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By Ken Hom
Published 1996
Winter melon, despite the name, grows in tropical climates and is harvested in the summer. The unripe melons are green in colour, but the mature melons develop a blotchy white skin that appears to be a light dusting of snow, hence the name ‘winter melon . Moreover, the melon keeps well in cold storage (as in a potato cellar) and is most often eaten in the winter months, other melons having long since been consumed.
Winter melon can grow to weigh as much as