My - how round you are...

Not me!  The triploid watermelon we grew this year.

Huh?

Ok - "seedless" - triploid is the scientific term for "extra chromosome that makes you sterile" - and these watermelons have that.

It's been a tough battle to get them to grow - their very VERY finicky when it comes to germination and I actually had Johnny Seed send me another packet of these since the first ones didn't go.  They also need special "male" plants planted that pollinate these mutant ladies - to produce the bright green and round fruit you see here.

This guys sounded wonderfully hollow - must be ripe.  Smelled great - must be ripe (picture me on all 4's in the vine patch smelling this puppy). The spot on the bottom where it was sitting had developed stripes not a white spot - must be ripe.  So inside it came - Kelli on my heels because the only thing she loves more than fresh watermelon is fresh SEEDLESS watermelon.

Onto the cutting board - slice - the middle is white.  :(

Well - next week there will be another mutant ready out there - and we will just wait longer.