So what is it that makes this fruit so expensive? From the Yubari King to the Andes, the Higo green melon, and many more, melons are grown up and down Japan, and they're serious business.

All during its growing season, your cantaloupe melon will have a green webbing or netting appearance on its rind. As the melon becomes ripe, that webbing will begin to turn tan. It will also begin ...

reticulatus. The outer husk of the Galia melon strongly resembles the outside of a cantaloupe in both texture and color. The delicious inner fruit flesh ranges in color from green to a light ...

Seed and peel the melon half. Cut it in half lengthwise, then thinly slice crosswise on a diagonal. Trim and seed the peppers, then thinly slice them crosswise into rings. On a large platter ...