Title: Why is the Watermelon Yellow Inside? - What About Watermelon?
Headings: Why is the Watermelon Yellow Inside?
Why is the Watermelon Yellow Inside?
Description of Yellow Watermelon
Why are They Yellow?
Taste
Availability
Storage
Preparation
Fun Facts About Yellow Watermelons

Content: Yellow watermelons can weigh up to 30 lbs (14 kg) but generally weigh anywhere from 5 lbs (2.3 kg) to 18 lbs (8.2 kg). This makes them on average half the size of the normal red fleshed varieties. Although they differ in size, yellow watermelons have the same distinct crisp texture as red watermelons. Size comparison between red and yellow varieties. Why are They Yellow? Although a close cousin of the popular red fleshed watermelons, yellow watermelons lack the red pigment and lycopene (an antioxidant) that give red watermelons (and similarly red tomatoes) their color. Taste
Yellow watermelons that are grown in preferable conditions and picked when ripe are distinctively sweeter than red watermelons. Their flavor is described to have hints of an apricot/honey mixture. Availability
Although Yellow watermelons can be grown in any season, during the summer is when they will flourish. Yellow watermelons are best grown in warmer countries such as their origin, Africa or within the United States, Mexico or California.