Technical Abstract: The chapter "Honey Dew Melon (Honey Dew, Casaba, Crenshaw and Canary: Postharvest Quality Maintenance Guidelines" for the revised USDA Handbook AH-66 (Commercial Storage of Fruits, Vegetable, and Florist and Nursery Stocks) consists of the following sections: Scientific name and introduction; Quality characteristics and criteria; Horticultural maturity indices; Grades, size and packaging; Pre-cooling conditions; Optimum storage conditions; Controlled atmosphere consideration; Retail outlet display consideration; Chilling sensitivity; Ethylene production and sensitivity; Disorders; Postharvest pathology; Quarantine issues; Suitability as fresh-cut product; Special considerations; and References.