As I've said before, I've never grown watermelon and happened to
have a patch of bare earth that I wanted covered. So I planted a
watermelon.

Ready for a laugh? If you pick a watermelon way too early and
cut it open, what color will the insides be? This one was yellow.
Did I manage to plant one of those yellow watermelons? Or do red
watermelons start out as yellow.

Told you it was a laughable question. What a rube.

nancy

"Nancy Young" > wrote in message
...
> As I've said before, I've never grown watermelon and happened to
> have a patch of bare earth that I wanted covered. So I planted a
> watermelon.
>
> Ready for a laugh? If you pick a watermelon way too early and
> cut it open, what color will the insides be? This one was yellow.
> Did I manage to plant one of those yellow watermelons? Or do red
> watermelons start out as yellow.
>
> Told you it was a laughable question. What a rube.
>
> nancy

You planted a yellow verity.


Robert

On Sun, 21 Jul 2013 18:32:01 -0400, Nancy Young
> wrote:

>As I've said before, I've never grown watermelon and happened to
>have a patch of bare earth that I wanted covered. So I planted a
>watermelon.
>
>Ready for a laugh? If you pick a watermelon way too early and
>cut it open, what color will the insides be? This one was yellow.
>Did I manage to plant one of those yellow watermelons? Or do red
>watermelons start out as yellow.
>
>Told you it was a laughable question. What a rube.
>
>nancy

from what I recall, your watermelon should have a 'yellow belly'
before you pick it. If the innards are yellow, I suspect you planted
a yellow watermelon -- but don't quote me on that.
Janet US

On 7/21/2013 7:41 PM, Robert wrote:
>
> "Nancy Young" > wrote

>> Ready for a laugh? If you pick a watermelon way too early and
>> cut it open, what color will the insides be? This one was yellow.
>> Did I manage to plant one of those yellow watermelons? Or do red
>> watermelons start out as yellow.

> You planted a yellow verity.

Thank you! This will take some getting used to.

nancy

On 7/21/2013 7:47 PM, Janet Bostwick wrote:
> On Sun, 21 Jul 2013 18:32:01 -0400, Nancy Young

>> Did I manage to plant one of those yellow watermelons? Or do red
>> watermelons start out as yellow.

> from what I recall, your watermelon should have a 'yellow belly'
> before you pick it. If the innards are yellow, I suspect you planted
> a yellow watermelon -- but don't quote me on that.

I don't want to keep picking them too early, but I have a couple
that I think must be ready to go. I'll look at them tomorrow.
These are small watermelons with a dark green rind. I'll be checking
for the yellow belly. Thanks!

nancy

Nancy Young > wrote in
:

> I don't want to keep picking them too early, but I have a
> couple that I think must be ready to go. I'll look at them
> tomorrow. These are small watermelons with a dark green rind.
> I'll be checking for the yellow belly. Thanks!

Are they round or oblong? There is a variety available locally
called Tiger melon which is alternating light and dark skinned and
like a volleyball only a bit bigger. The flesh is yellow to light
orange and has a hint of lemony flavour.

http://lifeworksrestaurants.com/site/wp-
content/uploads/2011/07/tigerbaby-melon.jpg

http://tinyurl.com/luex7mz

--

Traditions are group efforts to keep the unexpected
from happening.

-- Barbara Tober

On 7/21/2013 8:14 PM, Michel Boucher wrote:
> Nancy Young > wrote

>> I don't want to keep picking them too early, but I have a
>> couple that I think must be ready to go. I'll look at them
>> tomorrow. These are small watermelons with a dark green rind.
>> I'll be checking for the yellow belly. Thanks!
>
> Are they round or oblong?

These are round and not very big. Rather like personal watermelons,
and not really showing signs of getting much larger.

> There is a variety available locally
> called Tiger melon which is alternating light and dark skinned and
> like a volleyball only a bit bigger. The flesh is yellow to light
> orange and has a hint of lemony flavour.
>
> http://lifeworksrestaurants.com/site/wp-
> content/uploads/2011/07/tigerbaby-melon.jpg
>
> http://tinyurl.com/luex7mz

I hope whatever I planted are as tasty sounding as those. But they
are nowhere near volleyball size.

nancy

On Sun, 21 Jul 2013 20:01:33 -0400, Nancy Young
> wrote:

> On 7/21/2013 7:41 PM, Robert wrote:
> >
> > "Nancy Young" > wrote
>
> >> Ready for a laugh? If you pick a watermelon way too early and
> >> cut it open, what color will the insides be? This one was yellow.
> >> Did I manage to plant one of those yellow watermelons? Or do red
> >> watermelons start out as yellow.
>
> > You planted a yellow verity.
>
> Thank you! This will take some getting used to.
>
I bet they taste the same, if you eat it with your eyes closed.


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On 7/21/2013 8:14 PM, Michel Boucher wrote:

> Nancy Young > wrote in
> :
>
>> I don't want to keep picking them too early, but I have a
>> couple that I think must be ready to go. I'll look at them
>> tomorrow. These are small watermelons with a dark green rind.
>> I'll be checking for the yellow belly. Thanks!
>
> Are they round or oblong? There is a variety available locally
> called Tiger melon which is alternating light and dark skinned and
> like a volleyball only a bit bigger. The flesh is yellow to light
> orange and has a hint of lemony flavour.
>
> http://lifeworksrestaurants.com/site/wp-
> content/uploads/2011/07/tigerbaby-melon.jpg
>
> http://tinyurl.com/luex7mz
>
Interesting. I've never seen a yellow watermelon before. Thanks for
the link.

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In article >,
Nancy Young > wrote:

> As I've said before, I've never grown watermelon and happened to
> have a patch of bare earth that I wanted covered. So I planted a
> watermelon.
>
> Ready for a laugh? If you pick a watermelon way too early and
> cut it open, what color will the insides be? This one was yellow.
> Did I manage to plant one of those yellow watermelons? Or do red
> watermelons start out as yellow.
>
> Told you it was a laughable question. What a rube.
>
> nancy

how did it taste?

On Sun, 21 Jul 2013 17:47:29 -0600, Janet Bostwick
> wrote:

>from what I recall, your watermelon should have a 'yellow belly'
>before you pick it.
I learned that trick from an episode of Alton Brown's 'Good Eats".
It's surprising how many people *don't* know it--and dismaying that
*I* didn't know it until watching that episode.

--
Bob
www.kanyak.com

"Nancy Young" > wrote in message
...
> As I've said before, I've never grown watermelon and happened to
> have a patch of bare earth that I wanted covered. So I planted a
> watermelon.
>
> Ready for a laugh? If you pick a watermelon way too early and
> cut it open, what color will the insides be? This one was yellow.
> Did I manage to plant one of those yellow watermelons? Or do red
> watermelons start out as yellow.
>
> Told you it was a laughable question. What a rube.

Why is it laughable? I certainly wouldn't know.

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On Monday, July 22, 2013 12:26:10 AM UTC-4, Opinicus wrote:
> On Sun, 21 Jul 2013 17:47:29 -0600, Janet Bostwick
>
> > wrote:
>
>
>
> >from what I recall, your watermelon should have a 'yellow belly'
>
> >before you pick it.
>
> I learned that trick from an episode of Alton Brown's 'Good Eats".
>
> It's surprising how many people *don't* know it--and dismaying that
>
> *I* didn't know it until watching that episode.

Aw, don't be dismayed. No one's born knowing everything.

On 7/21/2013 6:32 PM, Nancy Young wrote:

> If you pick a watermelon way too early and
> cut it open, what color will the insides be? This one was yellow.
> Did I manage to plant one of those yellow watermelons? Or do red
> watermelons start out as yellow.

Update: I found the tag! It says this is Watermelon Sugar Baby,
and the picture shows a red fleshed round bowling ball sized melon
with dark green rind. 80 days, supposedly, that would be from early
May or so.

I should have taken a picture of the unripe one, the inside was pure
yellow.

I should break down and get a scale of some sort, it says they will be
8-10 pounds. Of course, it's still the yellow spot that I will be
looking for.

nancy

On Tue, 23 Jul 2013 09:31:02 -0400, Nancy Young
> wrote:

>On 7/21/2013 6:32 PM, Nancy Young wrote:
>
> > If you pick a watermelon way too early and
>> cut it open, what color will the insides be? This one was yellow.
>> Did I manage to plant one of those yellow watermelons? Or do red
>> watermelons start out as yellow.
>
>Update: I found the tag! It says this is Watermelon Sugar Baby,
>and the picture shows a red fleshed round bowling ball sized melon
>with dark green rind. 80 days, supposedly, that would be from early
>May or so.
>
>I should have taken a picture of the unripe one, the inside was pure
>yellow.
>
>I should break down and get a scale of some sort, it says they will be
>8-10 pounds. Of course, it's still the yellow spot that I will be
>looking for.
>
>nancy
Someone was looking at tags at the nursery and put it back in the
wrong pot. Sugar Baby is a red melon. Here, scroll through these
watermelons http://tinyurl.com/mzeswdh and decide which yellow one is
yours. Scroll to the end of watermelons and they give tips on how to
know if a watermelon is ripe.
Janet US

On 7/23/2013 9:47 AM, Janet Bostwick wrote:
> On Tue, 23 Jul 2013 09:31:02 -0400, Nancy Young

>> Update: I found the tag! It says this is Watermelon Sugar Baby,
>> and the picture shows a red fleshed round bowling ball sized melon
>> with dark green rind. 80 days, supposedly, that would be from early
>> May or so.

> Someone was looking at tags at the nursery and put it back in the
> wrong pot. Sugar Baby is a red melon. Here, scroll through these
> watermelons http://tinyurl.com/mzeswdh and decide which yellow one is
> yours. Scroll to the end of watermelons and they give tips on how to
> know if a watermelon is ripe.

The only yellow that comes close is the spots on the rind of
Moon and Stars. It wasn't a wimpy unripe looking color, not that
that means anything.

But the picture of the Sugar Baby, that is exactly what it looks
like growing in my yard, and it is a Burpee tag.

Thanks for the heads up on the watermelon tips.

nancy