A cold, juicy, and refreshing watermelon is all you need during summers when the sun is high with the heavy warm air. This is ...

A watermelon with a large, yellow spot indicates a ripe, sweet one. Once upon a time, I was a thumper. I must be thumper-challenged because that technique hardly ever worked for me.

The facts A member of the Cucurbitaceae family of plants — along with pumpkins, squash, cucumbers and cantaloupes — watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) grows on a flowering vine and is actually a ...

Harry S. Paris, Origin and emergence of the sweet dessert watermelon, Citrullus lanatus, Annals of Botany, Vol. 116, No. 2 (August 2015), pp. 133-148 ...

What Is Yellow Watermelon? This one's pretty simple to answer. "A yellow watermelon is a natural variation of the common watermelon (Citrullus lanatus)," explains Jones.

Citrullus lanatus Uses India (Rajasthan): the seeds of this watermelon, which grows on the dry sand of the desert, are dried and pounded into a flour, which is then mixed with the flour of bajra ...

Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) is a fruit or a vegetable, depending on who you talk to. It is a fruit because it grows from a seed, it has a sweet flavor and refreshing qualities. It is a vegetable ...

Mangoes, grapes, cherries and pears all have more grams of sugar per serving than watermelon. But watermelon still has about 17 grams per slice, so it's best not to load up on too much of it at once.

Rep. Mark Samsel, R-Wellsville, has introduced House Bill 2433 to designate the watermelon — citrullus lanatus — as the official state fruit of Kansas.