Crimson Sweet watermelon
Citrullus lanatus · Fruit
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Crimson Sweet is the classic large picnic watermelon — a big round-to-oval melon with a pale-and-dark-green striped rind enclosing crisp, very sweet, deep-crimson flesh. Bred in the 1960s and disease-resistant, high-yielding and reliably sugary, it became the supermarket standard, the template for the modern American field melon and the genetic backbone of countless commercial hybrids.
Picking a good onedrag
ImmatureMealy
Just matureBuy itCrisp, clean red and firm, it cubes well for feta salads, skewers and grilling.
Field spotCream, clearly marked
Rind & heftShine dulling, heavy in the hand
ThumpDeep hollow thud
Stem & tendrilTendril browning, stem drying
These cues are Watermelon's, and hold across its varieties; where this one differs, its own page says so.
What you get from one
52%
Edible part
4518 g flesh · rind, seeds out
8688 g
Weight each
each one
Keeping ittap a temperature
Whole, it keeps at 10-15 C, not in the fridge. Once cut, wrap it and chill under 5 C.
90%
Humidity
Open, uncovered
Airflow