A large winter melon with a wrinkled golden skin, similar to a cantaloupe but larger and with a smoother flavor.
From 'Kasaba' or 'Kassaba,' a city in Turkey where the melon variety was cultivated and traded. Brought to Europe via Mediterranean trade routes.
Cassaba melons were so prized in Victorian England that wealthy families grew them in heated conservatories—a single melon could cost a week's wages!
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