| 69 days from setting out transplants. We awarded Scoop II Hybrid our High Performer badge of distinction because it did the impossible -- improved on the old Scoop, which most folks thought was just about as good as a melon could get. The "new" Scoop is even sweeter, and there's a bit more of it, thanks to a greatly reduced seed cavity on these 6-inch melons. Intensely fragrant and just as powerfully flavored, it has a very high sugar content but is never watery; the flesh stays firm and so succulent. Highly disease-tolerant vines produce a very generous harvest, finishing in just 69 days so that you can begin the cantaloupe season about a week earlier than with most other varieties. Scoop II has it all, but its greatest 3 assets are flavor, flavor, and flavor! Sow seeds directly in the garden after the soil is thoroughly warm or, for an even earlier harvest, start them indoors in pots. Set out 18 inches apart with 4 feet between each row, or plant in hills 4 feet apart, with 2 to 3 plants per hill. Cantaloupes are ready to harvest when the stem slips easily from the fruit with slight pressure. Pkt is 25 seeds. |
