Description:

This variety, hardy and resistant to diseases, is an improvement of the Charentais type. It produces melons of regular size, half-embroidery, of excellent taste quality.

Culinary tip:

Delicious fresh, you can also enjoy it with a touch of salt.

Soil tip:

To have large fruits, cut the stem two leaves above the 3rd or 4th melon formed.
The melon likes sunny exposure.

Cultural advice:

1. Sowing: Sow in May in a sunny position, 5-6 seeds in small shallow holes 1 m x 60 cm apart. To have melons as early as July, sow under a heated shelter in February to April.
2. Thinning: About two weeks after sowing, keep only the most vigorous plant in each hole and pull up the others.
3. Harvest: Prune and then harvest from July to September.

Companion plant(s):

The melon likes the proximity of the leek because it protects it from pests like fusarium.

Yield:

Up to 12 feet*

The sowing stages:

Legal:

EC rules and standards. Standard seeds. Seeds for family use.
Their germination is periodically checked in the laboratory on reference samples until the indicated sell-by date.