vegetable variety
Hale's Best
Melon · Cucumis melo
USDA hardiness range
- Zones
- 5a–8b
- Days to harvest
- 75 to 100
- Sun
- Full
- Water
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- annual
At a glance
Sweet, perfumed, deep cantaloupe flavor; classic salmon-fleshed netted melon. Fresh slicing, fruit salads. Heritage variety, productive, the home-garden cantaloupe standard.
Growing Hale's Best
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Flavor, texture, and use
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Growing notes
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Hale's Best by zone
Zone-specific suitability, frost timing, and adjacent-zone notes.
Other melon varieties
3 sibling cultivars profiled on ZonePlant.
- Charentais
Intensely sweet, perfumed, complex; small French green-fleshed melon. Fresh out of hand, with prosciutto. Conn…
- Galia
Sweet, perfumed, complex banana-pineapple notes; pale green flesh under netted skin. Fresh slicing, salads. Is…
- Honeydew
Sweet, cool, mild; smooth pale-skinned green-fleshed melon. Fresh slicing, fruit salads. Late-ripening, needs …
Frequently asked questions
- What zones does the Hale's Best melon grow in?
Hale's Best grows in USDA zones 5a through 8b.
- How does Hale's Best compare to other melon varieties?
Hale's Best is one of 4 melon varieties profiled on ZonePlant. See the full melon variety table for side-by-side comparison.
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