varieties-of-watermelon
A watermelon is a watermelon, right?
Did you know that there are hundreds of different types of watermelon that are enjoyed every day?
When buying a watermelon from your local produce market, all you need to decide is size. Many small markets offer only one type of watermelon. This has led us to believe that there is only one variety, although watermelons, like apples, come in multiple varieties.There are between 200 and 300 different varieties of watermelon around the world, although only 50 of them are regularly enjoyed. Of the 300 varieties, it's no surprise that the most popular are on the sweet side of the scale.
Distinguishing Between Watermelons
We tend to use five different terms to distinguish between watermelon varieties. These five terms refer to the characteristics of the melon rather than the direct variety. This allows us to combine multiple watermelon varieties into a single category.The five terms used to describe watermelons are:
Did you know that there are hundreds of different varieties of watermelon that are enjoyed every day?
Contents
1 Distinguishing watermelons
1.1 A seedless watermelon -
1.2 A seedless watermelon -
1.3 A mini watermelon -
1.4 An Orange or Yellow Watermelon -
2 Watermelon Cousins
3 Watermelon Dictionary - 26 Watermelon Varieties
3.1 Yellow Watermelons
3.2 Bijou Watermelons
3.3 Black Diamond Watermelons
3.4 Calsweet (Bush) Watermelons
3.5 Captivation watermelons
3.6 Charleston Gray watermelons
3.7 Crimson Sweet watermelons
3.8 Estrella watermelons
3.9 Exclamation watermelons
3.10 Watermelon excursion
3.11 Watermelon fascination
3.12 Harvest Moon watermelon
3.13 Jamboree watermelon
3.14 Jubilee watermelon
3.15 Kingman watermelons
3.16 Melody watermelons
3.17 Moon and Stars (red) watermelon
3.18 Sangria watermelons
3.19 Sugar Baby (Garden Baby) watermelons
3.20 Sweet Dawn Watermelons
3.21 Sweet Gem Watermelons
3.22 Sweet Polly Watermelon
3.23 Syngenta Watermelon
3.24 Traveler Watermelon
3.25 Triple Treat Watermelon
3.26 Yellow Pupa/Baby Watermelon