Lambkin Melons

A few days ago we gathered all our different melons together, tasted them, took a few pics as well, and did our best not to get all the varieties mixed up.
It's been a good summer for growing melons, those hot days do wonders for their flavour and size.

A new melon for this year is called "Lambkin" (you know they're running out of names when they start naming melons after meat).
Lambkin is a medium sized oval melon, easily identified by it's unique skin -it is a mottled green and yellow. The flesh is green, but it tastes more like an orange cantaloupe (musk melon), than a honeydew. The flavour is superb, you have to try one.

Lambkin

For what it's worth, Lambkin is known as a 'Piel de Sapo' or Christmas melon -for superior long term storage, something we haven't put to the test, we're eating them up too fast! All American Selections winner for 2009.