Varieties of watermelons

Hello, I’m Amanda McNulty with Clemson Extension and Making It Grow. Watermelons spread from Sudan cross the Mediterranean via trade routes, probably on ships as a safe water supply. From there to Europe and in the late 1500s in Florida via the Spaniards. In the 1950s, the wildly popular Charleston Grey was released by the Coastal Research center in Charleston. Now with new breeding techniques we have not only red flesh, but yellow, and orange, and for some people the best thing since sliced bread: seedless watermelons. I say "some people," because the seeds of watermelons are among the seven most nutritious seeds of all, I don’t know how I’ll get some to roast and eat, as it’s a rare day that the grocery store has them. I’ll be on the lookout and let you know, although its hard to believe they’d be better than roasted pecans!