[Sca-cooks] watermelons

[JIMCHEVAL at aol.com]

That's certainly interesting. But I have no idea why Dalby would say that  
"melones" means watermelon in Anthimus. "Melones uero si bene maturi  
fuerint"
 
_https://books.google.com/books?id=hNc-AQAAMAAJ&dq=editions%3ASTpryGsUhHsC&p
g=PT19#v=onepage&q&f=false_ 
(https://books.google.com/books?id=hNc-AQAAMAAJ&dq=editions:STpryGsUhHsC&pg=PT19#v=onepage&q&f=false) 
 
Grant too translates it as "melon".

Jim Chevallier
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In  a message dated 7/25/2015 6:15:31 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, 
johnnae at mac.com  writes:
Check out Dalby's entry on watermelons here. From his Food in the  Ancient 
World from A-Z. There's a reference in the footnote.