How did cantolope get its name?

Question

How did cantolope get its name?

Answer 1

(I checked on Wikipedia for this answer)

The cantaloupe was named after the comune Cantalupo in Sabina, in the Sabine Hills near Tivoli, Italy, a summer residence of the Pope. It was originally cultivated about the year 1700 from seeds brought from Armenia, part of the homeland of melons.

Answer 2

who gives a $h^t

Answer 3

cause their cute

Answer 4

No such thing as cantolope. It's CANTALOUPE.

The cantaloupe was named after the comune Cantalupo in Sabina, in the Sabine Hills near Tivoli, Italy, a summer residence of the Pope. It was originally cultivated about the year 1700 from seeds brought from Armenia, part of the homeland of melons.

Answer 5

The fruit got its name from a knock-knock joke:

Knock-knock.

Who's there?

Can't elope.

Can't elope who?

Can't elope tonight. Dad's got the car.

Answer 6

Scientifically known as Cucumis melo cantelupensis.  I'm assuming it's Latin.

Answer 7

An impetuous young man back in early 17th century colonial Georgia was refused permission to marry the daughter of a wealthy fruit grower.

One evening the young man propped a ladder up to his beloved's window, just as her father asked his wife what would be a good name to call a new type of melon he had cultivated.

The young man asked the man's daughter to go with him to be married in Virginia. But she refused, telling him, "Sorry, but I CAN'T ELOPE." Just then, her father happened to pass by her room out in the hallway, catching only the last two words uttered by his daughter.

Since he was unaware of the young man's close proximity, needless to say the father mistook what his daughter said as a suggested name for his new fruit.

And THAT'S why today that particular melon is called a "can't elope."

Answer 8

I have no idea?!?!?!?!?!?!?!