Santa Claus Melon

Santa Claus Melon

Santa Claus Melon

Commodity Overview

Santa Claus are football-shaped with dark green-striped to green and yellow-striped wrinkled skins. Their flesh is pale green to white or light coral with a juicy texture and sweet flavor. Brighter yellow skins denote sweeter, riper melons.

PLUs

4336 Santa Claus

Characteristics

  • Commodity: Specialty Melons
  • Category: Melons
  • Appearance: Football-shaped with dark green-striped to green and yellow-striped wrinkled skins
  • Flesh: Pale green to white or light coral
  • Flavor: Sweet and juicy
  • Size: About the size of a football
  • Color: Dark green-striped to green and yellow-striped
  • Shape: Football-shaped
  • Served Raw: Yes
  • Seed: A central seed cavity filled with pale gold to golden-colored seeds
  • Availability: Late spring and summer
  • Additional Notes: Photo courtesy World Variety Produce
Retail Price Data is based on USDA Specialty Crops Market News surveys. Data collection ends on the report date and encompasses ad pricing good from the Saturday before the report release date through the following Friday. Weekly data - from over 400 retailers, comprising more than 30,000 individual stores with online weekly advertised features - covers over 250 produce items. Registered (logged-in) users, can access weekly reports and additional market information.
USDA Specialty Crops Market News publishes FOB and Movement data on a daily and weekly basis. Pricing and volume information is aggregated by commodity and published weekly, subject to any source-data adjustments. Commodity data is further processed based on origin (domestic vs imports) and type (regular vs. organic). Registered (logged-in) users, can access weekly reports and additional market information.
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