A sugar melon is a type of
cantaloupe
The cantaloupe, rockmelon (Australia and New Zealand, although cantaloupe is used in some states of Australia), sweet melon, or spanspek (Southern Africa) is a melon that is a variety of the muskmelon species (''Cucumis melo'') from the fami ...
that is about in
diameter
In geometry, a diameter of a circle is any straight line segment that passes through the center of the circle and whose endpoints lie on the circle. It can also be defined as the longest chord of the circle. Both definitions are also valid for ...
and weighing between . Nearly round in shape, it has thick, sweet, orange flesh and a silvery gray, ribbed exterior.
References
* Ward, Artimas. ''The Grocer's Encyclopedia''. New York: 1911
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