Huerfano Bliss Honeydew

Selected and introduced by Pueblo Seed & Food Company. Our West Coast grower loves this melon—a treasured heirloom from the Huerfano River region in southwestern Colorado—and has campaigned for us to love it, too. After three years of trials in Maine, this orange-fleshed honeydew made it through our rigorous gauntlet as an early productive yummy Open pollinated complement to hybrid Uncle Paul. Slightly oval 5x6" pale yellow fruits averaging about 5 lb are smaller and more oblong than Uncle Paul, but carry their weight in mouth-watering juiciness and flavor. They keep going until frost and keep up to 3 weeks in cool storage. Does not slip from the vine; harvest when the blossom end exhibits a slight softening or the color subtly shifts.