vegetable variety
Charentais
Melon · Cucumis melo
USDA hardiness range
- Zones
- 6a–8b
- Days to harvest
- 75 to 100
- Sun
- Full
- Water
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- annual
At a glance
Intensely sweet, perfumed, complex; small French green-fleshed melon. Fresh out of hand, with prosciutto. Connoisseur's choice, picky about ripening but unmatched in flavor.
Growing Charentais
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Flavor, texture, and use
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Growing notes
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Charentais by zone
Zone-specific suitability, frost timing, and adjacent-zone notes.
Other melon varieties
3 sibling cultivars profiled on ZonePlant.
- Galia
Sweet, perfumed, complex banana-pineapple notes; pale green flesh under netted skin. Fresh slicing, salads. Is…
- Hale's Best
Sweet, perfumed, deep cantaloupe flavor; classic salmon-fleshed netted melon. Fresh slicing, fruit salads. Her…
- Honeydew
Sweet, cool, mild; smooth pale-skinned green-fleshed melon. Fresh slicing, fruit salads. Late-ripening, needs …
Frequently asked questions
- What zones does the Charentais melon grow in?
Charentais grows in USDA zones 6a through 8b.
- How does Charentais compare to other melon varieties?
Charentais is one of 4 melon varieties profiled on ZonePlant. See the full melon variety table for side-by-side comparison.
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