No more bland watermelons! Here’s a sure-fire visual guide to finding the sweetest fruit at the market.

a dry brown stem can suggest the fruit finished ripening before separation from the vine. A fresh green stem may indicate earlier harvesting. However, stems are often trimmed or missing during transport, so their absence should not automatically disqualify a melon.

Once the watermelon is cut, color and texture reveal the result. The flesh should be continue reading …