Yellow watermelon is sweet and sour, with notes of honey. Its high water content makes crunchy, juicy, yellow watermelon just as refreshing a snack on a hot day as the pink stuff.

Yellow watermelon is in season from May through September, so you might find this uncommon fruit to try at your local supermarket or farmer's market during the spring, summer, and early fall.

“The Watermelon Lady,” Sanjuana Sanchez, hands out fresh yellow watermelon from the back of a pickup truck on New Bern Avenue in Raleigh on Thursday, June 20, 2024.

YELLOW WATERMELON at Gerardi’s Farmers Market of New Brighton — 644 Richmond Terr., 718-727-7787; Gerardisfarmersmarket.com. As rain affects farm fields, ...