Melon (apple)

{{Short description|Apple cultivar}}

{{Infobox cultivar

| name = 'Melon'

| image = Pomological Watercolor POM00003471.jpg

| hybrid = unknown

| cultivar = 'Melon'

| origin = Connecticut and later Ontario County, New York, United States, before 1800

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The 'Melon' apple, also called 'Watermelon' and 'Norton's Melon' is a partly red dessert apple in season from autumn through early winter. Its quality is excellent, but it does not keep well into late winter.{{citation |author1=Beach, S.A. |author2=Booth, N.O. |author3=Taylor, O.M. |year=1905 |title=The apples of New York |publisher=J. B. Lyon |location=Albany |chapter-url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/56420#page/342/mode/1up |chapter=Melon |volume=1 |pages=204–206}} It originated among seedling trees that were brought from Connecticut to make an orchard in New York state in 1800.