Each melon generally weighs between 5 and 7 pounds. They have a light-and-dark green-striped rind with black seeds to ...

The flesh inside is a slightly more muted hue, ranging from pale yellow to nearly orange, and the melon has a structure similar to that of a cantaloupe. The slightly elongated, oblong fruit ...

A yellow spot indicates that the fruit is fully ripe, whereas an unripe melon will have a green or pale patch. If you buy a melon with a green patch hoping that it will fully ripen in a few days ...

light yellow-orange with little to no green. Ripe cantaloupe should smell sweet and a little musky. For the freshest taste, use your cantaloupe within 3 days of purchase. When it comes to melons ...

Often, people think that if a fruit has light cracks or yellow-brown spots, it will be bad, but in the case of melons, this is a misconception. The vine of the melon tells whether it is sweet or not.