Cantelope (Muskmelon)

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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

Source

Hotevilla
Navajo County, AZ

Date

October 17, 1935

Contributor

Alfred Whiting, Volney Jones, Edmund Nequatewa

Relation

Plant inventory number B.1786