Title: Let’s get real about seedless watermelons: They have seeds — Quartz
Headings: Let’s get real about seedless watermelons: They have seeds
Let’s get real about seedless watermelons: They have seeds
Content: You’d be better off drawing comparisons with bananas and cucumbers, which are commonly made “seedless” through similar processes. The nomenclature, of course, is mostly beside the point. What matters is whether the fruit’s juicy flesh is sufficiently refreshing on a hot summer day, and that has to do with factors unrelated to the presence of seeds. In the US, growers market their watermelon varieties with names resembling designer drugs: Bush Sugarbaby, Millionaire, Ecstasy, Wonderland. To my taste, though, a mouthful of white seeds can ruin the whole enterprise in a way that black seeds don’t. It’s not just nostalgia for the way watermelons used to be. The white seeds are mealy in large quantities, irksome when mixed into watermelon recipes, and more difficult to avoid than black seeds. And, yes, it just feels wrong to call a watermelon seedless when its seeds are right there, glimmering in the summer sun. As a Quartz member, you can share this story to unlock it for others.