East Malling harvests table-top melons in UK climate change trial
date:Oct 16, 2012
identifying melon varieties suitable for growing on table-top production in UK conditions. Early results from the work indicate that melons may be suitable as a catch-crop before or after main crops of strawberry.

Peter Gregory, Chief Executive of East Malling Research, said: As our climate continues to warm, so growers will be presented with significant crop production challenges. One option, as we seek to address the increasing issue of long-term food security, will be for growers to adapt
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