Cantaloupe (20% or more of the Daily Value or DV) of vitamin C (44% DV) and vitamin A (21% DV), with other nutrients in negligible amounts (less than 10% DV) (table). Cantaloupe Cantaloupe (muskmelon, mushmelon, rockmelon, sweet melon) or spanspek (South Africa) is a variety of the "Cucumis melo" species in the Cucurbitaceae family. Cantaloupes range in weight from . Originally, "cantaloupe" referred only to the non-netted, orange-fleshed melons of Europe, but may mean any orange-fleshed melon of "C. melo". China is the world's largest producer of cantaloupes, providing half of the global total in 2016. The name cantaloupe is derived
Cantaloupe strike of 1928 conceded to a wage increase for cantaloupe pickers. The strike had revived anti-Mexican immigration fervor. Efforts to pass an immigration bill that would put a quota on the number of Mexican immigrants allowed into the United States, were revitalized in Congress. The quota for Mexicans, “would permit entry of approximately 12,000 the first year, 7000 the second year, and 2900 a year thereafter...in the case of Canada...[the bill] would permit 60,000 immigrants a year without any sliding scale or other restrictions”. The Mexican produce laborers would soon have to deal with job competition, as well as anti-immigration policies. The dawn