How Many More Melons?

I was given a helthy little melon plant maybe 6 weeks ago which i planted in a polythene cold frame up the allotment, in the last two weeks it has gone crazy, flowers everywhere and four fruits have properly set, (with a little help), How many fruits should one plant be expected to grow nicely?

I have heard contrasting views on this, some saying limit them to four, others just letting them go.

Its quite exiting to grow something semi exotic and would like glean whatever i can from it.

Regards

Totty

I'm in the max-4-fruit camp, although I have some varieties that are much more leafy and prolific which could perhaps manage more, and other varieties that are more weedy - growth-wise - and also tend not to pollinate too well either, on those I am lucky to get four pollinated fruit.