Piel de Sapo is the favoured melon of Spain. These melons are elongated with a tough green skin, speckled with yellow and brown (like a toad, hence the name). The flesh is a pale-yellow green which is usually quite soft and juicy, with excellent sweetness and fragrance in a good sample. Similar to Yellow Honeydew in shape, these melons have a good shelf-life at cool room temperature.
Ripeness: Piel de Sapo melons are very difficult to check for sweetness, but have the advantage of being quite reliable, especially when grown in Spain.
Good Fruit Guide Rating: ****
Piel de Sapo is a reliably sweet melon with an attractive flavour which should satisfy consumers most of the time.
Speckled, sweet, reliable.
Names: Piel de Sapo
Origin:
Grown in: Spain, Senegal, Brazil and Costa Rica for the European market
Harvest & Availability:
- January: Brazil
- February: Brazil
- March: Brazil, Costa Rica
- April: Costa Rica, Senegal
- May: Costa Rica, Spain
- June: Spain
- July: Spain
- August: Spain
- September: Spain
- October: Spain
- November: Brazil
- December: Brazil
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