Opinicus wrote:
> "Jean B." > wrote
>
>> BTW, I have seen citron spoken of as a melon too, I think. I am about to
>> go out but will ponder this more and maybe do a bit of looking around
>> here.
>
> Here in Turkey I've seen bergamots that were big enough to be confused with
> very knobbly melons, at least at first sight.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bergamot_orange
>
Thanks for the reminder to look. Well, this melon thing wasn't
from the grocers' manuals of the 1880s, which was the easiest
place for me to look.

This is going to drive me crazy. Now googling, I see there is
such a thing as a citron melon, but this is obviously a totally
different thing.

--
Jean B.