How a 1909 California Melon Became a Global Battle Cry, Luxury Snack, and Real-Estate Metaphor
Crenshaw: The Melon That Went Global Without Asking Permission by Diego “El Dolor” Morales, International Desk In the beginning, there was the Crenshaw melon—an overachieving hybrid of Persian casaba and cantaloupe that tastes like summer vacation and smells faintly of existential dread. Born in the dusty crucible of California’s Imperial Valley circa 1909, the Crenshaw…