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Originally Posted by Worth1
The best sickeningly sweet cantaloupes I ever grew came from seeds of a grocery store melon.
They were small but were fantastic.
Worth
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The sweetest melons I've ever eaten were also grown from grocery-store saved seed. The melons were also small and the plants were varyingly-productive. (I had saved the seed because the fruit I bought was single-serving sized, so the size was not a surprise.) I'm now a few years into trying to breed/select from the mixed up genetics that first appeared into a variety that does well in my short-season (MN) garden.
I wonder if the varieties for commercial use have been bred to extreme sugar levels to compensate for them never being allowed to ripen fully before harvest.