Title
Muskmelon
Subject
UMMAA cat #15379
Description
Scientific Name: Cucumis sp.
Hopi Name from 1935 field notes: Melloni (Spanish) Hopi melloni (Old type)
Source of Seed: Old type (Spanish introduction, Edmund) Pure strain
Crop Management: Grown down below, sand dunes, planted in later May or early June. Planted just before last frost. Then they come up after the frost. Requires special care and projection. Seeds selected when eaten.
Harvesting and Storage: Cut from vine and brought in. Laid out on floor until eaten. Remove rind and seeds, placed in sun, cut in spiral and dried. Seeds, ground to remove kernels from hulls, soaked and hulls removed from top of water.
Source
Hotevilla
Navajo County, AZ
Navajo County, AZ
Date
October 10, 1935
Contributor
Alfred Whiting, Volney Jones, Edmund Nequatewa
Relation
Museum of Northern Arizona cat B.1736