I've been pitting peaches, hulling strawberries, and slicing enough watermelon that picking a good one has become a very important life skill. Every summer, a new trick promises to take the guesswork ...

Picking a perfectly ripe and juicy watermelon can feel like a leap of faith. Use our guide to see what the sweetest fruit feels and looks like.

Determining if your home-grown watermelon is ready to harvest can be difficult, but this simple method will guarantee that your timing is perfect.

According to watermelon experts there are a few simple ways to find out if a watermelon is ripe before you buy.

It's a tiny, but telling, detail.

Ever stood in front of a pile of watermelons at the market, tapping, sniffing, squinting, and still walked away with one that tasted like cucumber water? We can relate. Picking a ripe watermelon is a ...

Was she even real, the ethereal figure in the flowy sundress? She breezed into the market, alighted at the watermelons, tapped one, then another, listening for a sign, and when it came, she tucked the ...

Looking for the perfect summer snack? A ripe, sweet watermelon is hard to beat — if you know how to pick a good one. Watermelon sweetness is measured using the Brix scale, which indicates the sugar ...

Hooray, it's watermelon season. How were you taught to pick the best one? My mother is a thumper. Are you? To find a ripe one, she places her ear close to the rind, flicks it with her middle finger, ...