How to Pick a Perfect Watermelon

As soon as summer arrives, we start getting daily questions about how to pick a ripe, juicy sweet watermelon. While we can’t guarantee every watermelon will be perfect, look for these signs to increase your odds.

• Dull finish (shine indicates an unripe melon)
• Deep, hollow sound when you knock on it
• Large, creamy yellow spot on the bottom
• Consistent, deep green and pale-yellow stripe pattern
• Heavy and, if seedless, round rather than oval