Cantaloupe 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 via French "cantaloup" from Italian "Cantalupo," which was formerly a papal county seat near Rome, after the fruit's introduction there from Armenia. It was first mentioned in English literature in
Fruits Basket someone a wish. When they had at least 1000 cranes, Funimation sent the cranes and pictures of the events to Studio Deen and Hakusensha to try to convince the company to produce a second season of the "Fruits Basket" anime. Fans successfully folded the required 1000 cranes by the end of the 2005 convention season, starting at least a 13-year gap that culminated in the announcement of the new Fruits Basket anime in 2018. Manga Anime Fruits Basket , sometimes abbreviated , is a Japanese "shōjo" manga series written and illustrated by Natsuki Takaya. It was serialized in the semi-monthly