Pepino melon (Solanum maritacum) is a perennial shrub grown mainly for its juicy and aromatic fruits. The plant bears fruits that are bright green or yellow-green with some red or purple variegation.

The hunt's over. After more than a year of searching the produce sections of local groceries, I finally found the pepino melon (aka tree melon or melon pear). Apple-size, oval-shaped and light-gold ...

It's sometimes called a tree melon, but it grows on a 3-foot-tall shrub. It smells like honeydew but tastes like a sweet cucumber. It's a tasty Andean native, both refreshing and pleasantly sweet, but ...

Zakayo Mogotio, 46, had to switch to Pepino melons and other crops after he incurred losses from tree tomatoes which were attacked by a disease and wiped out. He is currently farming Pepino melons in ...

Kanthalloor, known for its extensive cultivation of cool-season vegetables and fruits in the State, has expanded its repertoire by successfully growing Pepino Melon (Solanum muricatum), locally known ...

From an initial investment of Shs2m a farmer investing in one acre of pepino melon farming is capable of making Shs6m within three months. The amount is three times higher than a farmer who plants ...

Call me a melon head, though not in the Urban Dictionary sense. Don’t even look it up. This goes back to childhood, when watermelon was my favorite food. Not only did I like the taste of watermelon, ...

Recently my editor suggested I do a piece on unusual fruits. He even provided me a list of oddities he'd spotted at his local supermarket. The list included cherimoya, Buddha's hand, pepino melon, ...