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198:Mount Royal
160:Description
904:Categories
784:Melon ball
777:and dishes
711:Charentais
685:(cucumber)
683:C. sativus
614:Cantaloupe
609:Barattiere
548:and dishes
506:Watermelon
500:C. lanatus
457:B. hispida
309:23 October
251:References
233:Ames, Iowa
166:cantaloupe
78:Subspecies
841:Melon Day
694:Cultivars
619:Carosello
514:C. amarus
483:Citrullus
440:Benincasa
364:22 August
225:seed bank
150:seed bank
876:Category
829:See also
775:Products
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649:Honeydew
629:Oriental
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142:Montreal
94:Cultivar
888:Commons
654:Persian
637:C. melo
602:C. melo
594:Species
585:Cucumis
492:Species
449:Species
209:Vermont
180:History
124:or the
85:subsp.
70:C. melo
64:Species
56:Cucumis
910:Melons
789:Midori
756:Sprite
731:Kajari
706:Banana
701:Bailan
644:Canary
170:nutmeg
130:French
110:, 1881
103:Origin
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741:Mirza
716:Crane
624:Galia
555:Egusi
431:Melon
138:melon
50:Genus
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721:Gaya
366:2011
311:2013
196:and
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