Watermelons are my favorite fruit. Anyone who knows me probably knows that I looove watermelon. I could kill a whole one by myself. (But not in one sitting) So I'm cruising our local farmer's market one Saturday when something catches my eye. A YELLOW WATERMELON! I'm not talking about yellow on the outside. No not a honey dew. It was a normal watermelon. Green on the outside, and YELLOW in the inside. I've never seen one before. I was shocked! I've seen different sizes and different shades of colors; ruby red, faded red, pink, light pink, but that's due to ripeness and where they're grown. But yellow?! Am I the only one in shock? Apparently not. People were gathering around just as curious as I was. I asked to tasted it. It was delicious! Taste like watermelon. Lol I guess with the color difference I was expecting more of a tangy taste. Nope. It was just as sweet and juicy and crisp as a red seedless watermelon.
So I started researching and I found there were over 1200 varieties of watermelon. Now that's not so much of a shocker. I completely understand from different global environments and with cross pollination, there'd be numerous. But 1200? Wow! Impressive. Among the most common varieties there are: Carolina Cross (most common known. Typical looking watermelon), Yellow Crimson Watermelon, (shown above) Orangeglo, The Moon and Stars, Cream of Seskatchewan, Melitopolski, and Densuke Watermelon.
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So I started researching and I found there were over 1200 varieties of watermelon. Now that's not so much of a shocker. I completely understand from different global environments and with cross pollination, there'd be numerous. But 1200? Wow! Impressive. Among the most common varieties there are: Carolina Cross (most common known. Typical looking watermelon), Yellow Crimson Watermelon, (shown above) Orangeglo, The Moon and Stars, Cream of Seskatchewan, Melitopolski, and Densuke Watermelon.
Orangeglo: Pretty self explanatory. Orange inside.
The Moon and Stars: Get their name from their outer appearance. You can see why. Red inside. Sometimes a hint of purple shade.
Cream of Sasketchewan: White inside.
Melitopolski: Popular in Moscow and Japan. Red inside.
Densuke Watermelon: Japan grown. Dark Green/Black outside. Red inside.
The Moon and Stars: Get their name from their outer appearance. You can see why. Red inside. Sometimes a hint of purple shade.
Cream of Sasketchewan: White inside.
Melitopolski: Popular in Moscow and Japan. Red inside.
Densuke Watermelon: Japan grown. Dark Green/Black outside. Red inside.
The Japanese are a clever bunch. Ever seen a SQUARE or TRIANGLE watermelon? No. Interesting right? The squared watermelon is not a genetically modified watermelon. As it turns out, the watermelons are placed into squared tempered glass cases while the fruit is still growing on the vine. What will they think of next? LOL. (same goes for the triangle watermelon)
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A square??! that's freaken cool..i want one. how did they do that?
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