cantaloupe

A farmworker directs Times Staff Writer Brittny Mejia, who joined the crew to harvest watermelons and, the following week, cantaloupe.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 30, 2025

The sweet smell of cantaloupe hung in the air as the crew decorated the machine with a half-Mexican, half-American flag and red, green and white papel picado with the words “Viva Mexico.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 30, 2025

This shows plenty of nutty character on the palate, with green herbs and shades of cantaloupe.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 4, 2024

In the early 1960s, Michoacano cantaloupe farmers acquired lands to expand their production by growing avocados.

From Salon ● May 29, 2024

The chupacabras, who came out after dark and sucked your juices and left you to dry like an old cantaloupe skin!

From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer

In the three months of harvest that brought them together, they endured six-day workweeks, picking mini watermelons and cantaloupes in summer temperatures that sometimes topped 100 degrees.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 30, 2025

Grocery stores across the United States recalled cantaloupes in early December after discovering that whole and pre-sliced portions of the fruit were responsible for illnesses—and two deaths—across 34 states.

From National Geographic ● Dec. 8, 2023

If you have any cantaloupes in your home or have recently purchased any, it's advisable to discard or return them.

From Salon ● Nov. 27, 2023

Two people have died in a salmonella outbreak linked to cantaloupes as cases have more than doubled since the outbreak was first announced last week, the U.S.

From New York Times ● Nov. 25, 2023

The man said he was on his way to visit his sister in Columbia, that he was taking the cantaloupes to the state farmers’ market.

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd