Watermelon season brings out everyone's inner produce expert. Supermarkets pile them high, and farmers' markets offer them fresh off the vine. But finding the perfect one? That is the tricky part.

Tired of tapping watermelons only to take home a bland one? Picking a perfectly ripe, sweet watermelon doesn’t have to be a guessing game. While old tricks like sniffing or knocking rarely deliver ...

A good, sweet watermelon is a staple healthy summer snack, so it’s important to know how to pick a ripe one at the grocery store or the local farmers market. When it comes time to pick the perfect ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Because dragging a watermelon home and biting into a bland, mealy slice is the ultimate summer bummer. It’s difficult to describe ...

CORDELE — When a slow-rolling Ford pickup with a 5-foot mound of watermelons in its bed eases to a halt on a recent morning outside the state farmers market here, Brian Nichols goes to work. He starts ...

Ever stood in front of a pile of watermelons at the market, tapping, sniffing, squinting, and still walked away with one that tasted like cucumber water? We can relate. Picking a ripe watermelon is a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There’s nothing more refreshing on a blazing summer day than a perfectly ripe, juicy watermelon. Whether you’re slicing it up for ...

“Watermelons will not ripen after harvesting; they will get a little redder inside, but they will not get sweeter,” says watermelon farmer Ben Horton of Healthy Harvest Farms in Fort Pierce, Fla. He ...

Lately, we've seen people dancing at the market. More specifically, they're doing the melon mambo: shaking the cantaloupes, holding the honeydews to their ears and tapping the watermelons like they're ...