any of various plants of the family Cucurbitaceae with sweet, edible, and fleshy fruit. The word "melon" can refer to either the plant or specifically to the fruit. Botanically, a melon is a kind of berry, specifically a "pepo". The ...

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