In addition, the blossom end should have a ripe, fruity smell. Using Your Melons After you harvest your melons, there are many ways to enjoy them. Melons aren't just for breakfast anymore. For an easy appetizer, wrap slices of any type of melon with prosciutto or dry salami. Melon cubes or balls are great in fruit salads and for a refreshing treat, squeeze fresh lemon or lime juice over melon wedges.
Melons also make a delicious dessert.
Top slices with vanilla ice cream, sprinkle with chopped crystallized ginger, or drizzle with hazelnut or orange flavored liqueur. Melon Trial Ratings Bibliography Ogden, Shepherd. Step by Step Organic Vegetable Gardening. Sunset Fresh Produce. Sunset Publishing Corp., 1987.