Martina Franca

Never before grown outside of Italy, the Martina Franca cucumber-melon is being grown in a raised garden. Though I did not mean to be growing this one so early in the season, the closure of one of my plots and the failure of a crop in another plot enabled me to plant this cucumber-melon variety in May. The fruit is rather tasty and makes a very good complimentary variety to the Tondo Manduria. I'm very excited to see how the Martina Franca turns out.