Crenshaw/cantaloupe

I've unintentionally started a new melon. I love Crenshaw melons, but the down side is they take forever  to get ripe, and a lot of time they would go bad before I would pick them. I discovered today it's because I was waiting to long thinking in should slip off the stem like a cantaloupe, but Crenshaw should be picked when it feels a bit soft at the bottom end.  I also enjoy cantaloupe. I keep trying to grow them, but they are never very good. They are ok, but not amazing.  
Pretty much every year I grow both determined to crack the melon code.  This year besides several muskmelon I also planted a Crenshaw I saved the seeds from a Crenshaw from my garden last year. I don't know why but I never crossed my mind it would be a cross.  
Today I picked the first ripe melon big for a cantaloupe, a little small for a Crenshaw. It has the color of Crenshaw, but a little netting like a cantaloupe. Most important is it tastes so good.  Super juicy, and so sweet.  It's funny not only did everyone love it, but they all said I should make sure to save the seeds.
I'm so pleased my happy accident is a sweet success.

Love it!

My best melons originated in a volunteer from some store-bought melon. I saw the sprout and just left it growing in the middle of the garden. They turned out really good so I keep on replanting. Saw two melons yesterday, the first for this year.