[Sca-cooks] Melons in England
Stefan li Rous
StefanliRous at austin.rr.com
Thu Jul 31 23:33:12 PDT 2008
On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 7:03 PM, Johnna Holloway <johnnae at mac.com>
wrote:
<<< See my article
"Regarding *Watermelons*" by THL Johnnae llyn Lewis.
It's in the Florilegium already.
Johnnae >>>
In the FOOD-FRUITS section:
Watermelons-art (6K) 8/12/07 "Regarding Watermelons" by THL
Johnnae llyn
Lewis.
You might also check this file in the same section, although I see
mostly references to Spain and Italy (and Russia!).
fruit-melons-msg (28K) 2/15/08 Period melons. References. Recipes.
Also check this file:
Period-Fruit-art (60K) 1/13/02 "Fruit of Period Times" by Baron
Akim Yaroslavich.
The following is from the melons and watermelons entry:
"Melons were cultivated in England by 1570 and were mentioned by
Gerard as growing at the Queen's House at St. James Court (171)"
under watermelons:
"Watermelons spread to the Holy Land and to the northern
Mediterranean, though they never attained the general popularity of
melons (177). The size of period watermelons was generally small
(5-10 pounds); larger varieties were developed in the nineteenth
century..."
Stefan
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