We took Mrs Goggins to get spayed today.
The guilt that I felt about taking away her potential motherhood was compounded as we stuffed her into a spare cotton library bag, having no cat carrier in the house. Felix then started howling because he wanted to carry the bag with Mrs Goggins in it, which I had precariously balanced in my arms while simultaneously trying to juggle lunchbox, schoolbag and car keys.
We made it out of the house and I am confronted with this.
I am pretty sure it's not supposed to be this colour.
I am pretty sure that rockmelons are supposed to be completely covered with a "netting" type pattern, smell yum, and fall of the stalk when they are ripe.
I haven't actually read anything about them turning bright orange overnight first.
It does smell ripe, which of course, makes me want to pick it, but then I want to pick everything. The skin doesn't look right though and it is nowhere near falling off the stalk.
So... what would you do?
I haven't done anything yet. On the way home from the vet Mrs Goggins got her head stuck in a cardboard box (we ditched the library bag and took things up a level) and started making a very bizarre noise which upset the boys. My mobile phone chose that moment to ring and maintaining serenity in the face of feline, offspring, and technology whilst driving proved quite challenging.
After that car ride I was in no condition to make confident fruit picking decisions.
Oh, and just as a side note, before you google "melons" and "images", please,take a moment to consider what kind of results google might send your way.
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Ali, Maybe it's not a rockmelen, Maybe its a Honeydew of some type, they don't have rough skin...??? Good luck, I think you should pick and taste! At least this puzzle will take your mind of poor Mrs Goggins for a moment anyway, Hope she's recovering well from her traumatic day.... :)
I hope Mrs Goggins is recovering nicely. I had to laugh at you taking her in a library bag and then upgrading to a cardboard box! Did she stick her head up through where the top overlapped, because I've had cats do that before.
As for the melon you could maybe do the same as testing if apples are ripe enough to pick. Lift it up slightly and if it's ready it'll come away. (Yes, I do know apples are nothing like melons but it's worth a try.)
Poor Mrs Goggins - but definitely the right decision. The melon looks to me like a kind of hybrid - could it have been mixed with a honeydew?!
Ha clearly you have tried that google and speak from experience LOL.
I thought it was a rockmelon. If it smells ripe I would pick it. The stuff they sell us in the shops is picked well and truely green so how far wrong can you go.
Thanks for the warning. I'm definitely "laughing out loud". Good luck with your melon and I hope Mrs Goggins recovers well.
LOL when I read the title of your post I was just opening a second box of cheezels having eaten the first. I've stopped now thanks :)
Cuddles for Mrs Goggins! I agree with Tanya. I never go on the look of a melon, only on it's smell...hasn't failed me yet!
Hi,
I have no idea about the melon Sorry but as this was my first time here thought it would be only polite to say Hello. Your blog is lovely :)
Yes, good advice ...melons..hmmm covers not only fruit.
I would pick it....pick it...pick it...pick it....
Poor, kitty....I am sure she wont miss what she dosnt know....tonight after a hair raising evening with my children, I think I may have liked to be taken to the vet in a library bag ...
that ain't know rockmelon..i've grown rockmelons and that ain't one.....looks delish thou I am a melon lover
if its yummy make sure you save some seeds for next year
You are hilarious!
I'm not familiar with Rock Melons, so I can't really hep with identification, but who cares what the melon is called, just as long as it tastes good! It looks ripe to me. I always try pressing the end of the fruit opposite the stalk, with a finger. If there is a bit of "give" rather than firm resistance, it's probably ripe.
This is very funny! It looks like a Sharon melon, or Canary melon to me. The football shape looks very familiar and the markings too. I have a friend who professionally breeds melons, would you like me to ask her?
Pick the melon it looks a cross between a galia and honeydew and if it taste good save some .Poor kitty we had our cat done and so far she has lasted 18 years she is old enough to get the drinks in
Do you think it's a teeny bit green, yet? Otherwise, I'm Definitely not one to ask... but obviously had to leave a comment anyway. :-) Let us know what you do.
SG, yes! I do think it's a bit green, but it really smells very strongly which is confusing... I think that it doesn't look right at all.
Cathy, don't encourage me to pick it! I am a terrible picker.
Ken, you have a friend who is a professional melon grower? Gee I'd love to be able to claim that for myself. I would love for my melon to be identified, yes, please ask!
Mark I am going to push and see what happens... I love poking at things, nice to have a bit of encouragement to do it :D
Joyfulhomemaker, I agree that it doesn't look like a rockmelon, but it really smells like one...
Suzanne... I hope not. She's not feeling too wonderful and I am feeling quite bad for inflicting this upon her. Surely though litter after litter can't be a good thing.
Mrs Bok, step away from the cheezels... I should look at the post title when it comes to second helpings...
Thank you Tammy J!
LBM, I will try - I didn't know you did that with apples, thank you. If my apple tree ever produces an apple I'll apply that test.
Tanya, yes, it smells ready... a very strong perfume, I hope it's not rotting inside.
GJ and Wendy, it could be some sort of honeydew I guess... I don't really have any honeydew experience though, so I couldn't really say.
I agree with Mrs Bok and the smell. You might have a hybrid Melon on your hands - the Ali original.
Melons don't have to have the webbing on the outside - many yummy heirloom varieties don't have any at all. Heavy webbing was bred into rockmelons so that the fruit travelled longer and could be knocked about more.
If it smells ripe, you should pick it IMO!
Hope your cat is feeling better soon.
Oh Ali, you have to google images of 'horned melon' to see just what a large variety of melons are out there! I want those ones, who cares what they taste like lol.
Looks like one of those orange-flesh melons I get at the farmer's market in August. If it smells ripe, pick it, I say.
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