Title
Cantelope (Muskmelon)
Subject
UMMAA cat #15409
Description
Scientific Name: Cucumis sp.
Hopi Name from 1935 field notes: Hopi Melloni
Source of Seed: Old type, Pure strain
Crop Management: Grown in dunes in isolated plot. Planted in May. Harvested when ripe, one week before interview.
Harvesting and Storage: Cut from vines when ripe. If heavy crop, pealed and dried. Stored in back room of house. Seeds saved for piki stones and planting seed selected at planting time
Properties and Use: Ripens early. No ceremonial significance, just eaten
Hopi Name from 1935 field notes: Hopi Melloni
Source of Seed: Old type, Pure strain
Crop Management: Grown in dunes in isolated plot. Planted in May. Harvested when ripe, one week before interview.
Harvesting and Storage: Cut from vines when ripe. If heavy crop, pealed and dried. Stored in back room of house. Seeds saved for piki stones and planting seed selected at planting time
Properties and Use: Ripens early. No ceremonial significance, just eaten
Source
Hotevilla
Navajo County, AZ
Navajo County, AZ
Date
October 17, 1935
Contributor
Alfred Whiting, Volney Jones, Edmund Nequatewa
Relation
Plant inventory number B.1786