Canterbury, around Christchurch on the central east coast of the South Island, represents a collection of mostly small and very diverse subregions. Waipara, one hour’s drive north of Christchurch, is

These small, round melons have grey-green skin with segmented grooves along the skin. The fragrant flesh is orange-yellow and very sweet. This group of melons includes chanterais and ogen, a melon fir

Cantaloupe melons are named for the town of Cantalupo near Rome, where they are supposed to have been first grown in Europe. They are among the most fragrant and delicious of melons, typically small,

cantaloupes have coarse netting or veining over their surface and a yellow to buff background color; the stem end should have a smooth mark to show that the melon ripened on the vine. Their flesh is s